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Isabella Franceschini is an Italian freelance photographer and a Lowepro Ambassador. After a degree in Economics from the University of Bologna, she attended a one-year masterclass of photojournalism  in Rome and, since then, photography has become a fundamental part of her professional  life.  Isabella is currently developing long-term projects primarily inspired by what influences human beings and their relationships as well as issues related to environment sustainability. In recent years, her projects have been featured in magazines including The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, l’Espresso, la Repubblica, MarieClaire, Vanity Fair, Getty Images among others. She has contributed to a Telethon Foundation Campaign about rare genetic diseases and she has received multiple awards such as the World Report Award Documenting Humanity 2022, the 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award, ZEKE Award 2024, ISPA Award 2023, The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2024. Her works were exhibited in private galleries and public spaces, in solo and collective expositions including the Festival of Ethical Photography (Lodi, Italy), the Bridge Gallery (Cambridge Mass. US), Fotonostrum (Barcelona, Spain)  and Photoville Festival  (New York US) among other.

Exhibitions :

2024. The leap of fish that dream of flying | Photoville Festival | New York US

2024. The leap of fish that dream of flying | Bridge Gallery | Cambridge Mass. US

2024. Becoming a citizen | Cremona, Piazza Roma  | IT | PAF Festival

2024. Becoming a citizen | Biella  Palazzo Ferrero | IT | Ethical Photography Festival

2023. Pink Hops | Festival of Ethical Photography Lodi IT | September 30 – October 29 | Single Shot World Report Award Documenting Humanity

2023. Cracking the monolith | Roma Fotografia 2023 Future | Led Panel in Palazzo Massimo, Parco Archeologico del Colosseo , Palazzo Altemps, Castel Sant’Angelo ROME IT

2023. Becoming a citizen |  Emilia-Romagna Region Bologna  IT | May 25 – June 4

2023. Becoming a citizen | Montanaso Lombardo IT | September, 30 – October, 29 | Partnership with Festival of Ethical Photography Lodi

2023. Becoming a citizen | Florence IT | October, 20 – November, 12 | Partnership with Festival of Ethical Photography Lodi

2022. Becoming a citizen | Festival of Ethical Photography  Lodi  IT | September 24 – October 23 | Winner Short Story World Report Award Documenting Humanity

2022. Cracking  the monolith | Umberto Verde Gallery TRIESTE IT |Wow, world of women

2022. Cracking the monolith |  Bresciani Visual Art Gallery  ROME IT | October, 21 – 30 | 1st Prize Short Story Female Bresciani Visual Art Award

2022. Cracking the monolith | Palazzo Santa Chiara ROME IT | November 3 – 30 | 1st Prize Short Story Female Bresciani Visual Art Award

2022. Cracking the monolith | QR Photogallery Bologna IT| September 23 – October 8 | 1st Prize Award Closer

2022. Becoming a citizen | Bridge Gallery, Mass. US | January 8 – February 5 |  ‘World View’ Show, curated from the 2021 ZEKE Awards

2022. Pink Hops | Monfest, Casale Monferrato IT Accademia Filarmonica | March 25 – June 12 | curated from  Soroptimist – women’s stories Finalist 2021

2022. Cracking the monolith | Fotonostrum Barcelona Gallery, Spain | March 17 – April 3 | curated from the 17 J.M.Cameron Award winning entries next to Steve McCurry exhibition

Awards : 

2024. MARILYN STAFFORD FOTOREPORTAGE Award | Winner | The leap of fish that dream of flying

2024. IPA | 3rd place in Social cause | The ladies of  the camellias

2024. PX3 State of the world | Shortlist | The ladies of the camellias

2024. PX3  | Bronze winner | The ladies of the camellias

2024. ZEKE AWARDS | Honorable Mention | The leap of fish that dream of flying

2024. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Single Shot 2024 Finalist

2024. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | NonProfit Category 2024 Finalist |  The ladies of the camellias for StopTB ItaliaODV

2023. ISPA Award | Finalist | The leap of fish that dream of flying

2023. 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award | Winner Children’s Category Series | Becoming a citizen

2023. ND Award | Documentary Series | Honorable Mention | 80 East End Road

2023. IPA | Honorable Mention | Editorial Press Environmental | Every little thing we need to let go

2023. PX3 | 80 East End Road | HM

2023. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Single Shot 2023 Finalist  | Pink Hops

