Utopia 2

• Photographer
  Attilio Bixio, Italy
• Website
  http://www.attiliobixio.it
• Instagram
  instagram.com/attiliobixio

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, where I work as an engineer, with an innate passion for photography.
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 2024
Px3 - Prix de la Photographie Paris 2024. Honorable mention, “Fine art/landscape” category
Circuito OFF Narnimmaginaria, selected project
Aci Pistoia Photo Contest. Selected project, "Urban" category

2020
Siena International Photo Award 2020. Finalist

2019
Moscow International Foto Awards - MIFA 2019. Bronze, category "Portfolio – personal"
Belfast Photo Festival 2019 - Shortlisted project

2018
Urban Photo Awards 2018. Finalist project
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2017. Honorable mention, "Portfolio - personal" category
International Photography Awards - One Shot: Harmony. Honorable mention, "Nature" category

2017
International International Photography Awards 2017. Third place, "Editorial. Photo Essay and Feature Story" category
Lensculture Emerging Talent Awards 2017: Editor Pick
Urban Photo Awards 2017. Selected project

2016
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016. Honorable mention, "Portfolio - personal" category
Tokyo International Foto Awards 2016. Honorable mention, "Architecture - cityscapes" category
Lensculture Emerging Talent Awards 2016: Editor Pick
International Photograhy Awards- IPA 2016. Honorable mention, "Fine art - landscape" category
Moscow International Foto Award- MIFA 2016. Honorable mention, "Architecture - cityscapes" category
Moscow International Foto Award- MIFA 2016. Honorable mention, "Fine art - landscape" category

2015
Moscow International Foto Award - MIFA 2015. Honorable mention, "Fine art - Still life" category