AWARDS
2022 IPA | International Photography Awards – 3rd Prize Winner “THE SOUL OF JAPAN: Profound Tranquility or Modern Loneliness?” – Pro Category: People.
2022 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mentions “MAMUTHONES & ISSOHADORES: Ancient Pagan Carnival” – Pro Category: People Traditions/Culture.
2016 TIFA | Tokyo International Foto Awards – Honorable Mention in the Book Documentary Professional Category with: “BEAUTY IN HELL: Beauty over Drama” Project.
2016 TIFA | Tokyo International Foto Awards – Honorable Mention, Fine Art Portrait Professional Category with: “POWER RANGERS: Laughing from the heart”.
2016 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention: “Family of Man” Competition. Childhood Category.
2016 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention: “Family of Man” Competition. Love Category.
2016 Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: Press/Featured Story.
2015 Black & White Spider Awards – 2 Honorable Mentions – Pro Category: Photo Journalism.
2015 Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) – 3rd Prize Bronze Medal Winner – Pro Category: Portraiture.
2015 Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: Nature/Landscape.
2015 Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: Portraiture/Culture.
2014 LensCulture Portrait Awards (UK) – Award Winning Finalists – Pro Category: Portrait/Documentary.
2014 Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) – 1st Prize Gold Medal Winner – Pro Category: Press.
2014 Px3 | Annual Curators Challenge (Paris) – 1st Prize – 1 of 40 images selected by Bill Hunt, Curator (New York) & Daphne Angles, Photo Editor NY Times (Paris).
2014 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: Photo Essay & Feature Story.
2014 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: Social Cause.
2014 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: Environmental.
2014 IPA | International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention – Pro Category: General News.
2014 HIPA | Hamdan International Photography Award – “Creating The future” (Dubai) – Shortlisted Finalist, Street Life Category.
2013 The Allard Prize Photo Competition for International Integrity (Canada) – 1st prize, November 2013 edition.
EXHIBITIONS
2022 FLUX COLLECTIVE X CLOUDFEST – curated by MISA ARTMARKET (misa.art) at Cloudfest – Group Exhibition – 1 NFT PHOTO (edition of 10) from the PORTRAITS OF STRENGTH: Women in Ethnic Vietnam | March 22-24, 2022, in Rust, Germany.
2022 FREEDOM EXHIBITION – curated by MISA ARTMARKET (misa.art) at the Musee Dezentral – Group Exhibition – 1 NFT PHOTO (edition of 10) from the PORTRAITS OF STRENGTH: Women in Ethnic Vietnam | 16 March.
2016 MILAN PHOTO FESTIVAL | “PERIFERIE: Immagini e Parole” – Group Exhibition – 3 photos from the Beauty In Hell Project | 7 to 26 May, Milan.
2015 Poltu Quatu Resort – Solo Exhibition: “Beauty In Hell” + “Wabi-Sabi” Projects | 12 June – 13 Sept. Poltu Quatu Resort, Costa Smeralda, Sardinina, Italy.
2015 Chiang Mai Documentary Arts Festival (France Cultural Center) – Group Exhibition: 40 winning images from the Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) Annual Curators Challenge | 1-28 February.
2014 Fondazione Ghisla Art Collection (Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art), Locarno (Switzerland) – Solo Exhibition “Beauty In Hell” | 22/10 to 31/12/2014.
2014 Rooftop Gallery (in collaboration with Le Flux Asia) – Group Exhibition: 40 winning images from the Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) Annual Curators Challenge, selected by special guest curators Bill Hunt (Curator, NY – Patron L’Oeil De La Photographie) & Daphne Angles (Photo Editor NY Times, Paris) – 17 Oct, Bangkok, Thailand.
2014 Solo Exhibition in Locarno (Switzerland) at SWICA main offices – during the PARDO International Film Festival | 8 August to 18 October 2014.
2014 Art Photo Index by PhotoEye (Santa Fe, California) – Member on invitation – Selected network of Fine Art Photographers.
2013 Arles Photo Festival (Le Magasin de Jouets Galerie) – Group Exhibition as Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) First Prize Winner (Press Professional Category) and Annual Curators Challenge Winner | 4 July, Cave de Tinquetaille, Arles.
2013 Espace Beaurepaire, Paris – Group Exhibition: 40 winning images from the Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) Annual Curators Challenge.
2013 La Biennale di Venezia 2013 – Solo Exhibition, Bangladesh Pavillion | Venice 2013.
2013 Solo Exhibition at Palazzo Cusani – “Beauty In Hell” Project – Milan | November 2013.
PERMANENT COLLECTION
2014-22 FONDAZIONE GHISLA ART COLLECTION (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art | Locarno, Switzerland) – 2 photographs 100×70 cm from the “Beauty In Hell” Project (in their unique copy) became part of the permanent Modern Art Ghisla Art Collection.
