The InvEarth project is composed of several photographic series focusing on nature. Different subjects from flora, fauna, and the ‘four elements’ (water, earth, fire and air) were chosen as exemplary symbols of planet Earth. These were shot focusing on specific features, then developed in black and white, finally turned into negative images. The lack of color represents our world’s intrinsic dichotomy, the incessant dance between day and night, light and shadow, and yin and yang that has always marked the passage of time and the advance of evolution. The latter, the primordial principle governing life on Earth, is symbolized here by the negative reversal of the shots. This graphic process was carried out in memory of film, which for years represented the essence of photography, before being almost completely supplanted by digital formats.

- If you are a tiny creature and are the target of many deadly predators, you have to find an excellent defense strategy. In this, the starlings are true masters: coordinating their movements within large flocks, they dance in the sky in unison pretending to be a single entity that confuses and escapes its predators’ hunt.

For the fifth series of the InvEarth project I took in long exposure their flight in the autumnal sunsets of Rome, allowing designs to emerge in the sky as if the starlings were a myriad of pencils in the hand of a single painter.

- The fool’s gold was once nicknamed this mineral which, due to its golden color, was mistaken for the much sought-after metal. Pyrite - this is its name - is instead a very common mineral, mainly composed of iron disulfide, which is nowhere near as worth as gold. However, the worth determined by the market laws does not correspond to its real value. You can grasp it by admiring one of the crystalline forms of pyrite: the cube. A stunning sprout, for its simple perfection, created by the Earth, into the earth. This is the umpteenth wonder that our planet will allow you to grasp everywhere, even underground, if you don't stop at the surface. In this series the cube becomes the absolute protagonist, to reveal the real value of a worthless mineral.

AWARDS

• The project entitled the author as FIOF Italian Photography Ambassador in Albania 2022 (CU)
• The project entitled the author as Underwater Photography Festival Ambassador (TO)
• The project entitled the author as FIOF Italian Photography Ambassador in China 2017 (H.V.), & 2019 (TO)
• Gold Award in MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2021, category "Book - Nature" (InvEarth Vol. I)
• 1st Prize in FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards 2020, "category "Nature" (SY)
• Grand Prize Winner "Best of Show" in Grey Cube Gallery's International Art Contest Sky 2020 (SY)
• 1st Prize in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature" (TO)
• Gold Award in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Underwater" (TO)
• Gold Award in MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Underwater" (TO)
• Gold Award in TIFA Tokio International Foto Awards 2018, category "Nature-Underwater" (TO)
• Winner of "Black & White" International Photography Contest, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, April 2022 (CU)
• Winner of FIOF "Maxima 2019" Photo Contest
• Winner of "Water International Photography Contest 2019", Blank Wall Gallery, Greece (TO)
• Winner of "Monochrome International Photography Contest 2019", Blank Wall Gallery, Greece (TO)
• Winner of "Monochrome International Photography Contest 2018", Blank Wall Gallery, Greece (H.V.)
• Winner of FIOF "Lumina 2017" (H.V.)
• Silver Medal in the PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2021, category "Book - Nature" (InvEarth Vol. I)
• Silver Award in the BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2021, category "Book - Nature" (InvEarth Vol. I)
• 2nd Prize in IPA International Photography Awards 2021, category "Book - Nature" (InvEarth Vol. I)
• Silver Award in TIFA Tokio International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Flowers" (VE)
• Silver Award in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Nature - Landscapes" (H.V.)
• Silver Award in BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards 2019, category "Fine Art - Landscape" (H.V.)
• 2nd Prize in the International Photography Awards IPA 2018, category "Fine Art - Landsacape" (H.V.)
• 2nd Prize Silver Award in the Moscow International Photography Awards MIFA 2018, category "Fine Art - Special Effects" (H.V.)
• Bronze Award and "Jury Top Five Selection" in the TIFA Tokio International Photography Awards 2021, cat: "Book, Nature" (InvEarth Vol. I)
• Bronze Award in the Moscow International Photography Awards MIFA 2020, category "Nature, Flowers" (VE)
• 3rd Prize Bronze Medal in the PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2019, category "Nature, Underwater" (TO)
• Merit Award in the Grey Cube Gallery "Nature Art Show" 2022 (CU)
• Honorable Mentions in the Moscow International Photography Awards MIFA 2020, category "Nature, Wildlife" (SY)
• Honorable Mention in the Monovision Photography Awards 2020 (London), category "Nature and Wildlife" (SY)
• 2 Honorable Mentions in the International Photography Awards IPA OneShot - Movement 2020, category "Nature" (SY)
• Honorable Mentions in the International Photography Awards IPA 2019 (Los Angeles), category "Nature - Flowers" (VE)
• Nominée in the Fine Art Photography Awards FAPA 2019, category "Wildlife/Animals" (TO)
• Honorable Mention in the ND Awards 2018, category "Natures - Other" (TO)
• Honorable Mention in the PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2018, category "Nature - Earth" (H.V.)
• Honorable Mentions in the International Photography Awards IPA HARMONY 2018 (Los Angeles), category "Nature" (TO)
• Merit Award in the "1st Open International Art Competition" Art Room Gallery 2018 (H.V.)
• Best Photo of the Day in Foto Arte Black And White, Dicember 18, 2018 (TO)
• Nominée in the Fine Art Photography Awards FAPA 2017, category "Nature" (H.V.)
• Honorable Mention in TIFA Tokio International Foto Awards 2017, category "Fine Art - Special Effects" (H.V.)
• Honorable Mention in the International Photography of the Year IPOTY 2017, category "Fine Art - Photomanipulation" (H.V.)
• Honorable Mention in the ND Awards 2017, category "Nature - Other" (H.V.)