2023. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Short Story  Award 2023 Finalist |  Pink Hops

2023. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Shortlist | Reportage | 80 East End Road

2023. Annual Photography Award | Honorable Mention  | People-Culture & Lifestyle |    Cracking the Monolith

2022. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Winner  Short Story  Award 2022 | Becoming a citizen

2022. 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award | Documentary and Reportage Series | Honorable mention | Pink Hops

2022. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Spotlight Award 2022 Shortlist  | Becoming a citizen

2022. Lucie Foundation Open Call Carte Blanche  | Finalist | LifeStyle Category | Becoming a citizen

2022. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Shortlist | Documentary Series | Becoming a citizen

2022. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Shortlist | Reportage | Pink HopLand

2022. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Shortlist | Reportage | Cracking the Monolith

2022. NDAwards | Honorable Mention | Editorial | Documentary | Cracking the Monolith

2022. Closer  | Dentro il Reportage | Witness Journal | Winner | Cracking the Monolith

2022. Female Bresciani Visual Art Award | 1st Prize Short Story | Cracking the monolith

2022. Monfest | Winner Portfolio | Casale Monferrato IT |  Becoming a citizen

2022. Soroptimist Award | Finalist Storie di Donne |  Monfest | Pink HopLand

2021. 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award | Honorable Mention | Documentary Series |    Cracking the Monolith

2021. MIFA | Bronze Award | People | Family | Pink Hop-land

2021. Social Documentary Net | US | Becoming a Citizen

2020. ItalyPhotoAward | Finalist | Italian Collection Lodi 2020 | ( the garden )

2020. IPA | Honorable Mention | People | Self-Portrait | ( the garden )

2020. PX3 | Honorable Mention | Portraiture | Culture | A collective unconsciousness

2020. ItalyPhotoAward | Finalist | Italian Collection IMP 2020 | Becoming a citizen

2020. MIFA | Honorable Mention| Portraiture | Children | Becoming a citizen

2019. ItalyPhotoAward | Finalist | Italian Collection Lodi 2019 | Becoming a citizen

2019. PX3 | Silver Award | Portraiture | Children | Becoming a citizen

Publications :

2024. Linkiesta etc | n. 6 | 80 East End Road

2024. ZEKE Magazine | Spring issue | The leap of fish that dream of flying

2024. Il Fotografo Magazine | issue n. 346 | 80 East End Road

2023. la Repubblica | IT | 6 August 2023 | Pink Hops

2023. Gente | IT | 1 June 2023| Pink Hops

2023. Telethon | IT | May  2023 |  IO PER LEI   Mother’s Day Campaign

2022. Espresso |  IT | N. 25  | Becoming a Citizen

2022. The Washington Post | In Sight | US |Becoming a Citizen

2022. VanityFair | IT | Becoming a citizen

2022. Famiglia Cristiana | IT | N. 39  | Becoming a citizen

2022. IO DONNA | IT | N. 38  | Becoming a citizen

2022. Il Fotografo Magazine | issue n. 337 | Becoming a citizen

2022. WitnessJournal |  WJ#131 | Cracking the monolith

2021. Marie Claire Magazine | IT | N.2 | Pink Hop-land

2020. Eyesopen Magazine | December 2020 |( the garden)

2020. WitnessJournal |  WJ#116 | Becoming a citizen

2020. Adesso Magazine | Munchen, DE | June 2020 | Becoming a citizen

2020.  Shutdown | video on Life in time of Coronavirus curated from the Archive Istituto    Luce-Cinecittà Roma  | images selected from the series (the garden)

2020. Marie Claire Magazine | IT | N.1 | Becoming a citizen

2018. Spiegel ONLINE | Hamburg, DE | November 26th | Becoming a citizen

 