PUBLICATIONS & EXTRAS
2022 SUPER RARE: MASTERCLASSES/WORKSHOPS – A series of 4 MASTERCLASSES & PHOTOGRAPHY DISCUSSIONS on SuperRare Discord: “THE DEPTHS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC ART”, “WORKING THE SHOT”, “COLOR OR BLACK&WHITE?”, “THE CODE OF ETHICS IN PHOTOGRAPHY”. All available on SuperRare “Content_archive” Discord channel. March/April 2022.
2017 LensCulture Feaured Photo Story – “THE SOUL OF JAPAN: Profound Tranquility or Modern Loneliness?” Project featured in the LensCulture Network Gallery among a select group of top photographers selected for the curated gallery , October 2017.
2016 LIFE FORCE MAGAZINE – “Beauty In Hell” Project featured in LIFE FORCE MAGAZINE, June 2016 issue.
2016 SDN Presents: Ten Exhibits Honoring Women on International Women’s Day – “Portraits of Strengh: Ethnic women in North Vietnam” selected by SDN as 1 of 10 stories to celebrate Women’s Day. March 2016.
2016 LensCulture Interview – Featured on LensCulture “Success Stories” and a video interview about me, my work, my projects and the LensCulture Portrait Awards (winning finalists in 2014).
2015 Official 2015 Catalog, Ghisla Art Collection (Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art) – Permanent collection.
2015 Px3 | Prix De La Photographie (Paris) – Annual Photo Book 2014.
2014 LensCulture – Contemporary Photography (UK) – Published, Editors’ Picks.
2014 Tele Ticino (Lugano, Switzerland) – live Interview & Presentation of the “Beauty In Hell” Project and Exhibition in Locarno.
2014 Kunst Magazin – Article, Beauty In Hell Project and Exhibition.
2014 LensCulture – Article – 25 Top Winning Finalists of the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2014.
2014 Oggi Treviso – Interview and article.
2013 HIPA (Hamdan International Photography Award) – Annual Photo Book 2013/2014 “Creating the Future” – Dubai, 2014.
2013 Witness Journal (N.58) – Official Selection with “Beauty In Hell”
2013 Social Documentary – Featured Exhibit.
2013 National Geographic Daily Dozen – Your Shot, Nov 08, 2013.
ESPACE BEAUREPAIRE, PARIS
Group Exhibition: Photography Awards, the 40 winning images from the Px3 | Prix De La Photographie, Annual Curators Challenge | Paris, 2014
FONDAZIONE GHISLA ART COLLECTION (Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art), LOCARNO (Switzerland)
Solo Exhibition “Beauty In Hell 2013-2014” | 22 October to 31 December 2014 – Locarno 2015
2 photographs 100×70 cm became part of the permanent Ghisla Art Collection.
- GHISLA ART COLLECTION – Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art
- Permanent Collection
- 2 Photographs (unique copy) in the Permanent Collection
- OFFICIAL 2015 CATALOG, GHISLA ART COLLECTION
CHIANG MAI DOCUMENTARY ARTS FESTIVAL, THAILAND
Group Exhibition: 1 of 40 winning images from the PX3 Annual Curators Challenge | Photography Awards PX3 | 1-28 February – Chang Mai, 2015
IN CONJUNCTION WITH LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
Solo Exhibition, Photography Awards, Bangladesh Pavillion, 2013
POLTU QUATU RESORT, COSTA SMERALDA, SARDININA
Personal Exhibition: “Beauty In Hell” + “Wabi-Sabi” Projects | 12 June to 13 October 2015
PALAZZO CUSANI, MILAN
Presentation/Exhibition “Beauty In Hell: Beauty over Drama” Project | November 2013
PUBLICATIONS | ARTICLES | INTERVIEWS
- OFFICIAL 2015 CATALOG, GHISLA ART COLLECTION
- OFFICIAL 2015 CATALOG, GHISLA ART COLLECTION
- OFFICIAL 2015 CATALOG, GHISLA ART COLLECTION
- OFFICIAL 2015 CATALOG, GHISLA ART COLLECTION (Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art)
- LensCulture – Article – 25 Top Winning Finalists of the LensCulture Portrait Awards 2014
- LensCulture – Published, Editors’ Picks
- HIPA – Annual Photo Book 2013/2014 “Creating the Future”
- Kunst Magazin – Beauty In Hell Article
- Tele Ticino (Switzerland) – interview/presentation of the “Beauty In Hell” Project/Exhibition.
- Witness Journal (N.58)
- Witness Journal (N.58) – Editorial
- Witness Journal (N.58) – “Beauty in Hell” page
- SDN Publication