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 LEICAPOLYPHOTO, 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 SIFESTSAVIGNANO 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)