Born in Turin, Massimo Mastrorillo has mainly worked on long-term photographic projects, analyzing the profound consequences of conflicts and natural disasters in society. His works have been published in various Italian and international newspapers and have been exhibited in galleries, festivals and museums around the world. Among his awards: the World Press Photo, the Pictures of the Year International (Magazine Photographer of the Year, the Best of Photojournalism (MagazinePhotographer of the Year, the FNAC “Attenzione Talento Fotografico”, the PDN Photo Annual, the International Photographer of the Year at the 5th Annual Lucie Awards, the Sony World Photography Awards, one nomination for the Prix Pictet 2009 “Earth”, the Aftermath Grant (finalist, 2011, two nomina-tions for the Prix Pictet (2009 “Earth”, 2015 “Disorder”, two shortilists for the prestigious Vevey Images Grant (2015-2017. In 2011 he founded the collective MASTODON, together with the well-known Canadian photographer Donald Weber and the writer Larry Frolick, with whom he worked on the project “Life After Zero Hour”, investigating the consequences of the nuclear disaster in Fukushima. In 2015 he founded Door, a creative factory for the conception, design and spread of visual and especially photographic culture. Over the years Door has collaborated with internationally recognized authors, such as Ricardo Cases, Antonio Xoubanova, Federico Clavarino, Max Pinckers, Niccolò De Giorgis, Martin Kollar, Rafal Milach, Bertien Van Manen, Anouk Kruitof, Oscar Monzon, David Campany , Sophie Ristelhueber, Adam Broomberg, Julian Germain, Vanessa Winship, Joan Fontcuberta. Mastrorillo has recently completed, “The Sea is Us”, a project on confiscated mafia properties in Italy. A very complex work that involves a vast use of images and texts in an attempt to encourage an imaginative and metaphorical thought process on such a complex and scarcely known theme. The “Sea is Us” was selected for the Luma Dummy Book Award 2019 and for the Images Vevey Book Award and for the Vevey Images Grant.
