The artists nominated by
The artists selected for FUTURES this year were identified by Walter Guadagnini, artistic director of CAMERA, and Giangavino Pazzola, associate curator of the centre and coordinator of the programme, with the help of curator and founder of Leporello photobooks, Chiara Capodici, founder of the Turin-based Witty Books Tommaso Parrillo, and Giulia Pollicita, researcher and curator of the Fondazione Morra Greco in Naples. The sampling the evaluation of portfolios of native Italian artists both in the country or abroad, and also of those coming from different nationalities but actively operating in the Italian context. This year, CAMERA also had a desire to investigate how new documentary strategies are evolving in our context, and all these nominated photographers make use of the documentary register to overcome a crisis in our perception of images.
Anna Adamo (b. 1991) develops new imagery with projects rooted in the underground scene, with reference to punk/hardcore music and the DIY ethos, ethnographic observations of the subcultures that inhabit it, the presence of human beings, group dynamics and the intimate relationships that ensue.
Giorgio Di Noto (b. 1990) investigates the relationship between visual languages and printing processes which he also strengthens through discussions with experts from various knowledge sectors. In this way, his projects not only emphasise visual experimentation but also contextualise the visual in the analysis of contemporary life.
Giulia Vanelli (b. 1996) explores ideas of memory and identity in photography, developing imagery guided by an evocative approach. He uses symbols as a causal link between the visible and the invisible, capturing the most enigmatic and hidden aspects of reality.
Ivo Sekulovski (b. 1992) questions notions like culture and identity, often altering the function of objects and their purpose. His work lies between the realms of documentary and staged photography, the real and the virtual, mixing photography and installation-based work and practices of recombination with the appropriation of 3D images.
Lucrezia Zanardi (b.1994) investigates individual and collective perception and mnemonic practices in archival research and materials. The corporeality of photography and the tactile sensations that derive from it are essential for the elaboration of his practice, which takes shape in works presented as installations.
Born in Rome in 1990, he studied photography and darkroom printing techniques and since 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", which is selected in "The Photobook. A History Vol. III" by M.Parr and G. Badger and later acquired by the MET of New York. In 2017 he published "The Iceberg 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. He lives and works in Rome where he teaches Photography and Printing Techniques.
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). In 2024 her first book The Season has been published by Witty Books.
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.
Lucrezia Zanardi (1994, Bologna) is multimedia artist, researcher and lecturer at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. She is completing her PhD at the Radboud Institute for Culture and History at Radboud University Nijmegen. Lucrezia studied Multimedia Arts at the IUAV University of Venice and at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design, earning her bachelor's degree in Venice in 2016. MA in Fotografie - Photographic Studies at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts in 2020. She is board member and exhibitions curator at the non-profit Etty Hillesum Huis in Middelburg.
Lucrezia's work focuses on two main themes: individual and collective perception and mnemonic practices in archival research. Materiality, its three-dimensional presence and tactile sensations are essential for the elaboration of her photographic research, which takes shape in the moment of installation and fruition. The initial focus on an inner perception has developed over the years into a reflection on the perception of archival material and the layers of memory, leading to a phenomenological investigation of the photographic act.
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