Sabrina Merolla is a press and documentary photographer, participatory art facilitator and mixed media artist. Her work focuses on the multiple displacements and identities of the contemporary world from the perspective of human and nature rights. Her personal or community-led projects aim to resonate with the lives and actions of invisible or stereotyped individuals and communities, raising questions on critical environmental and political issues. After a PhD in China Cultural Studies and a specialization in International Cooperation to Development, she was awarded the University of Bolton-BFSLU (U.K./China) joint MA in International Multimedia Journalism, also specialising in participatory photography with PhotoVoice. She is published and featured internationally (Blow-up, Channel 4, China Daily, Corriere Della Sera, Information, Ilta-Sanomat, Lens Culture, LDN, Metro UK, Pagina 99, Panorama, Repubblica, RTL News GmbH, Stern, The Canary, The Conversation, The Courier, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph). Her works have been exhibited and awarded in China, Italy and the UK (2012 Creative Commons Focus on China Award, 3rd Mobile Photo Award 2014, Finalist SIPA 2015, finalist Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2018, Festival of Ethical Photography OFF 2020, shortlisted Urbanautica Institute Award 2020, winner NHS Forest Photo 2024).