Selected Prizes and Awards:
2024 - Sony World Photography Awards , UK.
2023 - The Climate Pledge - National Geographic Grantee, US.
2022 - National Geographic Society Grantee, US.
2020 - Leica Oskar Barnack Award, GE.
2020 - Luis Roederer Discovery Award Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles, FR.
2019 - National Geographic Storytelling Fellowship, US.
2019 - Finalist BMW Residency, Paris Photo, FR.
2017 - CodiceMIA, MIA Fair, Milano, IT.
2017 - Finalist W.E. Smith Grant, NY, US.
2016 - Fellowship Asia Society, ChinaFile, US.
2014 - Best Book of the Year, Paris Photo, FR.
2014 - PDN Best Book Award 2014, US.
2014 - Aperture Portfolio Prize, NY, US.
2014 - The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation best book award.
2013 -Fondation Carmignac Photojournalism Award, FR
2013 - 2nd prize POY multimedia, US.
2012 - 3rd prize Lead Award, US.
2012 - Epea grant, “Harragas", EU.
2012 -Awaking award Tehran art project, IR
2011 - European Publisher Award. EU.
2011 - "Follow your convictions grant" Maurice Lacroix", CH.
2011 - 2nd Art single World Press Photo, INT.
2010 - Aftermath Project Award, US.
2010 - Lumix Freelens Award, GE.
2010 - Emerging Photographer Award, US
2010 - 2nd Sony World Photography Awards, UK
2009 - Foam Talent Award Award, GE.
2009 - Leica Oskar Barnak Award, NL.
2009 - 1st General news stories, World Press Photo, NL.
2008 - 2nd prize best book, IPA Award., US.
2008 - 1st General news, IPA Award, US.
2008 - Best book, FotoGrafia-Book Award, IT.
2007 - TAF prize, LuccaDigitalFotoFest, IT.
2007 - 1st Spot news stories, World Press Photo, NL.
2005 - 2nd Prize Amilcare Ponchielli, IT.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2023 - "Sinomocene", Ragusa PhotoFestival, Ragusa, IT.
2023 - "Sinomocene", Cargo - Les Photographiques, Saint-Nazaire, FR.
2022 - "Sinomocene", PhEST, Monopoli, IT.
2022 - "Sinomocene", Stapferhaus, Lenzburg, CH.
2018 - "Vento Dall' Est", Nonostantemarras, Milan, IT.
2017 - "The April Theses and In the Russian East", Galleria del Cembalo, Rome, IT.
2017 - "Spasibo", SIFest26, Savignano sul Rubicone, IT.
2017 - "Imperium et Permixtio", Officine Fotografiche, Milan, IT.
2015 - “Thinking Coordinate” , Ilex – 10b, Rome, IT.
2015 - “Dusha +Icons”, L’ Oiseau Gallery, Paris, FR.
2014 - “Borderline Empire”, Kehrer Berlin, Berlin, GE.
2014 - “Spasibo”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2014 - “Spasibo”, Frankfurt Photo Forum, Frankfurt, GE
2014 - “Spasibo”, Rencontres de Arles, Arles, FR
2014 - “Spasibo”, Museo Messina, Milan, IT
2013 - “Spasibo”, Chapelle de L’ ecole de beaux Artes - Paris, FR
2013 -“Red Thistle”, Officine Fotografiche - Rome, IT
2013 -“Dusha”, Casa studio Morandi - Modena, IT
2013 -“Red Thistle”, Micamera, Milan, IT
2012 -“Red Thistle”, Rencontres de Arles - New York, US
2012 -“Red Thistle”, VII Gallery - New York, US
2012 -“Red Thistle”, Petite Noire Gallery - Paris, FR
2010 -“Red Thistle”, Castello Estense, Ferrara, IT
2010 -“Red Thistle”, Museo Trento e Rovereto Rovereto, IT
2010 -“La Linea Inesistente”, Ortigia - Siracuse, IT
2010 -“Red Thistle”, Lumix Festival , Hannover, GE
2009 -“Dusha”, Micamera, Milan, IT
2008 -“Dusha”, Rencontres de Arles, Arles, FR
2008 -“Dusha”, B gallery, Rome, IT.
Selected Collective Exhibitions:
2020 “People and Places”, ScoP, Shanghai,CN.
2020 ‘Carmignac Photojournalism Award - 10 Years”, Porquerolles Island, FR.
2019 ‘Taxed to the Max”, Noorderlicht International Photography Festival, Groningen, NL.
2018 “Summer Open Gallery” Aperture, NY, US.
2017 “Lenin Lives”, Davidson College Art Gallery, USA.
2016 “Opening at...”, Heillandi Gallery,Lugano, CH.
2016 “Oltre le mura di Roma”, Macro Testaccio, Rome, IT.
2015 “Carmignac Photojournalism Award, a retrospective”, Saatchi Gallery, London, IT.
2015 L’ Esodo, open-air exhibition at “Fotoleggendo Roma 2015”, Rome, IT.
2015 "Catalogue from Lampedusa", installation at Ragusa Festival 2015, Ragusa, IT.
2014 Spasibo – Kaunas Photo Festival – Kaunas, Lithuania.
2014 "Spasibo", Tblisi photo festival - Georgia.
2013 "Red Thistle", Bursa Festival – Bursa – TU.
2013 "Harragas", Nobel prize Center- Oslo, NR.
2013 "Harragas" , House of Photography- Hamburg, GE.
2012 "Red Thistle" - Rencontres de Arles - Arles, FR.
2011 "Ombre di Guerra" , MEP- Paris, FR.
2010 "Red Thistle", Lumix Festival , Hannover, GE.
2009 "Ombre di Guerra" - Rotonda della Besana- Milan, IT.
2009 "Dusha", “FOTOGRAFIA FESTIVAL ROMA” - Palazzo Esposizioni- Rome, IT.
2007 "Dusha", - Lucca Foto Festival, Lucca, IT.
Fairs and Collections
2024 Artefiera, Bologna, IT.
2023 Paris Photo , Paris, FR.
2022 Paris Photo , Paris, FR.
2022Photo London, London UK.
2021 Paris Photo , Paris, FR.
2021 MIA Photo Fair , Milan, IT.
2019 MIA Photo Fair , Milan, IT.
2019 Photo London, London UK.
2018 MIA Photo Fair , Milan, IT.
2018 Photo London, London, UK.
2017 MIA Photo Fair , Milan, IT.
2015 Photo London, London UK.
2015 Unseen, Amsterdam, NL.
Selected Books:
2022 “Sinomocene” - Artphilein Foundation.
2020 “Non Gasoline Station” - Artphilein Foundation.
2019 “In The Russian East” - Spaziergang.
2018 "War is Only Half the Story" - Dewi Lewis.
2017 "The April Theses" - Edizioni Postcart.
2013 “Spasibo” – Kehrer Verlag.
2012 “Red Thistle” – Dewi Lewis.
2012 “Chardon Rouge” – Actes sud.
2012 “Cardo Rosso” – Peliti.
2012 “Rote Distel” – Kehrer Verlag.
2012 “Holler – Enel Contemporanea” – H+.
2009 “La Linea Inesistente” – Contrasto
2007 “Dusha – Russian Soul” - Edizioni Postcart.
Curated:
"Tutorship in Visual Storytelling", Spazio Labo, educational program. "Restricted Area"
"Restricted Area", Danila Tkachenko, book 2015. European Publisher Award.
Il tempo di un Viaggio, Marco Pesaresi, SIFest26, 2017.