An extensive land reform took place in Basilicata, Italy, in the 50s of the 20th century: many pieces of land were given to the workers. Some villages were built to be self-sufficient: they had school, cinema, church, post office, police station, prison, clinic and even train station.
It was a great utopia, but after some years the small farms and the villages were almost all abandoned. Now the area is an endless wheat field, with few isolated houses, with no roads to reach them. They give life to a minimal scenery, with few signs of human activity: a house, a tree, and the sky. Nothing else.
I live in Potenza, Italy.
The main focus of my personal photographic research is on the man-altered landscape, where I’m always looking for traces of human activity. Even places can tell us something about people living there, beyond their appearances.
My work has been exhibited in Cracow (Poland), Essex Junction (USA), Milano, Lodi, Trieste, Florence, Potenza and other places in Italy.
Awards 2020
Siena International Photo Award 2020. Shortlisted.
2019
Budapest International Foto Awards 2019. Silver prize, category "Portfolio - personal"
Festival della Fotografia Etica 2019 - Circuito OFF: Selected Project
Moscow International Foto Awards - MIFA 2019. Bronze prize, category "Portfolio – personal"
International Photography Awards 2019. Honorable mention, category “Editorial / Photo Essay / Feature Story”
Belfast Photo Festival 2019 - Shortlisted Project
2018
International Photography Awards 2018. Honorable mention, category "Architecture, Cityscapes / Urban", series "Sea and the City";
Urban Photo Awards 2018. Finalist project "Sea and the city";
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017. Honorable mention, category "Portfolio - personal", series "Tale of a Utopia";
International Photography Awards - One Shot: Harmony. Honorable mention, category "Nature";
2017
International Photography Awards 2017. Third place, category "Editorial. Photo Essay and Feature Story";
Urban Photo Awards 2017. Selected project;
2016
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016. Honorable mention, category "Portfolio - personal" with the series "Milano al tempo di Expo 2015";
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016. Honorable mention, category "Architecture - cityscapes" with the series "Matera cityscapes"
Lensculture Emerging Talent Awards 2016: Editor Pick per la serie "Minimal Landscapes";
International Photograhy Awards- IPA 2016. Honorable mention, category "Fine art - landscape" with the series "Minimal lands";
Moscow International Foto Award- MIFA 2016. Honorable mention, category "Architecture - cityscapes" with the series "Matera";
Moscow International Foto Award- MIFA 2016. Honorable mention, category "Fine art - landscape" with the series "Farmhouses and trees";
2015
Moscow International Foto Award - MIFA 2015. Honorable mention, category "Fine art - Still life" with the picture "Waiting springtime";
