About

Luigi Avantaggiato (Zurich 1984) is a Rome-based freelance photographer. After a PhD in visual studies, he began working as a documentary photographer, with a strong interest in issues related to socio-anthropological and environmental transformations. His photography and writing have been published in international newspapers and magazines (Süddeutsche Zeitung, BBC Science Focus, il Venerdì di Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, Cosmos Magazine, Il Messaggero, GEO, D-Repubblica and others). He has exhibited his photography in exhibitions and festivals in Italy and abroad. He is author of book essays and papers about photography, cinema and visual arts.
Luigi is available for assignments around the world.

BOOKS
Covid2 Hospital. La sfida del Gemelli al Coronavirus, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Roma 2020
Animalìe. Indagine fotografica sulla cura degli animali d’affezione, Edizioni Altea, Roma 2019 (catalog)

WRITINGS
La “professione fotografica” dell’architettura e del territorio: le mappe italiane di Roberto Bossaglia, Mimesis Edizioni, Milano 2020 (paper)
Archivio di cenere. L’immaginario mediatico e il crollo dell’11 settembre 2001, Il Menocchio, 2015 (monograph)
SalentoSilente. L’arte sosta in luoghi storici, Officina delle parole, 2011
Home Stories. Il filmino di famiglia nelle pratiche artistiche contemporanee, Bulzoni, 2010 (monograph)

EXHIBITIONS

2020
ILHAM Gallery | Covid 2 Hospital, Rome, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2012
FotoGrafia – Festival Internazionale della Fotografia di Roma XI | Unself Service | Centro Luigi di Sarro, Rome
Galleria Francesca Capece | Following the Sand | Lecce

2011
Galleria WhiteCube al Pigneto | Urban Desolations | Rome

2009
Biennale di Venezia | Viste a parte | Teatro Fondamenta Nuove | Venice

INTERVIEWS | VIDEO

Unself Service | Urban Experience

AWARDS