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Isabella Franceschini è una fotografa freelance italiana e Ambassador Lowepro. Dopo la  laurea in Economia e Commercio presso l’Università di Bologna, ha frequentato  un Master annuale di fotogiornalismo  a Roma e, da allora, la fotografia è diventata parte fondamentale della sua vita professionale.  Attualmente, Isabella sta sviluppando progetti a lungo termine principalmente ispirati da ciò che influenza gli esseri umani e le loro relazioni oltre a temi legati alla sostenibilità ambientale. Negli ultimi anni i suoi progetti sono stati pubblicati da  The Washington Post, Der Spiegel, l’Espresso, la Repubblica, MarieClaire, Vanity Fair,  Getty Images. Ha contribuito a una Campagna della Fondazione Telethon sulle malattie genetiche rare e ha vinto numerosi premi internazionali tra i quali il World Report Award Documenting Humanity 2022, 21° Julia Margaret Cameron Award, ZEKE Award 2024, ISPA Award 2023, il Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award 2024. I suoi lavori sono stati esposti  in gallerie private e spazi pubblici, in mostre personali e collettive tra cui il Festival della Fotografia Etica di Lodi (Italia), la Bridge Gallery (Cambridge Mass. US), Fotonostrum (Barcellona) e Photoville Festival (NewYork).

Mostre :

2024. Il salto dei pesci che sognano il volo | Photoville Festival | New York US

2024. Il salto dei pesci che sognano il volo | Bridge Gallery | Cambridge Mass. US

2024. Becoming a citizen | Cremona, Piazza Roma  | IT | PAF Festival

2024. Becoming a citizen | Biella Palazzo Ferrero IT |  Festival della fotografia etica

2023. Pink Hops | Festival of Ethical Photography Lodi IT | September, 30 – October, 29 | Finalist Single Shot World Report Award Documenting Humanity

2023. Cracking the monolith | Roma Fotografia 2023 Future | Led Panel in Palazzo Massimo, Parco Archeologico del Colosseo , Palazzo Altemps, Castel Sant’Angelo ROMA IT

2023. Becoming a citizen | Regione Emilia-Romagna Bologna  IT | May, 25 – June, 4 | Assemblea legislativa della Regione Emilia-Romagna

2023. Becoming a citizen | Montanaso Lombardo (LO) | September, 30 – October, 29 | Partnership with Festival of Ethical Photography Lodi

2023. Becoming a citizen | Firenze IT | October, 20 – November, 12 | Partnership with Festival of Ethical Photography Lodi

2022. Becoming a citizen | Festival Fotografia Etica Lodi  IT  | September, 24 – October, 23 | Winner Short Story World Report Award Documenting Humanity

2022. Cracking  the monolith | Galleria  Umberto Verde TRIESTE IT | Wow, world of women

2022. Cracking the monolith | Galleria Bresciani Visual Art  ROMA IT | October, 21 – 30 | 1st Prize Short Story Premio ‘Fotografia al femminile Bresciani Visual Art’

2022. Cracking the monolith | Palazzo Santa Chiara ROMA IT | November, 3 – 30 | 1st Prize Short Story Premio ‘Fotografia al femminile Bresciani Visual Art’

2022. Cracking the monolith | QR Photogallery Bologna IT| September, 23 – October ,8 | 1st Prize Award Closer-dentro il reportage

2022. Becoming a citizen | Bridge Gallery, Mass. US | January,8 – February, 5 |  selected as part of the ‘World View’ Show, curated from the 2021 ZEKE Award for documentary photography.

2022. Pink HopLand | Monfest Casale Monferrato IT Accademia Filarmonica | March 25 – June 12 | curated from  Soroptimist –  storie di donne finalist 2021

2022. Cracking the monolith | Fotonostrum Barcelona Gallery, Spain | March 17 – April 3 | curated from the 17 J.M.Cameron Award winning entries next to Steve McCurry exhibition

Premi :

2024. MARILYN STAFFORD FOTOREPORTAGE Award | 1° premio | ll salto dei pesci che sognano il volo

2024. IPA | 3° premio in Social cause | Le signore delle camelie

2024. PX3 State of the world | Shortlist | Le signore delle camelie

2024. PX3  | Bronze winner | Le signore delle camelie

2024. ZEKE Award | Honorable mention | Il salto dei pesci che sognano il volo

2024. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Single Shot 2024 Finalista

2024. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | NonProfit Category 2024 Finalista |  Le signore delle camelie per  StopTB ItaliaODV

2023. ISPA Award | Finalist | Il salto dei pesci che sognano il volo

2023. 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Award | Winner Children’s Category Series | Becoming a citizen

