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Biography

 

I'm a multidisciplinary documentary photographer based in Italy and working between Italy and London.

In Italy, I earned a degree in Economics, and spent some time in the corporate world, before moving to London in 2008.

My first camera was found discarded in a grey bag on Florida Street, London. It was an old 35mm Praktica with three lenses. While in London, I graduated with a certificate in Photographic Professional Practice from St Martin's College of Arts. I attended a one-year full-time course in analogue photography and darkroom printing. Later, I completed my training in the fast-paced world of professional freelance press photography and worked as a paparazzo for three years.

 

My artistic work focuses on the power of trust in human relationships. Since 2013, I have been documenting the stories of people, uncovering unsettling truths about sexuality, gender equality, prejudice, love, physical and psychological abuse, negative thinking, and illness. Photography and writing are used as a therapeutic medium, enabling individuals to confront themselves, others, and the world. In the act of using the camera, photography becomes performance: a live process where art is created in the moment of encounter with another human being. The observer becomes the observed, and in the mirror, the person is reflected.

In January 2018, I became a member of Action Hybride, an international collective of artists based in Paris, dedicated to exploring the body and the human condition through a variety of artistic forms. I also participate as a judge in international contexts, such as the inaugural edition of the Sublime Photo Awards 2024 and the Monochrome Awards 2023 and 2024.​ Currently, I am working on the publication of three new book projects: love, sex, and relationships, I am your mirror, and L'oscurità, ma io ho una luce, offering an in-depth exploration of human nature. My artistic work has been exhibited internationally in cities such as London, Paris, Berlin, Dublin, Brussels, Rome, Brindisi, and Taranto.

Exhibitions & Shows

​2024 Judge | Monochrome Awards | International Black and White contest

2024 Nov -2025 Jan | Nexus | Action Hybride collective | Baxton Gallery | Roubaix | France

2024 Nov | Cadavre Exquis | Galerie Les temps donnes | Paris | France

2024 Oct | Nexus | Action Hybride collective | La plus petite galerie du monde (Ou Presque) | Roubaix | France

2024 Sept | Nexus |Action Hybride | Gallery X | Dublin | Irland

2024 July | Nexus | Collective Action Hybride | Officine Forte Marghera | Venice | Italy

2023 Judge | Monochrome Awards | International Black and White contest

2023 The camera as a mirror. Intimate conversations with others, the world and oneself | Photo Club 'The Castle' | FIAF (Italian Federation of photographic Associations), Taranto, Italy

2022  Carcasses | 100ecs Galérie | Paris, France

2021  The theatre of the mind | Screening of 7 videos and artist's talk | Caffetteria Letteraria Nervegna, Brindisi, Italy

2021  Morphoses | Odysette Galérie | Arles, France

2021  Frontierès | Les Ateliers d'Artistes de belleville Galérie | Paris, France

2021  Frontierès Fractures Distances | La Galérie du Génie de la Bastille | Paris, France

2021 Lusted men project, open collection of erotic pictures of men | Festival (5-11 July  Leboudoir2.0 - Arles) (9-10 October - Image Satellite, Nice) (15-24 October, La Nombreuse & Le Pianofariek, Bruxelles)

2020​  Lusted men project, open collection of erotic pictures of men | Festival photo Saint Germain | Paris

2020  Je suis my body, je suis my memoire | Galerie, 59, Rue de Rivoli, Paris​

2019​  Carcasse | Openbach Galerie | Paris, France

2019  Fragiles | June | L'atelier galerie | Montreuil, France​

2019  I am my body, I am my memory | June | Officine Forte Marghera | Venice, Italy

2019  Corps invisibles | Theatre de Verre | Paris, France

2019  Je vous salue marie(s) | l'Atelier de Belleville | Paris, France

​2018​  Fleisheslust Festival  | Xlane Gallery | Berlin, Germany

2018  London open call 2018 | Whitechapel Gallery | London,UK

2018  Il mostro #10 |  Tevere Art Gallery |  Rome, Italy

​2018  Liquids rooms | The Labyrinth |  Palazzo Ca’ Zanardi | Venice, Italy

​​2017  Photo scratch | Four Corners | opportunity for documentary photographers | London,UK 

2017  Salon 17 | New approach to photography | Four Corners LCN showcase 2017 | London,UK

2017  FLUXExhibition | Chelsea college of Arts | curated by Lisa Grey | London,UK

2016  Magnum swap shop, Magnum photos 70th anniversary | The Printspace | London, UK

2016  Exhibit here's Art Maze exhibition | Bargehouse | Oxo Tower Wharf |  London,UK

2016  FLUX exhibition | The Truman Brewery | London,UK

2016  Folios Fridays | The Photographer’s Gallery | London,UK​

2015​  Portrait salon exhibition | The Embassy Gallery | Taylor Wessing Prize |  London,UK

​2011​  Desidero ergo sum, arte, corpo e  pensiero |  SALA 5 | Rome, Italy 

Awards

​2017  Honourable Mention  | Monochrome Awards | Single Picture | Conceptual - Category Professional

2017  Honourable Mention  | MonoVisions Awards  | Single Picture | Conceptual - Category Professional

​2014  Honorable Mention | Monochrome Awards Portrait | Category Professional 

​2013  Best 20 portraits | Photography Competition Telegraph | The London Fashion Week | Portrait |London | UK

Books in which my photographs appeared

​2024 | Lusted Men Book | Open collection of erotic pictures of men| Hoebeke

2019  Agency: A Partial History of Live Art by Theron Schmidt

2018  Queer exceptions: Solo performance in neoliberal times by Stephen Greer

2016  Queer Drammaturgies: International perspectives by Alyson Campbell, ‎Stephen Farrier

2015  Walking's New Movement by Phil Smith

2011  Desidero ergo sum: arte corpo pensiero by Roberta Giulieni

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