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Lucrezia Zanardi (1994, Bologna) is a photographer and multimedia artist, researcher and lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund. She is a PhD student at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History at the Radboud University Nijmegen in cooperation with FH Dortmund. Lucrezia studied Multimedia Arts at the IUAV University of Venice and at the University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, obtaining her Bachelor's degree in Venice in 2016. MA in Photography and Photographic Studies at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund in 2020. She is co-founder and curator at the non-profit cultural centre Etty Hillesum Huis in Middelburg. Lucrezia has presented her work on various occasions in Italy, Germany, France and the Netherlands, her photographic book Present Traces of A Past Existence: A Photographic Research was shortlisted for the Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award 2021, her work has been presented at the Dortmunder U for Emerging Artists Dortmund and the Folkwang Museum in Essen in 2018, at "Plat(t)form" Fotomuseum Winterthur in 2022, among others. Currently, Lucrezia is working on an artistic research and PhD project at the Edith Stein Archive in Cologne.
Ivo Sekulovski born in 1992 - Ohrid, North Macedonia - at the age of 19 he moved to Italy where he obtained his BA degree with honors (2011-2014). Ivo lives and works between Milan, Italy and Ohrid, North Macedonia. From 2019 he started teaching theory, practice and visual dialogues in contemporary photography in a course he is leading at IED Milan. Ivo is a visual artist using the medium of photography to investigate and question the notions of culture, territory and identity, while addressing the ideas of absurdist theatre and ambiguity, often altering objects’ function and their purpose. His oeuvre lies between the realms of observational and staged photography, facts and fiction, the real and virtual that crosses from set arrangements he makes, the use of re-combining and appropriation practices to use of 3D images, whilst his final output remains mostly photographic.
Giulia Vanelli (b.1996) is an Italian photographer based in Tuscany whose work explore concepts such us memory and identity, always driven by an evocative approach. She uses symbols as a causal link between visible and invisible, capturing the most enigmatic and hidden aspect of reality. She graduated from the BA Photography at Libera Accademia di Belle Arti of Florence in 2019 after spending a schooling period at Stephen F. Austin University, Texas. In 2020 she was selected for the artistic residency at Fabrica, Benetton’s communication research center. In 2023 she was selected by the British Journal of Photography as one of the fifteen most promising emerging photographers from all over the world. Her work has been shown in group and solo exhibition in international festivals and galleries, including Fotografia Europea (Reggio Emilia, 2021), Galerie Joseph Le Palais (Paris, 2022) and 1014 Gallery (London, 2022).
Giorgio Di Noto, Born in Rome in 1990, he studied photography and darkroom printing techniques. While studying Philosophy in 2011 he began his research on photographic materials and the relationship between visual languages and printing processes. In 2012 wins the Pesaresi Prize with the project "The Arab Revolt", making a self-published book which was mentioned in "The Photobook. A History Vol. III" by M.Parr and G. Badger, exhibited during Paris Photo and later acquired in a collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 2017 he published "The Iceberg" (Edition Patrick Frey), which received a special mention for the Author Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles 2018 and is among the finalists for the Prix Bob Calle du livre d'artiste. Since 2019 he is one of the artists of the book and exhibition project "Metafotografia". In 2021 he is among the authors of the group exhibition "Retrofuturo" at the Macro in Rome. His projects have been exhibited at various festivals and events in Europe. He lives and works in Rome where he teaches Photography and History and technique of printing processes at RUFA - Rome University of Fine Arts.
Anna Adamo (1991, Milano) investigates intimate, detailed portraits of her mother and her daily life since she was a teenager. She approached photography in her childhood with her brother's camera. After artistic studies she took part in the first national competition established by Leica, with the project ''This is our youth'' and won along with 5 others. Here she got scouted by a member of the jury, Magnum’s member Alex Majoli, who later proposed to her a work experience with the collective of photographers and photojournalist, Cesura, which he founded in 2008. After having worked there as an intern for three months, she’s since been working there as a collaborator for five years. She has documented various underground scenarios such as Gabbers, Punks. All of this drives me in search of stories surrounded by human presence, emotions and families. From 2018 she works as a freelance photographer developing long- term personal projects, but also began to take her first steps in the fashion and editorial’s world.