2023. ND Award | Documentary Series | Honorable Mention | 80 East End Road

2023. IPA | Honorable Mention | Editorial Press Environmental | Every little thing we need to let go

2023. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Finalist | Single Shot 2023 | Pink Hops

2023. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Finalist | Short Story  Award 2023 |  Pink Hops

2023. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Shortlist | Reportage | 80 East End Road

2023. PX3 | 80 East End Road | Menzione d’onore

2023. Annual Photography Award | Menzione d’onore | People-Culture & Lifestyle | Cracking the Monolith

2022. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi |  Vincitore Short Story Award | Becoming a citizen

2022. 19th Julia Margaret Cameron Award | Documentary and Reportage Series | Menzioned’onore | Pink Hops

2022. World Report Award | Documenting Humanity | Fotografia Etica Lodi | Finalista | Spotlight Award | Becoming a citizen

2022. Lucie Foundation Open Call Carte Blanche  | Finalista | LifeStyle Category | Becoming a citizen

2022. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Finalista | Documentary Series | Becoming a citizen

2022. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Finalista | Reportage | Pink HopLand

2022. Kolga Tbilisi Photo Contest | Finalista | Reportage | Cracking the Monolith

2022. NDAwards | Menzione d’onore | Editorial | Documentary Series | Cracking the Monolith

2022. Closer Call | Dentro il Reportage | Witness Journal | Vincitore | Cracking the Monolith

2022. Premio Fotografia al femminile Bresciani Visual Art  | Primo Premio Short Story | Cracking the monolith

2022. Monfest | Primo premio Portfolio | Festival di Fotografia di Casale Monferrato |  Becoming a citizen

2022. Soroptimist Award | Finalista Storie di Donne |  Monfest | Pink HopLand

2021. 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award for Women Photographers | Menzione d’onore | Documentary Series | Cracking the Monolith

2021. MIFA | Bronze Award | People | Family | Pink Hop-Land

2020. ItalyPhotoAward | Finalist | Italian Collection Lodi 2020 | ( the garden )

2020. IPA | Honorable Mention | People | Self-Portrait | ( the garden )

2020. PX3 | Honorable Mention | Portraiture | Culture | A collective unconsciousness

2020. ItalyPhotoAward | Finalist | Italian Collection IMP 2020 | Becoming a citizen

2020. MIFA | Honorable Mention| Portraiture | Children | Becoming a citizen

2019. ItalyPhotoAward | Finalist | Italian Collection Lodi 2019 | Becoming a citizen

2019. PX3 | Silver Award | Portraiture | Children | Becoming a citizen

Pubblicazioni :

2024. Linkiesta etc | n. 6 | 80 East End Road

2024. ZEKE Magazine | spring issue | Il salto dei pesci che sognano il volo

2023. la Repubblica | IT | 6 agosto 2023 | Pink Hops

2023. Gente | IT | 1 giugno 2023| Pink Hops

2023. Telethon | IT | maggio 2023 | Campagna IO PER LEI Festa della mamma

2022. Espresso |  IT | N. 25  | Becoming a Citizen

2022. The Washington Post | In Sight | US |Becoming a Citizen

2022. VanityFair | IT | Becoming a citizen

2022. Famiglia Cristiana | IT | N. 39  | Becoming a citizen

2022. IO DONNA | IT | N. 38  | Becoming a citizen

2022. Il Fotografo Magazine |  N. 337 | Becoming a citizen

2022. WitnessJournal | October 2022 | WJ#131 | Cracking the monolith

2021. Social Documentary Net | US |Becoming a Citizen

2021. Marie Claire Magazine | IT | February 2021 | Pink Hop-Land

2020. Eyesopen Magazine | December 2020 | Portfolio | ( the garden)

2020. Shutdown | video on Life in time of Coronavirus curated from the Archive Istituto Luce-Cinecittà Roma submission | images selected from the series (the garden)

2020. WitnessJournal | October 2020 | WJ#116 | Becoming a citizen

2020. Adesso Magazine | Munchen, DE | June 2020 | Becoming a citizen

2019. Marie Claire Magazine | IT | January 2020 | Becoming a citizen

2018. Spiegel ONLINE | Hamburg , DE | November 26th | Becoming a citizen