About
Born in Turin (Italy) in 1974. Maurizio graduated with a master’s degree in Computer science at the Sapienza University of Rome in 2001. During his university career, he also trained as a photographer and worked for several years as a still photographer. After his studies, he has the opportunity to travel and learn about documentary photography, collaborating with various NGOs and documenting their missions in Morocco, Sri Lanka, Guatemala, and the West Bank. Later he continued his photographic training at the WSP Photography in Rome where then he would teach for a few years.
In 2016 he began his activity as a freelance documentary photographer addressing the issue of mental disability. Later, he decides to also photographically embrace a theme very dear to him: climate change. He does it in Kenya, where he works for several years and his work receives him some awards including the Lucie. In recent years he has been working on a personal and intimate project on the concepts of family and absence.
Maurizio prefers to work on social issues and long-term projects and occasionally publishes in national and international magazines.
In 2016 he began his activity as a freelance documentary photographer addressing the issue of mental disability. Later, he decides to also photographically embrace a theme very dear to him: climate change. He does it in Kenya, where he works for several years and his work receives him some awards including the Lucie. In recent years he has been working on a personal and intimate project on the concepts of family and absence.
Maurizio prefers to work on social issues and long-term projects and occasionally publishes in national and international magazines.
His work has appeared in National Geographic, Geo France, Der Spiegel, BBC, L’espresso, Corriere della sera, Mind, open migration, Witness Journal and others
Contact
email: info@mauriziodipietro.org