Bio

I am an Italian photographer based in Bogotá, Colombia, interested in long-term and in-depth stories about marginalized communities and human rights violations. In 2000, after graduating with a BA in Literature from the University of Rome, I moved to Colombia where I completed an MA in Journalism and spent years working as a freelancer. In 2010, I graduated in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism from the International Center of Photography (ICP) in New York, where I lived for six years, working on personal projects about religion and diaspora while shooting assignments for The New York Times. In 2013, I was an Artist-in-Residence at L’École Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie (ENSP) in Arles, France. In 2014, I was elected Photographer of the Year at the Sony World Photography Awards' Arts & Culture category and I won the American Photography 30. In 2015, I was a Camargo Foundation Fellow in France. In 2017, I was a Bogliasco Foundation Fellow in Italy. In 2021, I was a E.CO Residency Fellow at Baudó in Colombia. In 2022, I received an Honorable Mention at the World Press Photo Awards for my project ‘Searching for lost lives. Where killing is a means to many ends’ about forced disappearance in Colombia. My work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London, the MACRO Museum in Rome, the Museo Archivo de la Fotografía in Mexico City, and the Centre of Remembrance, Peace and Reconciliation (CMPR) in Bogotà, among others. My photographs have been published by several international media outlets including The New York Times, Newsweek, BBC, CNN, Vice, and Granta.