Nordic Reduction portrays Nordic shoreline structures.
These structures mark the boundary between land and water. Photographed on Kodak Portra 160, the series reduces the landscape to line, surface, and proportion: not a view of the sea, but of what stands before it.
Renzo Cicillini creates analog photographs shaped by light, reduction and cinematic calm.
He works exclusively with film. Alongside his professional career, photography is his artistic focus and passion. His approach is quiet, thoughtful and carefully executed in a fully analog process. Many of his images are created using natural light, sometimes with long exposures. He also experiments with rare or decades-old film stocks to achieve a timeless, classic visual language.
Cicillini captures still moments – not only in remote places, but often in familiar, public spaces at their quietest. He l
Awards International Awards
2024 - Tokyo International Foto Awards
Gold Winner
2024 - ND Awards, Neutral Density Photography Awards
Gold Star Award - 1st Place in Analog / Film
2024 - Analog Sparks, International Filmphotography Awards
Gold Winner
2024 - New York Photography Awards
Silver Winner
2023 - Budapest International Photo Awards (bifa)
Silver Winner
2023 - New York Photography Awards
Silver Winner
2023 - World's Top 10 Fine Art Photographers (One Eyeland)
Bronze Winner
2023 - World's Top 10 Landscape Photo Contest 2023
Bronze Winner
2023 - Analog Sparks, International Filmphotography Awards
Honorable Mention
2023 - New York Center for Photographic Art
Juror’s Selection
2022 - World's Top 10 Fine Art Photographers (One Eyeland)
Bronze Winner
2022 - World's Top 10 Black & White Photographers 2022 (One Eyeland)
Finalist
2022 - International Photo Awards (ipa)
Honorable Mention