Born and raised in Italy, I grew up marvelling at the wonderful art scattered everywhere in my country. I graduated with an MA in Art Studies at the University of Bologna, focused on art history and its influence on cultural disciplines such as sociology, philosophy and psychology. Particular prominence in my academic studies was dedicated to the history of photography and the works of its greatest artists.
During my years in Bologna, I worked at various museums and art galleries – including a position as Gallery Assistant during the 2001 Photology retrospective of David Lachapelle at Villa Impero. All this time experimenting with my Nikon FM2, this passion for photography brought me to London to attend Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2002.
I have worked in the image industry ever since: first as a content provider at picture agencies and then as an image buyer in publishing, contributing to high-quality editorial projects with some of the top graphic designers and publishing houses.
I am a versatile and creative picture researcher and photo editor, happy working on a variety of subjects from book covers to historical and editorial research, photojournalism, art projects, visual concept development, sourcing and commissioning illustration. I love to find new and interesting material for designers to work with, and to develop picture briefs by supplying innovative and unusual image content. Here you can have a look at some examples of my work.