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 Time, CNN, BBC, Spiegel, Stern, National Geographic, El Pais, Vanity Fair, Internazionale, La Stampa and others.
My research has been set in Italy, Romania, Tunisia, Egypt, Poland, Ukraine, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Estonia, Spain, and Malta telling stories related to current issues.
I am available to work worldwide.
AWARDS
2022
World Report Award – Spotlight Award – Finalist
World Report Award – Short Story Award – Finalist
Romano Cagnoni Award – Finalist
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award – Documentary – Shortlisted
Rovinj Photodays – Body – 1st place
Rovinj Photodays – Documentary – 2nd place
2021
Krzysztofa Miller Prize – Winner
Phodar Biennal Bulgaria – Award for Humanistic Photography
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award – Reportage – Winner
Focus on the story Portrait Award – Winner
Siena International Photo Awards – Storyboard – Remarkable artwork
2020
European Newspaper Award
Direct Look Award – 3rd place
Rovinj Photodays – Documentary – 1st place
2019
CNN 100 photos that defined the decade
Krzysztofa Miller Prize – Winner
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award – Oneshot – Shortlisted
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – Winner
Siena International Photo Awards – Photojournalism – Winner
Prix Bayeux Calvados-Normandie – Finalist
POY Picture of the Year – Impact 2018-Immigration Status – 1st place
2018
Krzysztofa Millera Prize – Finalist
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award – Oneshot – Shortlisted
Kolga Tbilisi Photo Award – Documentary – Shortlisted
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
2021
Sofia, Bulgaria – Museum of Socialist art – Coronavirus pandemic in Italy
Yeongwol, South Korea – Dong Gang Museum of Photography – Coronavirus pandemic in Italy
Perpignan, France – Visa pour l’image – Migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina – Screening
Zurich, Switzerland – Photo Schweiz Festival – Lesbos
Moscow, Russia – Sakharov center – Direct Look Award exhibition
2019
Paris, France – Espace Beaurepaire – PX3 exhibition
2018
Tbilisi, Georgia – Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival – Fentanyl abuse in Estonia
Tokyo, Japan – ICA Space – The migrants odyssey
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – Historical Museum
Palm Spring, California – Palm Spring Photo Festival
Astoria, United States – PhotoWalk -Fentanyl abuse in Estonia
Naples, Italy – PAN – Collective Foto_Acc_2017
Lucca, Italy – Torre Guinigi – Photolux Festival
Moscow, Russia – FotoLoft gallery – MIFA Awards ceremony
Tel Aviv, Israel – Tel Aviv Photo Fair
Macerata, Italy – Overtime Festival – Quarto soccer against camorra
Naples, Italy – PAN – Collective NINA-Nuova Immagine Napoletana
Italy, Bibbiena – Biennal of Young Italian Photographer
Italy, Naples – Castel dell’ Ovo – PON Photography Awards 2011
Palm Spring, California – Palm Spring Photo Festival – Bucharest
Naples, Italy – Castel dell’ Ovo – De ce faci poza?
Rome, Italy – Casa dell’ Architettura – PON Photography Awards 2011
Naples, Italy – Chiesa di San Severo al Pendino – Loro di Napoli
Naples, Italy – 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.