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Ventura Formicone

Ventura Formicone

Fisherman, Galata Bridge. Istanbul.

Awards

One Shot Photo Contest

2022

Nominee

Street

Professional

Fisherman, Galata Bridge. Istanbul.

About Artist

Ventura Formicone

Ventura was born in Notaresco, a little village in Italy located between the Gran Sasso mountain and the Adriatic Sea. After completing secondary school, Ventura moved to Bologna to study agronomy at university. In those formative years at university he become interested in photography, and produced his first professional works as a photographer. After completing his degree at the university, Ventura moved to Madrid, where he started to explore and develop his photographic language. Fifteen years ago, he started to work in the field of development in collaboration with several NGOs and UN agencies, with a focus on the Middle East. Ventura has held several exhibitions of his work, including "Suspended Lives", a controversial work on Palestinian women political prisoners, which was launched in Madrid in 2011. He is currently based in Istanbul.

Ventura Formicone

Photographic Areas of Focus

Film & Alternative Process, Photojournalism, Portrait, Still Life, Street, Travel

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Italy

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