TITLE: Anonymia

The series "Anonymia" emerges as a critical and poetic investigation into female identity, social masks, and the construction of memory. Through portraits of 19th-century women with their faces elegantly concealed, it does not merely evoke a vintage aesthetic but raises questions related to representation, visibility, and oblivion. The female figures, devoid of physiognomy, become symbols of a codified elegance, but also of an erased, hidden or denied identity.
The techniques that simulate aged photographs, with signs of deterioration, add another layer of meaning: the images appear as fragments of an elusive past, reminding us how the history of ordinary people is an incomplete narrative, with gaps and silences. Only the classic, dignified posture remains a symbol of resistance, the last glimmer of humanity in a context of depersonalization.
The work thus invites us to reflect on the fragility of memory, the construction of identity and the power dynamics that govern representation. In an age of hypervisibility, it prompts us to consider the value of invisibility and the tension between the desire to be seen and the temptation to hide in order to find oneself.
“Anonymia” wants to ask the viewer: What is visible? What is hidden? What is forgotten?

AUTHOR: collective Marvellini (Italy)

Foto Marvellini is the collective fouded by Andrea and Carlo Marvellini, based in Milan (IT). Friends for decades, they started their first joint artistic project in 2011, sharing their cultural interests, as well as the respective artistic techniques.
In the project they embody two brothers, descendants of a mythical family of Milanese photographers, the Marvellini, from which also derive their pseudonyms. Foto Marvellini is a loving tribute to photography from the 19th century to the beginning of 20th.
The language of the artistic brothers is ispired by the theme of the 'fake' in photography, so the collective play with the absurd, celebrates past techniques, creates credible ancestors and faithful post-mortems.
With perturbing language, between the familiar and the fantastic, the collective is ispired by the theme of the 'fake' in photography, plays with the absurd, celebrates past techniques, creates credible ancestors and faithful post-mortems. With his deliberately "deceptive" works, Foto Marvelli invites the viewer to remember that images in general, by nature, trigger and shape his emotions and his understanding of the world.

Main festivals and fairs:
Centrale Fies Performing Art Festival (Trento), Fotoleggendo (Rome), The Others Fair (Turin), Photoshow (Milano, IT), Set Up Art Fair (Bologna, IT), Festival del Novecento (Pescara, IT), Orticolario (Como, IT), Arte Cremona 2019 (Cremona, IT), ArtVerona 2022 (Verona, IT).
Main collaborations with galleries and institutions:
Galleria RB Contemporary (Milano, IT), Spazio Label 201 (Rome), City of Pavia (Pavia, IT), Zaion Arte Contemporanea (Biella, IT), BI-BOx (Biella + Bologna, IT), Bedford Gallery (Walnut Creek, California and exhibition tour in 9 states of the USA), Archives et Bibliothèque Départementales des Bouches-du Rhône (Marseille, FR), LABottega (Marina di Pietrasanta, IT), UMA Gallery (Novara, IT).

Recent international awards:
- Winner of LICC 2024 (London International Creative Competition).
- First place at the Annual Photography Awards 2023.
- Third place at the Monochrome Awards 2023.
- Silver medal at the Refocus Award - Photographer of the Year 2023.
- Winner of the “New Post Photography” award at MIA 2023 (Milan Imagine Art).
- Second place Berlin Photo Award 2025
- First place Fine Art Photography Award