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BIOaboutMichele

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I personally consider this world as a great book full of stories, to which I only try to attach some illustration.

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Born in Pietrasanta (province of Lucca - Italy) on 29 August 1979, I currently live in the city of Lucca and after having completed an route artistic formation at the moment I work as a freelance documentary photographer and I do restoration and conservation of cultural heritage. I've always been sensitive to the communication through the artistic expressive forms, in 2009 I was drawn to the photographic art and that, together with the curiosity of the traveller, has completely changed my life and given deeper meaning to my work.

 

In 2015 I obtained a master's degree in photojournalism and documentary photography at the Fondazione Studio Marangoni school in Florence, Italy. So I start to practice the profession of freelance photographer realizing authorial projects and continuing to invest in my training in visual communication.

 

My works originate from the curiosity to know new worlds, from a careful observation of the surrounding environment, both from a scenic point of view, formed by lights, shadows and shapes, and from an emotional point of view, built mainly by an atmosphere or by the interaction that an individual has with it, with himself or with other individuals.

I love telling stories, documenting or expressing them, searching for the most suitable visual language to best narrate a certain reality or a personal reflection.

Photographing puts me more in touch with my deepest being: I can just let go of myself, leaving aside all forms of inner resistance, I get in tune and in an intimate relationship with what and who surrounds me in that particular moment.

I am always open to experimentation, to visual and inner research, every day is one more little experience that continues to make me evolve both as an artist as well as an individual.

 

Some of my works have been published in various magazines including GEO, Credere, VI Menn, Daily Mail, Prier Magazine, L'oeil de la Photographie, ArtDoc Magazine, Asian Geographic, National Geographic Traveler and National Geographic Italia and have received international awards.

In my projects I am particularly attentive to anthropological and environmental aspects, being fascinated mainly by the human being and his intimate precious moments in the Mediterranean territories.

 

I collaborate with companies in the agri-food, tourism and industrial sectors, building authorial projects using visual language as a strong communication tool, seeking authenticity, the essence that each of us has and puts into what we are dedicated to, but which often it is placed in a drawer to align with that illusion in which we believe that to be appreciated it is right to be homologated.

 

"I personally consider this world as a great book full of stories, to which I only try to attach some illustration."

PHOTOLUX FESTIVAL 2024 – AGRATERRA - Exhibition in Lucca, Italy

PHOCO Photo Art Contest 2024 – FAR SOUTH - 2rd place

 

HIPA 2023 - Finalist

Festival Paesaggi - SOLVAYLAND - 2023 - Exhibition in Cuneo, Italy

Fotografia Calabria Festival - FAR SOUTH - 2023 -  Exhibition in Cosenza, Italy.

 

ASISAfoto 2022 - 3rd place

HIPA 2022 - Merit Medal

Residenze Mediterranee PHOTOLUX Festival 2022 - Winner

Mediterraneo Fotografia Special Edition 2021 - Selected

F5.6 Gallery of Lucca -  SOLVAYLAND in preview - 2021 - Exhibition

MICROFESTIVAL in Celle di Bellino (CN) - FAR SOUTH - 2021 - Exhibition

MICROFESTIVAL in Velva (GE) - SOLVAYLAND in preview - 2021 - Exhibition

 

World Report Award 2019 Finalist

 

HIPA 2018 - Finalist

Neutral Density Photography Awards 2018 - Honorable Mention

Moscow International Foto Award 2018 - Honorable Mention

Siena International Photo Award 2018 - Finalist
OASIS Photo Contest 2018 - work highlight

International Photographer Of The Year 2017 - 3rd place
Travel Photographer Of The Year 2017- Finalist

World Nomads Travel Photography Scholarship 2017- Finalist

Prix De La Photographie Paris 2017 - 2rd place

HIPA 2016 Finalist

International Photographer Of The Year 2016 - 1rd place

International Photographer Of The Year 2016 - Honorable Mention

Travel Photographer Of The Year 2016- Finalist

Neutral Density Photography Awards 2016 - 2rd place

Neutral Density Photography Awards 2016 - Honorable Mention

Moscow International Foto Award 2016 - Honorable Mention

Siena International Photo Award 2016 - Finalist

Travel Photographer Of The Year 2015- Finalist

Siena International Photo Award 2015 - Finalist

HIPA 2014 - Finalist

Wanderlust Travel Photo Of The Year 2014 - 2rd place

OASIS Photo Contest 2013 - 1rd place

Phone & Location

Lucca, Italy.

Mobile:  +39 338 92 31 014

Email: marty.nelli@virgilio.it

Collaborations whit PARALLELOZERO agency

Collaborations whit JAM PRESS agency

Collaborations whit TRiCERA ART Gallery

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