Awards
Some images have found their way
I never entered competitions to win them. I entered to find out whether what I saw in my photographs could be seen by others too.
A few answers came back: an honourable mention here, a second place there, two selections by Barbara Silbe for NOC Sensei, the photographic community connected to New Old Camera Milano. Each time a small confirmation that the work was heading in the right direction.
The most recent recognition has a different shape: in March 2026 the Biblioteca Civica di Vimercate hosted my solo exhibition Antiche tecniche fotografiche nell’epoca di Instagram (Historic photographic techniques in the age of Instagram), devoted to cyanotype and selenetype. For me it was the moment when a very private body of work — made of chemical processes, of waiting, of prints produced one by one — became public and found its place.
Competitions
01
NOC Sensei — Best Photo of the Month
Selected by Barbara Silbe, photographer and journalist, for publication on the well-known website NOC Sensei as photo of the month (a short reportage).
02
Città di Agrate 2021 — Second place
Second place in the Città di Agrate 2021 photography competition, on the theme «La notte» (The Night). Print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® fine-art paper.
03
1801 Passaggi 2021 — Top 20
Ranked among the top 20 in the 1801 Passaggi competition — 2021 edition, dedicated to the photographer and anthropologist Frank Cancian.
04
NOC Sensei — Best Photo of the Week
Selected by Barbara Silbe, photographer and journalist, for publication on the well-known website NOC Sensei as photo of the week.
05
Memorial Franco Pontiggia — Honourable mention
Honourable mention at the Memorial Franco Pontiggia competition, on the theme «Le Joie de Vivre», organised by the Archivio Fotografico Italiano in partnership with ISP — Italian Street Photography, CITIES and EPSON Digigraphy.
06
Acque in Bianco e Nero — Honourable mention
Honourable mention from the jury of the Acque in Bianco e Nero competition, organised by the Il Gelso photography group under the patronage of the Comune di Gessate.
07
Biodiversity Photography — Catalogue
Published in the general catalogue of the Biodiversity Photography competition, organised by the Regione Marche in the «other wildlife» section.
Press
In March 2026 the Biblioteca Civica di Vimercate hosted the solo exhibition Antiche tecniche fotografiche nell’epoca di Instagram, centred on the technical and conceptual dialogue between historic handmade printing processes and the way images are consumed digitally today. The exhibition was documented and reviewed by several local newspapers and institutional channels.
Comune di Vimercate
Il Giorno
Giornale Info Brianza
Vimercate: mostra «Antiche tecniche fotografiche nell’epoca di Instagram»
Gallery
The award-winning photographs
Every image here has passed through a jury. Some won, others were given an honourable mention or published. All of them say something that was evidently worth looking at.