EXHIBITIONS

• "Fokus 13" Exhibition: Tirana, Albania (September  23 - 24, 2022) (CU)
• "Black & White" Exhibition: Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece (April 1 - April 14, 2022) (CU)
• "BIFA Budapest International Foto Awards", Hybrid Art Space Gallery, Budapest, Hungary (November 26 - December 3, 2019) (TO)
• "International Art Photography Festival", Lishui, China (November 8 - 12, 2019) (TO)
• "Monochrome", Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Glasgow, Scotland, (October 15 - 26, 2019) (VE)
• "Water", Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece (September 20 . October 2, 2019) (TO)
• "Underwater Photography Festival", Fortezza da Basso, Florence, Italy (July 20 - 22, 2019) (TO)
• "PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris", Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France (July 9 - 14, 2019) (TO)
• International Art Photography Festival, Lishui, China (November 2017) (H.V.)
• "IMAGO" Art Exhibition, Angelica Library, Rome, Italy (November 18 - 25, 2017) (TO)
• 5th Base Gallery, London, England (November 21 - 22, 2017) (TO)
• Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece (February 23 - March 8, 2018) (H.V.)
• FIOF Annual Convention, Orvieto, Italy (March 9 - 25, 2018) (H.V.)
• R-evolution Photo Festival, Italy (May-September 2018) (H.V.)
• MIFA 2018 Winner's Exhibition, Moscows, Russia (September 19 - 22, 2018) (H.V.)
• Lumina, Matera, Italy (2019) (H.V.)
• Blank Wall Gallery, Athens, Greece (May 3 - 15, 2019) (TO)

PUBLICATIONS

• Book: "InvEarth: Nature Itself Becomes Art", January 2021
• "Water exhibition" catalogue, Athens, February 2019 (TO)
• "Monochrome exhibition" catalogue, Athens, February 2019 (TO)
• "PX3 Prix De La Photographie Paris" Catalogue, Paris, France, 2019 (TO)
• "International Photography Awards IPA 2018" catalogue, Los Angeles, 2018 (H.V.)
• "FIOF Lumina 2017" catalogue, China, November 2017 (H.V.)
• "Monochrome exhibition" catalogue, Athens, February 2018 (H.V.)