Born in Alessandria, Italy in 1981, I first began exploring photography through travel, and developed a deeper awareness of the medium during my university studies in Italy and abroad. Today, photography represents for me above all a way of investigating, reflecting on, and sharing personal experience.
I work in visual communication for environmental and social sustainability projects, as well as in fostering relationships between businesses and local communities. This perspective, with its contradictions and ambiguities, has allowed me to witness first-hand field activities and specific territorial contexts. I have documented the daily lives of communities affected by extractive industries in Angola, Congo, Ghana, and Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have also worked in my home region of Piedmont, in particular the Langhe, Roero and Monferrato areas, documenting the land, its traditions, and its working communities. I took part in a photographic residency organized by CAMERA \u2013 the Italian Centre for Photography \u2013 in collaboration with Magnum Photos, and contributed to Wineframes<\/em>, a cultural and educational initiative illustrating Italian viticulture through photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since 2020, I have been developing Metanopolis<\/em>, an intimate, authorial research project that combines documentary photography, archival materials and autobiographical narrative to investigate the history and topography of a unique, metaphysical place.
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