Silent Theater

• Prize
  Silver in Book/Documentary
• Photographer
  Giovanni Maria Sacco, Italy
• Website
  https://www.gmsacco.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/giovannimariasacco/

In the haunting silence of Giovanni Maria Sacco’s ‘Silent Theaters’, abandoned factories echo the dignified beauty of decay, reminding us that endings are merely transitions. Sacco’s lens captures more than ruin; it presents a metaphor for life’s impermanent stages, inviting us to find grace in what we leave behind.

Kehrer Verlag
2023 Hardcover 28,8 x 24 cm 144 pages 101 duotone illustrations English

ISBN 978-3-96900-124-0

Artist: Giovanni Maria Sacco

Texts: Laura Cosso, Giovanni Maria Sacco

Design: Kehrer Design (Laura Pecoroni)

Awards International Photography Awards: 2015, 2016 (3), 2018 (2), 2019 (3), 2020 (3), 2021 (3), 2022 (4), 2023 (4), 2024, 2025 (2)
Moscow International Foto Awards: 2016, 2017, 2020 (2)
Budapest International Foto Awards: 2023, 2024, 2025
Tokyo International Foto Awards: 2017, 2018, 2020 (3), 2022 (3), 2024 (2 + 1st place in Book), 2025 (3 + 1st Place in Books)
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: 2017, 2020 (2), 2021 (3), 2022 (3), 2023 (2), 2024 (2), 2025 (3)
Fine Art Photography Awards: 2017, 2018 (2), 2019, 2020, 2021(2), 2024 (3), 2025 (2)
ND Awards: 2016, 2018, 2020 (2), 2021(2), 2022, 2024 (2), 2025 (2)
Monochrome Awards: 2017, 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020, 2022(2), 2024
Monovision Awards: 2020, 2022 (3), 2023 (2), 2024, 2025
Analog Sparks: 2023 (2), 2024, 2025
Architecture Master Prize: 2021, 2022 (2 + Best of Best), 2023 (1 + Best of Best), 2024
Arte Laguna Prize: 2024 (2)
refocus awards: 2023, 2024
Siena Creative Awards, 2021, 2022
Urban Awards: 2021 (finalist), 2023 (Civic Museum prize)