Valeria Gradizzi

(1979) – Valeria Gradizzi lives in Verona, a freelance photographer. Prefers documentation projects on social issues.
Education: 2005 – 2009 Workshop With Giovanni Umicini, Toscany, Italy 2007 Workshop With Cristopher Anderson, TPW, Toscany, Italy 2012 Workshop With Ivo Saglietti – 1998 High school diploma of art – Napoleone Nani, Verona, Italy. Awards: 2003 Finalist in the contest “Arte Mondadori”; 2008 Honorable mention in the contest IPA “Iternational Photography Awards” 2011 Finalist in the contest “International competition of Photographer’s Forum” 2013 Second prize in the international competition “ACE”; 2014 Semi nalist Photoluxfestival Leica Awards; 2015 Honorable mention in the contest PX3 Prix e la Photographie Paris; 2015 Winner Circuito O Photolux; 2016 Short List in the contest POPCAP’16 Prize Africa; 2016 Winner, Festival pierrevert-nuitsphotographiques, France. Group exibithion: 2003 Milano exhibition contest “arte Mondadori” 2011 Torino, Italy, Contemporary Art; 2013 New York, Soho Photo Gallery; 2015 NoLimitstoFlyGallery; “Alla ricerca di Mister Evans da New York alla Havana” with Ivo Saglietti Photographer; 2015 Photolux Festival – Real Collegio, Lucca, Italy; 2016 Festival pierrevert-nuitsphotographiques, Pierrevert, France 2016 Prima Visione – Bel Vedere Gallery – Milan, Italy.

PhotoEssays Online

24 February 2017

The Balkan Route – Them

Reportage on the road used by Refugees in the Balkans in order to enter Europe.

Ethical question

14 June 2014

Valeria Gradizzi | White shadow Under the mango tree

Welcome to the Zoo of this so called civilized World. Where hundreds of people are still being treated worse than…