BIO

BORN IN CATANIA IN 1958, MASSIMO SIRAGUSA WORKS AS PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAHER. HE LIVES IN ROME AND HE IS PHOTOGRAPHY TEACHER AT THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF DESIGN.

HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN EXHIBITED IN SEVERAL MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES IN ITALY AND ABROAD SUCH AS POLKA GALERIE IN PARIS, LES RENCONTRES DE PHOTOGRAPHIE IN ARLES, FORMA GALLERY IN MILAN, MUSEO DI ROMA IN TRASTEVERE, AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA IN ROME, GALLERIA DEL CREDITO VALTELLINESE IN FLORENCE, CENTRO DE LA FOTOGRAFIA IN TENERIFE, COALFACE GALLERY IN GENK AND PHOTO VERNISSAGE MANEGE IN SAINT PETERSBURG.

HE HAS SIGNED SEVERAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS LAVAZZA, IGP, KODAK, ENI, BAT ITALIA, AEROPORTI DI MILANO, BOSCH, ALFA ROMEO, A2A, AUTOSTRADA PEDEMONTANA, F2I, BOSCOLO HOTELS, MYCHEF, VERSACE, BISAZZA, KARTELL, CONAD, UNIPOL BANCA AND TELECOM ITALIA.

HE HAS WON FOUR WORLD PRESS PHOTO AWARDS: IN 1997 WITH BISOGNO DI UN MIRACOLO, IN 1999 WITH IL CERCHIO MAGICO, IN 2008 WITH LEISURE TIME AND IN 2009 WITH FONDO FUCILE.

HE HAS PUBLISHED SEVERAL BOOKS, INCLUDING IL VATICANO, IL CERCHIO MAGICO, CREDI AND TEATRO D’ITALIA.

AWARDS SELECTION)

1989 HONOURABLE MENTION AT THE EUROPEAN KODAK AWARD

1992 1ST PRIZE AT THE CGIL PHOTO CONTEST ON “IL LAVORO CHE CAMBIA”

1997 2ND PRIZE DAILY LIFE AT WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOR “BISOGNO DI UN MIRACOLO”

1999 1ST PRIZE ARTS STORIES AT WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOR “IL CERCHIO MAGICO”

1999 1ST PRIZE FUJI FILM EURO PRESS PHOTO AWARDS FOR “IL CERCHIO MAGICO”

2001 MEMORIAL OSVALDO BUZZI

2006 AMILCARE PONCHIELLI AWARD BY THE GRIN GROUP FOR “TEMPO LIBERO”

2008 2ND PRIZE ARTS STORIES AT WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOR “TEMPO LIBERO”

2009 3RD PRIZE CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AT WORLD PRESS PHOTO FOR “LIVING SLUMS”

EXHIBITIONS SELECTION

1987 LES RENCONTRES DE  PHOTOGRAPHIE, ARLES

1998 GALLERIA LEICAPOLYPHOTO, MILAN

1998 VII BIENNALE FOTOGRAFIA, TURIN

1999 INCONTRI INTERNAZIONALI DI FOTOGRAFIA, ALBEROBELLO

2001 GALLERIA EOS, MILAN

2001 GALLERIA DEL CREDITO VALTELLINESE, FLORENCE

2001 MUSEO DI ROMA IN TRASTEVERE, ROME

2003 CASA MUSEO STESICOREA, CATANIA

2005 GALLERIA LUIGI GHIRRI, CALTAGIRONE

2006 COMPLESSO CULTURALE “LE CIMINIERE”, CATANIA

2007 BARIPHOTOCAMERA, BARI

2007 AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA, ROME

2007 VI EDIZIONE FOTOGRAFIA FESTIVAL, ROME

2007 SPAZIO OBERDAN, MILAN

2007 CENTRO DE LA FOTOGRAFìA, TENERIFE  ILES DE LAS CANARIA

2007 SIFESTSAVIGNANO IMMAGINI, SAVIGNANO SUL RUBICONE

2007 PARIS PHOTO, PARIS

2008 VII EDIZIONE FOTOGRAFIA FESTIVAL, ROME

2009 COALFACE GALLERY, GENK

2009 POLKA GALLERY, PARIS

2009 FORMA GALLERY, MILAN

2009 PHOTO VERNISSAGE, “MANEGE” CENTRAL EXIBITION HALL, St. PETERSBURG

2011 STADIO S. SIRO, MILAN

2011 AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA, ROME

2012 FORMA GALLERY, MILAN

2012 II EDIZIONE CORTONA ON THE MOVE, CORTONA

BOOKS SELECTION

L’AVVENTURA DI DIVENTARE GRANDI EDIZIONI P.G.FRASSATI, 1994

IL VATICANO FEDERICO MOTTA EDITORI, 1999

IL CERCHIO MAGICO EDIZIONI CONTRASTO, 2001

CREDI DOMENICO SANFILIPPO EDITORE, 2003

24 STUNDEN HEYNE EDITORI, 2005

LE STAGIONI DEL PARCO EDIZIONI CONTRASTO, 2007

IL SOLE NELLE MANI FEDERICO MOTTA EDITORE, 2007

PAESAGGIO PROSSIMO EDIZIONI CONTRASTO, 2007

SOLO IN ITALIA EDIZIONI CONTRASTO, 2008

BOLOGNA. LO SPETTACOLO DI UNA CITTA’ (EDIZIONI CONTRASTO, 2011)

TEATRO D’ITALIA (EDIZIONI CONTRASTO, 2012)