Valentina Sommariva is a Freelance photographer  with a subscription to the association of journalists. She’s focused in interior design, travel and portrait photography. She was born in Milan in 1986 where she still lives and works. After a degree in Architecture in 2008 she studied Design at Brunel University in London. Afterwards she attended a biennial master  in fine art photography at Fondazione Fotografia Modena. She works for many magazines especially in the field of interior design and potrait. At the same time she develops artistic projects through the use of photography and video focused primarily on identity and relationship between man and living space. Her works have been exhibited in various exhibitions and galleries.

CLIENTS

Magazines: Alla Carta, AD Italia, AD USA, AD Russia, Casa Vogue Brazile, Elle Decoration International (Italy, UK, France, Japan, China, Germany, NL, Mexico, Russia), Guardian, How to spend it (Financial Times -UK), Marie-Claire Maison Italia, Living Corriere,  Vogue Turkey, Casa Facile, Vogue Bambini, La Cucina Italiana, Rolling Stones, Domus, Wallpaper*,  Ideat, Case & Country, Schoner wohnen, Real Living Australia.

Companies: Armani Junior, Amini Carpets, Battistella, Bormioli, Chanel, Colombo Stile, Confalonieri Spa, Diesel Kids, Esselunga, Essent’ial, Eumenes, Fabiana Filippi, Foscarini, Herezie Agency, Human Innovation, Issey Miyake, Lamborghini, Matteo Thun, Thun, Mitage, Nava, Nidi Design, Noorth, Rimadesio, Restart Milano, Stokke, Salewa, QC Terme,  Studiopepe, Raw Design,  Unifarco Farmacisti Preparatori.

EXHIBITIONS:

2020 Potresti Spostare lo Specchio, Perimetro, Milano.

2019 Sequenza Sismica,  Italian Institute of Culture, Berlino.

2017/2018 Sequenza Sismica, Mata Modena, Fondazione Fotografia a cura di Filippo Maggia

2017 Xmq of pit, ready for the mosh! | Art Verona |  A cura di Andrea Bruciati e Valentina Lancinio

2016 Vedo non vedo, The Lone T Art Space, Milano, a cura di Filippo Luini

2016 Posto fisso, Fotografia Europea – circuito OFF, Reggio Emilia, a cura di Collettivo Viagiardini

2015 Finalist Invideo film festival, Spazio Oberdan,  Milano

2015 Finalist European Media Art Festival, Osnabruek (Germany)

2014 Finalist Premio Francesco Fabbri per le Arti Contemporanee, Villa Bardolini, Pieve di Soligo (Tv);

2014 In between, Gamelleria Metronom, Modena

2014 Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano;

2014 Uguali e Diversi, IV Biennale giovani fotografi, Bibbiena;

2014 Remain in Light, Mibersonal exhibition with Valentina

Sommariva and Filippo Luini, Metronom, Modena

Francesca Moscheni, photographer, born in Venice, earned a Diploma in Scenography from the Accademia di Belle Arti in Milan in 1987. An experienced photographer since 1985, she began her career taking portraits and reportage, working with names like Harper’s Bazaar Italia, Bazaar Uomo, West Uff.

Her work is often the result of a sideways glance that manages to cross all photographic genre. Their main skills are food and lifestyle photography, portraits, Hotels&Resorts reportage.

Since 1990, her own very personal style and vision of travel reporting has been the subject of several exhibitions, which she has organized and participated in, both on her own and with other artists.

In 2011 she won the Food Feature Award at the international FoodPhoto Festival inTarragona for the best food reportage of the year.

In 2013 she started to shoot as director in commercial food and lifestyle video, making her fresh visual approach.

In 2015 Sky Arte HD together with Fondazione Fotografia Modena produced 6 master of photography lessons. Francesca made her personal Food and Travel lesson brodcasted on italain and international tv.

In the same year she won the italian Gourmand World Cookbook Award, Best Design CookBook category published by Bibliotheca Culinaria.

In 2016 she gave her contribution to a video exhibition on the history of italian women photography in Triennale di Milano.

In 2017 she took part with a very personal exhibition at the very first edition of Milan Photo Week.

In 2019 she presented at Fuorisalone in Milan the book Pantone FoodMood published by Tommasi Editore.

She has worked with Interni, Casa Vogue, Vogue Sposa, Vogue Gioiello, Vanity Fair, Amica, Anna, Gioia, Gioia Casa, Home, Donna, Elle, Casa Viva, D di Repubblica, L’Europeo, Tuttoturismo, Sposabella, Marie-Claire, Marie-Claire Maison, Marie Claire Travel, Dove, V&S, Gulliver, Week-End Viaggi, Gente Viaggi, Spazio Casa, Brava Casa, Sale&Pepe, La Cucina Italiana, Departure, New York Times Magazine, Glamour France, Saveur, ArtCulinaire, Travel & Leisure, Monocle.

She has created advertising work for companies such as Barilla, Rana, Birra Moretti, Olio Carli, Bauli, Bindi Dessert, Findus, Emile Henry, Salvatore Ferragamo, Venini, Bormioli, De Padova, Parmigiano Reggiano, Muller, Illy, Galbani, Grana Padano, Negroni, Biffi, Coop.

Lives and works in Milan.

 

EXHIBITIONS:

2019 – 8-14 April
PANTONE FOODMOOD
Spazio Guido Tommasi Editore – Milan

2018 – 4/30 June
LA RICCHEZZA DEL GRANO

PhotoFestival – Eataly Smeraldo – Milano

2018 – 9 May/23 June
I SEGNI DI DIO
PhotoFestival – Spazio SID Broletto – Pavia

2018 – 3/17 Maggio
RITRATTI SU CARTA
Ristorante Tre Cristi – Milano

2018 – 9/12 Marzo
MIA Photo Fair 2018
The Mall – Milano

2017 – 29 Settembre/30 Ottobre
DIALOGHI 2017
Food Fest – Oderzo

2017 – 5/17 Giugno
STRAPPI D’IMMAGINE
Galleria Carte Scoperte – Milano

2015 – 27 Maggio/16 Giugno
L’ESTETICA DEL REBUS
PhotoFestival – Palazzo Bovara – Milano

2011 – 30 Settembre/29 Ottobre
I SEGNI DI DIO
Il Tucano Concept Store, Torino Spiritualità – Torino

2002 – 11/24 Settembre
I SEGNI DI DIO
Musei di Porta Romana – Milano

2000 – 3/18 Giugno
UN LUOGO DELL’ESSERE
Palazzo Pecci Caiani – Foiano – Arezzo

1999 – 2/31 Dicembre
AFFIORAMENTI
Fandango – Milano

1999 – 15/25 Settembre
UN LUOGO DELL’ESSERE
Galleria Forni – Milano

1997 – 17/30 Settembre
55 MICRO
Modarte – Milano
1993 – 1° Dicembre – Giornata mondiale dedicata alla lotta contro l’AIDS
I CENTO VOLTI DELLA SOLIDARIETA’
Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci – Prato

1993 – 12/21 Ottobre
I CENTO VOLTI DELLA SOLIDARIETA’
Società Umanitaria – Milano

1991 – 1/31 Ottobre
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Spazio Foto La Rinascente – Milano

1991 – 3/20 Aprile
GEORGIA ON MY MIND
Centro Foto San Fedele – Milano

1990 – 31 Maggio/7 Giugno
DELLA NATURA DELL’ARTE
Multiart – Milano