BIO
Born and currently based in Naples, Italy. I studied at the “Université Paris VII – Denis Diderot” in Paris thanks to a one-year scholarship. In 2007 I started working as a contributor and a photographer for several Italian newspapers. In 2009 I graduated in Sociology at the “Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II” with a dissertation in journalism, in which I analyzed the different slant between two newspapers: Le Monde (Paris) and Corriere della Sera (Milan). In 2010 I started the MA in photojournalism at the “Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli”, where I got my degree with honors.
Some of my works have been exhibited in the PAN-Palazzo Arti Napoli (Italy), Castel dell’ Ovo (Naples, Italy), FotoLoft gallery (Russia), Biennal of Bibbiena (Italy), Palm Spring Photo Festival (California), Tel Aviv Photo Fair (Israel).
I regularly publish in the National and International magazines, including Corriere della Sera, Internazionale, la Repubblica, The Guardian, Newsweek, Time and others.
My research has been set in Italy, Romania, Tunisia, Egypt, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, France, Estonia, Spain and Malta telling stories related to current issues.
I am available to work worldwide.
AWARDS
2019
POY Picture of the Year – Impact 2018-Immigration Status – 1st place
2018
Krzysztofa Millera Prize – Finalist
The Alfred Fried Photography Award – Shortlisted
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – Silver winner
Tokyo International Foto Awards – 1st place – General News category
FIIPA 2018 Awards – Honorable mention – Story category
IPOTY International Photographer of the Year – Honorable mention – Editorial: Documentary
Monochrome Photography Awards – Honorable mention
2017
TIME’s Top 100 Photos of the Year
IPOTY International Photographer of the Year – 2nd place – Architecture
IPOTY International Photographer of the Year – Honorable mention – Editorial: Documentary
IPOTY International Photographer of the Year – Honorable mention – People: Portrait
Monochrome Photography Awards – Honorable mention
2016
Tokyo International Foto Awards – Honorable mention – General News category
ND Photography Awards – General News – Honorable mention
ND Photography Awards – Editorial – 1st – Gold Star Award
Siena International Photo Awards – Finalist
No-fee slide show contest – Finalist
MIFA-Moscow International Foto Awards – Honorable mention – General News category
MIFA-Moscow International Foto Awards – Honorable mention – Buildings – Photo Essay
2015
InTarget Photolux Award – Winner
MIFA-Moscow International Foto Awards – 1st prize – Editorial – General News category
MIFA-Moscow International Foto Awards – Honorable mention – Editorial-sports category
IPA-International Photography Awards – Honorable mention – Sports category
2012
Palm Springs Photo Festival – Finalist
EXHIBITIONS
Tbilisi, Georgia – Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival – “Fentanyl abuse in Estonia”
Japan, Tokyo – ICA Space – “The migrants odyssey”
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo – Historical Museum
California, Palm Spring – “Palm Spring Photo Festival”
United States, Astoria – PhotoWalk
Italy, Naples – PAN – Collective “Foto_Acc_2017″
Italy, Lucca – Torre Guinigi – “Photolux Festival”
Russia, Moscow – FotoLoft gallery – “MIFA Awards ceremony”
Israel, Tel Aviv – “Tel Aviv Photo Fair”
Italy, Macerata – Overtime Festival – “Quarto soccer against camorra”
Italy, Naples – PAN – Collective “NINA-Nuova Immagine Napoletana”
Italy, Bibbiena – “Biennal of Young Italian Photographer”
Italy, Naples – Castel dell’ Ovo – “PON Photography Awards 2011″
California, Palm Spring – Palm Spring Photo Festival – “Bucharest”
Italy, Naples – Castel dell’ Ovo – “De ce faci poza?”
Italy, Rome – Casa dell’ Architettura – “PON Photography Awards 2011″
Italy, Naples – Chiesa di San Severo al Pendino – “Loro di Napoli”
Italy, Naples – Galleria dell’ Accademia di Belle Arti – “Bucuresti”
PUBLICATIONS
Newsweek, Time, Internazionale, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Courrier International, Le Monde diplomatique, Die Welt, Russia Today, The South African Art Times, New York Daily News, Vanity Fair, Sportweek, Famiglia Cristiana, Il Venerdì di Repubblica, D la Repubblica, Narcomafie, The Archive Magazine, ArtPhoto Magazine, Rolling Stone, Corriere della Sera, L’Avvenire, The Post Internazionale, Link Magazine, FOTO Cult, Vice United States, Vice UK, Le Journal de la Photographie.