TITLE: Other Direction

There is a time when we need to take an unexpected direction.

AUTHOR: elide cataldo (Italy)

I have loved photography since my teens, the first camera I used was my parents' Rolleiflex. I've tried so many roads but I've always returned to photography. Taking pictures puts me at peace with myself and the world. For me it has always been a therapy. After graduating in photography at the ISFAV of Padua, I graduated in Arts from the Ca ’Foscari University of Venice. I attended courses and internships with internationally known masters and I was never satisfied with photography. I had set up the dark room in my room and there I spent whole nights developing and printing black and white.
I worked as a photojournalist for local newspapers, Il Gazzettino and Il Resto del Carlino and I followed the photographic and advertising communication for companies in various sectors, later I preferred to dedicate myself mainly to portrait photography.
Recently, after an annual Master in Therapeutic Photography, I conduct workshops in which I use Photography as a tool for a deeper knowledge of oneself and the world.

Awards:

2010 First Classified Borghi Award
2011 Second place Award Telling the work of Women announced by the Province of Rovigo
2012 Second Classified Award Telling the world of work announced by the Province of Rovigo
2018 First Classified Photography and Workplace Competition organized by the Laviosa Foundation of Livorno
2018 Special Mention for Photography Award Basilio Cascella
2018 Second Classified Basilio Cascella Award
2018 Urban Photo Awards Finalist
2019 SIPAContest Finalist
Exhibitions and exhibitions

Grande Dea Project realized in collaboration with the Municipality of Rovigo and exhibition set up at La Pescheria Nuova in Rovigo

Photographic project on self-narration and photographic exhibition at the Citadel of Assisi