BIO
Matteo Capone was born in Rome in 1997. In 2017 he began his degree in Photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Rome, where he graduated with honors in 2020. In 2021 he started one year of Fellowship with ParalleloZero agency. In 2022 he attended the Contemporary Photojournalism Master's degree at Officine Fotografiche (Rome) and he was selected by Fondazione Studio Marangoni (Florence) for a workshop with Michele Borzoni, TerraProject.
A selection of his main recognition includes:
collective exhibitions in PH21 Gallery, Open Eye Gallery, Kommunale Galerie, Trieste Photo Days, Sifest, Forum Austriaco di Cultura;
honorable mention of the International Photography Awards 2021, finalist of the BUP Book Awards 2021, special mention of the Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020 - 2021;
portfolio's publication on Perimetro, Phroom Magazine, Landscape Stories Magazine and other magazines.
EXHIBITIONS
Personality: Contemporary Portraiture - curated by PH21 Gallery, Budapest
Ways of Living, Climate Project - curated by Then There Was Us in Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
New Talents 2021 - curated by Photographic Exploration Project (PEP) in Kommunale Galerie, Berlin
You/th - curated by Kobo Studio, Rome
Tales of Unwritten - curated by Trieste Photo Days, Trieste
Fotografia a Sostegno del Pianeta - curated by Alessandro Curti in Sifest, Savignano sul Rubicone
Environmental Alterations - curated by Loosen Art in MillePiani, Rome
On Climate Change - curated by Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Rome
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
Favorite Photograph Exhibition 2021 - curated by Lenscratch
Landscape 2021 - curated by F Stop Magazine
Empty Streets - curated by Art Doc Magazine
Confinement, dans l'Attente de la Renaissance - curated by Open Eye Magazine
Hidden Histories - curated by In Conversation With
AWARDS
Nature, Environment and Perspectives, special mention, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021
Una Transizione Sostenibile, second place, Gruppo Italia Energia
One Shot - Our Times: Isolation, honorable mention, Int'l Photography Awards
BUP Book Award, finalist, Blow Up Press
Nature, Environment and Perspectives, special mention, Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020
MAGAZINES / PLATFORMS
2022:
Issue 02: Sun light, Eki Magazine
2021:
Rilegno - Black Camera - Rolling Stone
2020:
Honorable Mention in Annus Horribilis, Float Photo Magazine