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M assimo is a self-taught Italian freelance photographer with a background in environment, travel
reportage, aerials and landscapes. With over 20 years of photographic experience, he has shot
production stills for several exhibitions, magazines, brochures and books. He was the only European
photographer to win a prize at the United Nations “Focus on Your World” international Competition
during the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Attention to detail, finding the extraordinary in the
everyday and taking a fresh perspective drive his work. His key contributions have been to:
Fotopratica, Reflex, Royal Photographic Society - Travel , Still Pictures Library, Bureau of Freelance,
Collins Educational, Meridiani, Icelandair, Francorosso, Malan Viaggi, SeiViaggi, Heinemann
Publishing, White Star Publishing, Phillip Allers Ltd, The Journal of Wound, Socialist International,
Kingfisher and David West Books, Eine Welt, McMillan, Icelandair Iceland Magazine, National
Geographic, to art showcase in Saatchi Gallery and 500px.
Key Exhibitions : Group : - 1989 Westpac ArtGallery - Melbourne (Australia) , 1989 SICOF –
Milan ( Italy ), 1994 Castel S. Angelo - Rome (Italy), 1995 PhotoPadova - Fiera di Padova
(Italy), 2004 - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art ( USA ), 2013 Castello Sforzesco Vigevano
(Italy), 2015 ArtEXPO - Ada Art Gallery - Barcellona (Spain ), 2015 - EGOS X - Royal Arcade
Gallery - London (UK). Solo : 1988 - PhotoVeneto gallery - Venice (Italy), 1990 - Lagrange
Gallery - Turin (Italy), 1994 - Galleria V. Emanuele - CRAL - Milan (Italy), 1995 - Borsa Italiana
del Turismo - BIT Milan (Italy), 1996 - Aidama Festival - Abano Terme (Italy), 1998 - AGFA
Gallery - Milan (Italy), 1998 - Circolo Fot. Milanese - Milan (Italy), 2013 - Tour de Villa Castle -
Aosta (Italy)