bio

I’m a documentary and landscape photographer from Apulia, currently based in Milan. My background is in Chemistry, but over time I felt the need to explore a different kind of language – one that could unearth questions rather than offer formulas. That’s how I came to photography: as a way to investigate the world through observation, memory, and transformation.

From 2013 to 2015, I studied Analog and Digital Photography and Visual Storytelling at CFP Bauer in Milan. During that period, in 2014, I co-founded the CROP Collective, which I was part of until 2021. It was a shared space of reflection among independent photographers, with a focus on the relationship between images, landscape, and nature. Since 2020, I’ve been part of the collective TRAUMA Vision, where I continue to develop research projects alongside other artists and curators.

My work often revolves around the transformation of places – how natural and human elements interact, overlap, and reshape each other over time. I’m drawn to fragile landscapes, to the traces we leave behind, and to photography’s ability to hold what is fleeting. I see the act of photographing as a form of quiet resistance: a way to collect, interpret, and sometimes simply stand still in front of what changes.

My work has been shown mainly in Italy, including at Photofestival Milano, Fabbrica del Vapore, Palazzo Marino, BASE, PhEST International Photofestival, and others.
I currently focus on long-term personal projects.

contact

info@stefanogiosemeraro.com

publications

2023 – Amabili Resti – Published on FOOD fanzine by DITO Publishing, Italy
2022 – Apulian Dioramas+Typos – Published on Nea Magazine, Italy
2022 – Typos – Published on Conceptual Projects, UK
2021 – Living Sculptures – Published on Perimetro, Italy
2021 – Living Sculptures – Published on URTH Magazine, Australia
2021 – Living Sculptures – Interview for Discorsi Fotografici, Italy
2021 – Natural Kingdom – Published on Ombra Magazine, Italy
2021 – Living Sculptures – Published on Conceptual Projects, UK
2021 – Mare Rurale – Published on L’Oeil de la Photographie, France
2021 – Mare Rurale – Published on InFieri, Italy
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on BlackRiver, USA
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on urbanNext, USA, Spain
2020 – Living Sculptures – Published on Landscape Stories, Italy
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on Phroom Platform, Italy
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on Panorama.pm, Spain
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on Futuro Arcaico, Italy
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on Artwort, Italy
2020 – Mare Rurale – Interview for Origine Magazine, Italy
2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on Float Magazine, USA

2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on C41 Magazine, Italy, France, Netherlands

2020 – Mare Rurale – Published on BROAD Magazine, Canada

exhibitions

2023 – Living sculptures – L’ORA BLU Exhibition – Collateral Maris Festival, Vieste (FG)

2023 – Mare Rurale – Uniformity_Perimetro Open Call – BASE Milano, Milan

2023 – Living Sculptures – Your Roots_Perimetro Open Call – Cascina Cuccagna, Milan

2022 – Apulian Dioramas – FUTURO PopUp Open Call – PhEST International Photofestival, Monopoli (BA)

2021 – Camera Crash Test – Droma opening at Litostudio, Milan

2019 – Grand Tour #2: Cambodia and Japan – Heracles Gymnasium, Milan – Milano Photoweek

2018 – FDR_Il racconto della trama – with CROP Collective – Fabbrica della Ruota, Pray (BI)

2018 – Beppu Monogatari – Video projection – “Oriente” Festival 10×10, Gonzaga (MN)

2017 – Las Baterias – ISO-Flora Project with CROP Collective – VIRIDI. Declinazioni fotografiche del verde, Villa Ormond, Sanremo (IM) – Spazivisivi
2016 – Innesti – Mantova Platform with CROP Collective – Festivaletteratura 2016, Mantova
2015 – La Feria y Mas – Endless Vacation Project with CROP Collective – International Photo Project – Spazio Soderini, Milan

2015 – Chromatic Concept – By Night with CROP Collective – Libreria Popolare di via Tadino, Milan

2015 – Ad Mensam – Under Cover Milano with CROP Collective – Palazzo Marino, Milan

2015 – Ad Mensam – Under Cover Milano with CROP Collective – RAM Studios_Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan

2015 – La Feria y Mas – Endless Vacation Project with CROP Collective  – HTTP. HyperText Transfer Photography, Desio (MB) – Milano Photofestival