FACES 2025 - Best Portrait Award
I'm thrilled to share that I’ll be taking part in FACES – The Contemporary Portrait, an event dedicated to contemporary portraiture and a tribute to Maurizio Galimberti, a key figure in Italian photography.
The event takes place in Milan from June 13 to 21, 2025, and brings together artists from around the world. For the occasion, one previously unreleased portrait from my series Nuanced Masculinities will be exhibited in the Best Portrait Award 2025 section
The event brings together artists from around the world and will take place across three moments:
📍 June 13 — Palazzo Bovara - Corso Venezia, 51 from 1 PM to 9 PM
📍 June 14 — Showroom ARETÈ - Via Seneca, 4 from 11 AM to 8 PM
📍 June 16–21 — The Street Soup Gallery, Via Gonzaga 7 (digital screening on a 4×3 m LED wall)
Organized by The Street Soup Gallery, in partnership with Polaroid and Fondazione Mazzoleni.
If you’re in Milan or nearby, I’d love to see you there. It’s a special opportunity to share new work and a meaningful step in my journey.
Longlist Nomination - BBA Photography Prize 2025
I'm thrilled to share that my work has been selected for the Longlist of the BBA Photography Prize 2025, placing me among the top 50 photographers chosen from thousands of international submissions.
Organized by BBA Gallery Berlin, the BBA Photography Prize is a prestigious annual award that recognizes bold vision, compelling storytelling, and technical excellence in contemporary photography. This year’s edition marks the 10-year anniversary of the prize, making it a particularly exciting moment to be part of its journey.
The longlist selection is already a huge honor—and next, the jury will select a shortlist of finalists, whose works will be exhibited at the Kühlhaus Berlin from 22 May to 1 June 2025. The final exhibition will span three floors of this iconic Berlin venue and will present a curated overview of the most outstanding photographic voices of the moment.
A heartfelt thank you to BBA Gallery and the jury for this recognition—and congratulations to all the fellow artists included in the longlist!
→ More about the BBA Photography Prize
→ Exhibition info – 10 Year Anniversary
Flemish Flair - My first exhibition at Galleria Leòn in Bologna
December 1, 2024
I am thrilled to announce that my photographs from the series Still Lifes Memories will be showcased in the opening exhibition of Galleria Leòn in Bologna. This new art space, directed by Leonardo Iuffrida, promises to be a significant hub for contemporary art and photography, focusing on artistic expressions that utilize the body as a key element of storytelling.
Galleria Leòn distinguishes itself by curating a compelling blend of contemporary art, fine art photography, and rediscovered vernacular imagery. The inaugural exhibition, titled Flemish Flair, pairs my work with that of Camilla Di Bella Vecchi, whose ethereal, body-centered compositions explore themes of intimacy and transience. Our photographs engage in a thoughtful dialogue that reflects the luminous and timeless beauty of Flemish painting from the 15th and 16th centuries.
Exhibition Details:
Title: Flemish Flair
Location: Galleria Leòn, Via Galliera 42/A, Bologna
Owner and Curator: Leonardo Iuffrida
Artists: Camilla Di Bella Vecchi, Marco Gualdoni
Opening Reception: December 6, 2024, at 6:30 PM
Duration: December 6, 2024 – February 15, 2025
Opening Hours: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM / 4:00 PM – 7:30 PM
I look forward to sharing this special moment with you and hope to see you at the opening!
My “Still Lifes Memories” series on BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Magazine n. 7
January 3, 2024
I am very excited to announce that a selection of photos from my Still Lifes Memories series is featured in the new issue of BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! The Magazine - Volume 7
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! is the world’s first fine art photography magazine dedicated to queer and gay photography.
Volume 7 features ten photographers from eight countries including myself: Jack Cuts (UK), Ivan Donadio (Italy), Marco Gualdoni (Italy), Lin Jaihang (Taiwan), Esa Kapila (Finland), Lucas Murnaghan (Canada), Mariano Vivanco (Peru), Tyler Udall (Canada), Lucas Ulmer (Germany), and Konstantin Zhukov (Latvia).
$1 from the sale of each magazine goes to charities supporting the LGBTQ+ community and fighting the HIV / AIDS epidemic.
Editor: Ghislain Pascal @ghislain.pascal
Art Direction: Studio Kunze @studiokunze
Writer: Gustavo Forcada @gustavo.forcada
Published by The Little Black Gallery @thelittleblackgallery
Distributed by Ra & Olly @raollyltd
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