New Artists - Page 9

Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez (b. 1989) in Bogota, Colombia, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His work explores unassuming scenes, often using poetic devices bringing new value to overlooked settings in regions with historical background. His most frequent subject is how mankind and nature interact and coexist, and he explores how time, history and environmental changes alter the relations between the two. Ruiz Gonzalez’s work has been featured in The British Journal of Photography, Vice, Aint-Bad, Lomography, Lenscratch, NBC Latino, Float Magazine, National Geographic and Pulitzer Center. In previous years he was selected as a grantee for National Geographic, Pulitzer Center

Gianfranco Gallucci (b.1981) is an independent documentary photographer currently based between Venice and Portugal. He started approaching photography as a self-taught photographer in 2004, after independent studies on cinematography, while majoring in architecture at university. He earned a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of Ferrara in 2008, with a research thesis on photography and urban system analysis, titled “Introducing Photography – PHOTO (+) DATA/backup – A feedback for the contemporary city”, curated by Vittorio Savi. In 2009 got an internship at Agence VU in Paris, after that he came back to Italy and moved to Rome where in

Richard Sandler is an American internationally renowned street photographer, documentary film and videomaker. He was awarded a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship for photography, a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellowship for Filmmaking, and a New York State Council on the Arts fellowship for Filmmaking. Sandler’s still photographs are in the permanent collections of Brooklyn Museum, Center for Creative Photography – University of Arizona, Houston Museum of Fine Art, Museum of the City of New York, New York Historical Society, New York Public Library. www.richardsandler.com

Born in Taranto (South Italy) in 1994. He approached photography in 2016 after an unexpected discovery of some dusted cameras from an old trunk of his father. From that moment, he decided to devote himself entirely to the study of the photographic image; in the same year, he started a Bachelor’s degree in photography at the European Institute of Design in Rome (IED Rome), graduating with honors in July 2019. This course gave him the opportunity to deepen his knowledge regarding the analysis and the production of the photographic image and the privilege of taking part at several masterclasses and

Luca Santini was born in Rome in 1992. He began to approach photography in 2014, enrolling in the three-year master of the Scuola Romana di Fotografia e Cinema in Rome. He later became Paolo Pellegrin’s studio assistant and collaborated in the publication of the book “Paolo Pellegrin – An Anthology”. His attention immediately focuses mainly on long-term personal projects, undertaking a continuous visual research on the Italian territory. His first book “Blue” has just been released, a four-handed work with Matteo Natalucci enriched by the pen of Wu Ming 2. Since 2020 he has been represented by the Contrasto agency.

Cristina is an award-winning photographer based in Italy, specialized in creative and fine art photography. She has lived her childhood in an artistic environment. She loves to explore the complex relationship between subject and environment. She has collaborated with a variety of magazines and brands. Her works were exhibited at Galleria Carla Sozzani in Milan, at Leica Gallery in Milan, at Somerset House London, at Base Milan for the PhotoVogue Festival 2016, at Santa Maria della Scala in Siena, Contact photography Festival Toronto to name a few. – Her works have been published and featured in several magazines like Vogue.it,

Davide Maria Palusa (Trieste, Italy, 1989) is a visual artist who works with photography. He graduated in Photography and Visual Narration at APAB in Florence and at the same time worked as a photographer assistant. He completed his studies with a Master in Architecture Photography at Spazio Labo in Bologna. His research focuses on the representation of space, observing the connections between environment and architecture to giving life to new atmospheres. www.davidemariapalusa.com

Boris Snauwaert is a photographer working and living in Ghent, Belgium. He’s interested in images that sing themselves loose from their original context and invite multiple readings. svartdal.format.com/

Giacomo Bianco (b. 1994, Italy) is a photographer based in Venice. After the bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Multimedia at IUAV in Venice, he graduated from ISIA U with a MA in Photography. From 2019 to 2021 he was an artist in residence at Bevilacqua La Masa (VE) as well as the photographer assistant of Matteo De Mayda. Currently, he is Giovanna Silva’s photographer assistant with whom he teaches at ISIA U and he’s FRESH EYES talent 2021. His practice is born from the exploration of the natural world, particularly from observing the dynamics of coexistence between human and