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BIO

 

Italian-British photographer born in London, raised in Turin, graduated from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, I have been developing for nearly thirty years a body of work that is both documentary and deeply intimate. My immersive approach weaves together a social gaze, spiritual quest, and artistic commitment, crafting a sensitive visual language made of textures, rhythms, and resonances.

From Spanish Harlem to Uganda, from Kamathipura to the Atlantic Ocean, my projects explore the human condition in its fractures and its light. Published in The New York Times, Le Monde, Newsweek, among others, and exhibited internationally (Turin, Paris, New York, Trieste), I build bridges between awareness, creation, and presence—where the image becomes a threshold between the visible and the invisible, a space of listening, connection, and transformation.

PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 

2023 « Antology for unseen » by Amanda Bauer and Ruoyi Shi  R+A Edition LA, Usa

2016 « 108 Chakra Soups »  Hachette-Marabout, Paris, France. 

2009 « Regards » Aids in rural India “HELP India Trust” France. 

2007 « Primavera Italiana » selected photographs Tokyo, Japan. 

2004 « I love you » limited edition, artist-book. New York Usa

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 

 

2024 Official Selection by the IPA International Photography Award

2020 717 Lobby, ICP Alumni Fellowship Award, NYC 

2019 The Honorable Mention by the IPA International Photography Award

2015 Honorable Mention by the IPA International Photography Awards 

2005 Finalists of the 2005 Gordon Parks award

ACQUISITIONS

 

Collection-Peace Museum, La Hague, Holland 

Collection BNF, Paris France

Private collections.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Zerumuga part of « The line » 5 women artist group show. Gallery Memoire de l’Avenir. Paris, France 2024 Paris Blues. Trieste Photo Days. Trieste Italy. 2023 Rétrospective & Public Discussion at Hangar Turin. Italy. 2021"L'Arbre" Cushman & Wakefield 717 5th Ave New York. 2009 “Regards sur le Sida en Inde” Solo exhibition in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, France. 2007 “Diary from an unfashionable war” North Uganda, at 11th International photojournalism show Istanbul, Turkey. 2007 “Kamathipura” red-light district. The Museum of Photography, Brescia, Italy. 2005 “Children of the Night” North Uganda, at 10th International photojournalism show Istanbul, Turkey. 2004 “Kamathipura” Mumbai red-light district at 9th International photojournalism show Istanbul, Turkey. 2004 “Ladies Only” the Asian-Photography show at Life and Time Building New York. 2004 “Ladies Only” at “The image world” show at The international Center of Photography, New York. 2004 “I love You” show “Faces of Love” at NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo’, New York. 2002 “Boxing in Ghana” Artist Studio Day, Hoboken, New Jersey. 2001 “Boxing in Ghana” at the HOBO Gallery, Torino, Italy 1999 “Survivors, lives on a street line” solo show at the Galleria Fine Torino, Italy 1999 “Survivors, lives on a street line” International Biennale di Fotografia, Torino Italy. 1998 “The Electric Blanket” world traveling installation organized the photographer Frank Franca at Manhattan Borough College. New York. 1998 “Kurdish Refugees” exhibition for the event “Identità e Differenza”, Torino Italy. 1996 International Center of Photography "The final exhibition" at Crosby St Gallery Soho New York.

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