I am very happy to receive this news: my research project is among the 64 selected to receive a grant under the public notice Strategia Forografia 2025, promoted by the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture, which aims to promote and support Italian practice, talent, and excellence in the field of photography.
So excited to present The Day May Break, by Nick Brandt with its completed four chapters at Gallerie d'Italia Torino. The project is a global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by climate change, environmental degradation and destruction. The last chapter, The Echo of Our Voices, has been supported by Intesa Sanpaolo.So excited to present The Day May Break, by Nick Brandt with its completed four chapters at Gallerie d'Italia Torino. The project is a global series portraying people and animals that have been impacted by climate change, environmental degradation and destruction. The last chapter, The Echo of Our Voices, has been supported by Intesa Sanpaolo.
I was extremely honored to be on the jury together with Clinton Cargill, news director for the New York Times Photo Department and photographer Sabiha Çimen, winner of the 2024 Grant, and review 160 applicants. The grant for Humanistic Photography empowers storytellers since 1979, supporting high standards and integrity in documentary photography.
The winner of the fifth edition of the Star Photobook Dummy Award is Yufan Lu with her work Make Me Beautiful which will become a book in 2026, thanks to the award impulsed by the Foundation Photographic Social Vision, and published by RM editions, Phree and Ediciones Posibles.
I love to collaborate on book projects, especially when they are smart. Javier Aristu pays humble homage to the legendary The Americans by Robert Frank but designing a book that literary turns our world around and peeks at ordinary life in South America.
PhotoVogue has become a powerful platform for emerging photographers, focusing on diversity and equality. I appreciate meeting new artists on a yearly basis, since
I love to collaborate on book projects, and when they are fun, even more. After curating his exhibition at PhEST, Piero asked me to participate in the editing of his self-published book on his artistic residency, which took place in Brighton before the summer, thanks to Photoworks and The Italian Cultural Institute in London, and, of course, PhEST!
Always a pleasure to meet the best of the selected Futures artists, each year, as they develop their projects supported by the network of this European platform. Futures is focused on amplifying emerging artists in photography in Europe. The Futures Conversations are a series of online professional meetings between the selected Futures artists and experts in the photography field.