Anna Positano

Anna Positano is a photographer and an artist, with a background in architecture. She graduated in Architecture at the University of Genoa (2008), then obtained her MA in Photography at the London College of Communication (2010). Her work encompasses the reciprocal in uence between landscape and society and explores everyday places that play a key-role in narrating people’s lives. She uses photography, video installations, cartography, writing and participated practices to interpret the complexity of man-altered landscapes.

In addition to her art and research, she works on commission for architects and public institutions. She is regularly published in architectural magazines (including Casabella, Domus, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’Hui, Le Moniteur). She gives tertiary lectures (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Florida International University, Polytechnic University of Milan, University of Genoa, Italian Institute of Culture - Addis Ababa) and leads workshops at a university level.

Her projects have been exhibited internationally, in art galleries and public institutions, such as La Triennale, Milan, Venice Architectural Biennale, Cornell University, Ithaca, MAO Ljubljana, and Villa Croce Museum of Contemporary Art, Genoa.

Anna is based in Genoa, Italy.