BIOGRAPHY
Tommaso Protti, b. 1986, Italy
Photographer.
He started his photographic career in 2011 after graduating in Political Science and International Relations. Since then, he has devoted himself on creating his own long-term projects. In 2014, he moved to Brazil and started his project Terra Vermelha documenting the intersecting environmental and social crisis in the Brazilian Amazon. His works were exhibited internationally in The Maison Eropeenne de la Photographie (Paris), Les Recontres d’Arles (Arles, France), The Royal Albert Hall (London), MACRO Museum of Contemporary Arts (Rome), 10b Photography Gallery (Rome), Benaki Museum (Athens). Tommaso was the 10th laureate of the Carmignac Photojournalism Award. His work has been published by The New Yorker, Time Magazine, National Geographic, M le Magazine du le Monde, Der Spiegel, The Independent, De Volkskrant and he has worked on assignment for outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Le Monde and Dagens Nyheter.
Tommaso is member of Angustia Photo http://www.angustia.photo/
AWARDS & GRANTS
2019
Winner of Carmignac Photojournalism Award
2018
Winner of World Report Award
2018
Finalist of Burn Emerging Photographer Fund
2018
Selected for Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism
2018
Phmuseum Photographic Grant, honorable mention
2017
Winner of American Photography 33
2017
Visura Grant for Outstanding Personal Project, honorable mention
2016
Magnum Photography Award, jury’s pick
2015
Manuel Rivera Ortiz Grant, Finalist
2015
30 under 30 Magnum Photos, shortlisted
2015
PDN’s 30 New and Emerging Photographer to Watch, nominated
2014
Lens Culture Visual Storytelling Award, finalist
2013
Winner National Geographic Award EAWXXVI
2013
Emerging Talent Award by Reportage by Getty Images
2012
Winner Portfolio Italia
2012
Winner Fotoleggendo
2012
3rd prize International Photography Awards 2012
2012
Finalis Organ Vida International Photography Festival
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019.
Life and Death in the Brazilian Amazon, Maison Europeene de la Photograhie, Paris, France.
2018
Terra Vermelha, Festival della Fotografia Etica, Lodi, Italy.
2015
Dammed Lives, 10b Photography Gallery, Rome, Italy.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
The Exotic other, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece.
2018
Terra Vermelha, Lumix Festival of Young Photojournalism, Hannover, Germany
2018
The Climate Change Exhibition, Bangkok Arts and Culture Center, Thailand.
2018
Foto Invasao, Red Bull Station, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2017
The Climate Smart Evolution, C40 Mayors Summit, Mexico City, Mexico
2016
Faces of Change – UN COP22 (Marrakesh, Marocco)
2016
Ta Cheio, PARTE Contemporary Art Fair (São Paulo, Brazil)
2016
Coletiva#1, Galeria Nicoli, São Paulo, Brazil
2016
Oltre le Mura di Roma, MACRO Museum of Contemporary Arts, Rome, Italy
2015
Manuel Rivera Ortiz Foundation Photography Grant – Les Recontres d’Arles festival, France.
2015
Titanic Belfast – Belfast Photo Festival, Ireland
2015
International Print Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society - Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
2015
International Print Exhibition RPS - Berkeley Gallery, Greenwich Heritage Centre, Woolwich, UK
2015
International Print Exhibition RPS - Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth, UK.
2015
International Print Exhibition RPS - Banbury Museum, Banbury, UK
2015
International Print Exhibition - Shire Hall Gallery, Stafford, UK.
2013
Regard sur la jeune génération de photographes, Prix Bayeux-Calvados des Correspondants de Guerre festival, France
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Fotoleggendo festival, Rome, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Fotoconfronti, Bibbiena, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, SiFest Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Festival della Fotografia Contemporanea, Sassoferrato, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Garfagnana Fotografia, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, TrentinoImmagini, Baselga di Pinè, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Festival Una Penisola di Luce, Sestri Levante, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Congresso Nazionale FIAF, Carbonia, Italy.
2013
Turkish Blue Gold, Corigliano Calabro Fotografia festival, Italy.
2013
Milano Photo Show, Milan, Italy
2013
Arte e Memoria, Home Gallery 1 Stile, Mantova, Italy
2013
Portfolio Italia, Galleria Fiaf, Turin, Italy
2013.
Turkish Blue Gold, Citerna Fotografia Festival. Citerna, Italy
2013
Omaggio della Fotografia alle Famiglie Emiliane Vittima del Sisma, Royal Photographic Society and Officine International, Rome, Italy
2012
Portfolio Italia, Centro Italiano della Fotografia d'Autore, Bibbiena, Italy;
2012
A World Elsewhere, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK;
2012
Foto8 summershow, Foto8 Gallery, London, UK;
2012.
Organ Vida, International Photography Festival in Zagreb, Croatia;
2012
. Elephant in focus: Economy, Cuming Museum, London, UK;
2011.
Neither Snake nor Lizard, LCC Gallery Spaces, London, UK.