He was born on the fourth of march, 1975. He lives and works in Treviso, Italy. Architect and Photographer. He shares his profession as a photographer with teaching and personal research projects on environmental and social issues. His interest on architectural representation has driven his attention toward architectural photography, urban landscape, the relationship between the varied identities that belong and characterise places and people. An influential role of his photographic research evolves on the altered landscape on several companies realities, industrial sites, working places. Editor of Landscape Stories, a contemporary photography magazine dedicated to the presentation of stories and photographic work. Editor of Undercover on Urbanautica. From 2013 he’s one of the curators of the project CALAMITA/À, investigation and researches on the Vajont territories.

Publications

2014 Portrait FOTOGRAFIA – Festival Internazionale di Roma. XIII edizione
2014 Sin_Tesis, catalog of SiFEST 2014/23° edition
2014 Witty Mag, n. 3
2014 Witty Mag, n. 2
2014 Maldives Pavilion, Maretti Editore
2014 Riflessioni sulla crisi, Quaderni #2, MIMESIS edizioni
2013 Vissidarte, n. 9 October 2013
2012 Premio Fabbri Arti Contemporanee 2012, catalog of FFF 1th ed.
2012 Sin_Tesis, catalog of SiFEST 2012/21th edition
2011 Prima Persona 24, percorsi autobiografici June 2011
2011 Sin_Tesis, catalog of SiFEST 2011/20th edition
2010 Sin_Tesis, catalog of SiFEST 2010/19th edition
2008 Architetti, idee, cultura e progetto n.10 October 2008 (01)
2008 Paesaggio Urbano n. 5 September-October 2008 (02)
2008 Finnegans n. 12 3/2008 (03)
2003 UnPoDiVersi n. 16 April 2003 Giorgio Bassani (04)
2003 UnPoDiVersi n. 17 June 2003 Riccardo Biavati (05)
2002 Numero Zero Generazioni n. 3 September 2002 (06)
2000 Dissetare gli occhi Catalogo della mostra Sept. 2000 (07)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2014 Urban Empathy, (1° price). MAR, Museo d'Arte della città di Ravenna, Ravenna
2014 My Vietnam, Festival Internazionale di Roma, Macro, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome. Curated by Camilla Boemio
2014 CALAMITA/À, SI Fest #23, Savignano Immagini Festival, Savignano sul Rubicone, FC. Curated by Gianpaolo Arena e Marina Caneve
2014 Confotografia L’Aquila 2013, SI Fest #23, Savignano Immagini Festival,Savignano sul Rubicone, FC. Curated by Associazione fuorivista, Associazione Segni
2014 My Vietnam, Galleria Anteprima d'Arte Contemporanea, Rome. Curated by Camilla Boemio
2014 My Vietnam | Festival Padova Fotografia, Padova
2014 CALAMITA/À | Festival Padova Fotografia, Padova. A cura di Gianpaolo Arena e Marina Caneve
2014 Investigazioni private | Fondazione Francesco Fabbri, Hangar, Asolo, TV. Curated by Carlo Sala
2013 X Architecture Biennale of São Paulo (Latitude Platform), São Paulo, Brazil
2013 My Vietnam | F4_un'idea di fotografia, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, TV. Curated by Carlo Sala
2012 Premio Fabbri, Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo, TV. Curated by Carlo Sala
2012 Sin_Tesis, Savignano sul Rubicone, FC. Curated by Stefania Rössl and Massimo Sordi with Guido Guidi
2011 Sin_Tesis, Savignano sul Rubicone, FC. Curated by Stefania Rössl and Massimo Sordi with Simon Roberts
2010 Sin_Tesis, Savignano sul Rubicone, FC. Curated by Stefania Rössl and Massimo Sordi with Andrew Phelps
2010 Il Montello, galleria Paraggi, Treviso (01a,01b) Curated by Marco Zanta
2010 Il Verde Comune, galleria Paraggi, Treviso (01a,01b) Curated by Marco Zanta
2009 Premio Nascimben, Palazzo Bomben, Fondazione Benetton, Treviso
2009 The Golden Age, Fondair, Montebelluna (TV) (01)
2009 p_ART 1, Villa Zuccareda Binetti, Montebelluna (TV)
2009 Seguendo la Pedemontana veneta, galleria Paraggi, Treviso (01a,01b) Curated by Marco Zanta
2008 Fototensioni e spostamenti, San Severo al Pendino, Napoli (02,03,04,testo)
2002 Phada Murgania, Badoere, Treviso
2002 Generazioni, circolo Zuni, Ferrara
2001 Dissetare gli occhi, i contrari Ferrara/galleria Marchesi, Copparo. Curated by Gilberto Pellizzola
2001 Ferrara terra e acqua d’autunno, sale sotterranee Castello estense, Ferrara

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