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Marco Simola
Birthday: 30.5.1965
City of birth: Firenze
City where I live: Lima
I'm
Italian, I was born in Florence and actually live in Lima, Perù.
I got my first Nikkormat FTN when I was 15.
I never did artistic studies, but I was the assistant and good
friend of a great photographer, Bruno Garetto, from the age of
15 to 22. He teach me all I need about photography.
Expo and publication
My works were exposed in galleries in Italy, Peru, Spain, UK,
France, Brasil, Poland and in some virtual galleries in
Internet.
2010 June. Inauguration
of the Exposition STATE OF CREATION on June 16, 2010 June, 17 -
July 9 2010 European Commission Luxembourg, Conference center,
Jean Monnet Building
2010 May. Selected
between the winners of the STATE OF CREATION Award organized by
Culture Inside, Luxembourg.
2010 April.
My work, “Bolinavidad 2009” has been selected to participate to
the 10ª Muestra Documentales y Fotografías de América Latina.
The exhibition opened its door from 23th April to 8th
May in Langreo, Asturias Spain.
2010 April. FOTOCACERES.
Opticas Iberoamericanas. Merida, España.
2010 April. ReVista,
Harvard review of Latin America, prestigious magazine of the
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies of the
Harvard University, published an article with two photographs.
http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/publications/revistaonline/spring-summer-2010/modernity-peru
2010 April. Foire
Internationale de Toulouse, theme “La Danse”. One photograph
selected.
2010 April. Four
images selected in the new issue of F-Stop Magazine.
2010 March.
Selected amongs the finalists on the L’Esprit Photo Exhibition
at the Hoover Skwer on Krakowskie Przedmiescie 60A in Warsaw,
Poland.
2010 March. Selected
amongs the 50 finalists on the first International Pixpa Photo
Challenge,
http://www.pixpa.com/retrospect2009/.
2010 February. My
photographic work “Metro” was published by famous Burn Magazine,
http://www.burnmagazine.org/essays/2010/02/marco-simola-metro/.
2010 February. I
got twice the front page of Demotix webpage.
2010 February. Um
Livro sobre a morte, MUBE (Museo Brasileiro da Escultura) Sao
Paulo, Brasil.
2010 January. Exhibition
at Vertice Gallery in Lima
2009 December. JPG
On Line Magazine, publish an essay about the work of Doctores
Bola Roja during Xmas time in a couple of hospitals in Lima.
2009 December. Plateform
Magazine publish a reportage about the work of Doctores Bola
Roja in Iquitos, Peru.
2009 December. Bronze
Award at International Aperture Award in Landscape and People
and Portrait categories.
2009 November. I
was selected among the campaign’s 50 best photographs! of
the Humanizing
Development Global Photography Campaign organized
by UNDP
2009 November. FOTOCACERES.
Opticas Iberoamericanas. Badajoz, España.
2009 November. Witness
Journall publish reportage about the work of Bola Roja Doctors
in Peru.
2009 November. www.phe.es/blogsandisk/ public
18 photos of serie "Metro".
2009 november. Demotix webpage
publish my reportage about "The Day of dead" in their Homepage.
Some days after published another reportage about a march for
Peace in Lima
2009 november. I
was invited to participate to UNICEF Photo of the Year 2009
Award
2009 October. Italian
Magazine "LATITUDES"
publish a large reportage about Lord of Miracle Procession in
Lima, Peru
2009 October. "NOCHE
DE ARTE" exposure in Lima, Peru.
2009 October. “ART
FEST” Opening party with 80 Artists. Lima Peru
2009 October. FOTOCACERES.
Opticas Iberoamericanas. Caceres, España.
2009 August. Que
Pasa Magazine of Chile published an article titled “La revancha
de los ejecutivos peruanos” containing my photographs.
2009 July. Frame
Lines Australian On Line Magazine publish 10 photo of
the serie Landscapes
2009 June. Napoli
(Italy) "VENTIPERVENTI" - terza edizione – 2009. Lineadarte
- Officina Creativa
2009 May. BEAUTIFUL
LANDSCAPES Exhibition in 3 Bedfordbury Gallery, Covent Garden,
London.
2009 March. BE
BOHEME Exhibition in Asia Beach, Lima Peru, together with other
9 peruvian photographs.
2008 October. "NOCHE
DE ARTE" art exposure in Lima, Peru.
2008 July. I've
won the Web Community Award in the International Fahrenheit
Photo Competition sponsored by Christian Dior Paris.
2008 July. "SIPOPSIS"
Exhibition, Coco de Mar Gallery, Lima, Peru.
2006 November. Spazio
10 gallery in Ivrea (Italy). Solo exposition of "Metro".
More Info
2009 April. I
publish my first photographic book, Metro. About the
subway of the Italian city of Milan (http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/658466).
2008 November. I
got the possibility to participate, in Lima, to a very
interesting two days workshop with Spanish photographer JUAN
MANUEL CASTRO PRIETO.
2006 April. I
got a one day workshop in Milan with American photographer
STANLEY GREEN.
As a free-lance my photographs have appeared in many European
on-line and written magazines such as Plen
Air (Italy), Que
Pasa (Chile), Religioscope
(Swiss),Manzarock
(Peru), Il
Mondo, RevolutionArt, Latitudes, Asociacion
Fotografica Manises (Spain), Zapping Peru, ZoneZero.com, Frame
Lines, Demotix.com,Nuestramirada.org, Witness
Journal (Italy), Plateform
Magazine (France), cameraobscura.ro, F-Stop
Magazine,
worthathousandblurbs.com, Caposud
(Italy), Burn
Magazine, ReVista etc.
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