I was born in Taormina, Sicily, on September 17, 1965. After completing high school, I moved to Rome where I graduated in Photography from the European Institute of Design (I.E.D.). Shortly after graduation, I started working as a free-lance assistant for several photographers in the city. I have worked within a truly diverse spectrum of photographic fields, ranging from still-life and architecture to interior design and archaeology.
Having gained a lot of experience in Rome, once back to Sicily, I have organized my first personal photo exhibition, "The Lost Poetry". In this photographic project, I made a comparison between photos of Taormina taken at the beginning of the last century and my own shots of this enchanting town, which has clearly changed through time. My task was to take the pictures from the same angle the photographers has used nearly one hundred years earlier.
Many years later, after having gained experience in different working environments, I finally decided to follow my true passion, photo travelling reportage. I have done my first reportage in Norway in 2009, followed in October of the same year by a trip to Central America, where I stayed until February 2010.

After coming back from Central America, I founded an N.G.O. to financially help a few villages in the rain forest of the Alta Verapaz region, as well as, children living in the dump of Còban, Guatemala. Following this experience, I organized some photo exhibitions about Guatemala. Throughout my shots, I created an authentic Guatemalan atmosphere using textiles, crafts, wooden masks and fragrances from this small Central American country. For the events, Ivano lupini composed some original music, which was played to accompany the photos.
The revenues from the exhibitions and from the sale of the photos, where entirely donated to support the above mentioned humanitarian project.

In 2011, I stayed in India for three months between January and March trying to capture moments of the local every day life. I visited Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu.

Between November 2014 and February 2015, I traveled through China, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand. It was a great experience and i hope to go back to China to complete a route through this interesting country by the millennial culture to photograph its ethnic minorities and the rapid changes of Chinese society.
Between November 2017 and January 2018 I was in Vietnam and once again, Asia never ceases to amaze me...
While visiting Asia, I realize that it is changing fast and, at the same time, it surprises me finding out that globalization has yet to erase all the traditions and peculiarities of so many rural communities. Therefore, I think that, in my own little way, I'm contributing to keep their historic memories through my shots.

During my stay in Italy, I make a living working at photographic reports of concert and theater plays, as well as, tourist and corporate events.
I also personally run the "Photographic Tours of Sicily", entirely designed and organized by me. For detailed information, you can consult the dedicated page on this site.