IN 1999 HE WAS ADMITTED TO STUDY FOR A BACHELOR IN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER - LONDON. WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 2002. IN APRIL 2000 HE PRODUCED THE PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE BREAKTHROUGH BREAST CANCER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMMISSIONED BY GREY WORLDWIDE - LONDON. IN APRIL 2001, THE NORWEGIAN MAGAZINE FOTOGRAFI PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE ON HIS FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION.

IN JULY 2001 SOME OF HIS WORKS WERE EXHIBITED AT THE TOM BLAU GALLERY - LONDON, FOR THE IAN PARRY AWARD HELD BY THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE - LONDON - AND PATRONED BY DON MCCULLIN. IN AUGUST 2001 HE RECEIVED THE FIRST PRIZE IN THE STUDENT CATEGORY OF THE HODGE AWARD, GIVEN BY THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER THE OBSERVER - LONDON. THE WINNING SERIES TITLED AN UNUSUAL BEAUTY, WAS LATELY EXHIBITED AT THE CENTRAL PROUD GALLERY - LONDON. HIS WORKS RECEIVED A GOOD FEEDBACK BY THE BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHER CORINNE DAY ON THE COLUMNS OF THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE.

IN NOVEMBER 2001 HE WAS SELECTED TO WORK ON TWO ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE VOLUNTEERING IMAGE BANK - LONDON - A PART OF THE UNITED NATIONS PROJECT 2001 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF VOLUNTEERING. IN DECEMBER 2001 HE SHOT A REPORTAGE ON THE SAHARAWY REFUGEE CAMPS FOR THE SPANISH NATIONAL NEWSPAPER LA VANGUARDIA - BARCELONA. THE COLOUR VERSION OF THE PROJECT WAS PUBLISHED IN FEBRUARY 2002, WHILE THE BLACK AND WHITE ONE WAS EXHIBITED IN MARCH 2003 AT THE TEATRO FILODRAMMATICI IN MILANO DURING APERTO PER GUERRA, A CONVENTION OF ITALIAN ARTISTS AGAINST THE WAR ON IRAQ. IN APRIL 2002 HE PUBLISHED TWO SAHARAWY'S PORTRAITS ON THE OBSERVER - LONDON.

IN JUNE 2002 HE GRADUATED IN PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER IN LONDON WITH A DISSERTATION ON PHOTOJOURNALISM AND A MAJOR PROJECT TITLED THE DIARY OF ABSENCE, A SERIES OF FILM STILLS INSPIRED BY THE PAINTINGS OF EDWARD HOPPER. THE SERIES WAS EXHIBITED IN JUNE 2002 AT THE OLD TRUMAN BREWERY GALLERY - LONDON. THE SAME MONTH HE RECEIVED THE JACK JACKSON AWARD FOR DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY GIVEN BY THE PHOTO IMAGING COUNCIL UK. IN SEPTEMBER 2002, AS SELF ASSIGNMENT FOR THE JACK JACKSON AWARD, HE PRODUCED A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY ON THE WORLD'S BIGGEST SHIP BREAKING YARD OF ALANG - INDIA. IN FEBRUARY 2003 THE PROJECT WAS EXHIBITED AT THE NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE IN BIRMINGHAM AND PUBLISHED BY PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER - LONDON.

IN JUNE 2003 HE PUBLISHED SUGLI SGUARDI, AN ART BOOK IN LIMITED EDITION FOR THE PULCINOELEFANTE EDITIONS - ITALY.

IN JANUARY 2004 HE PRESENTED THE PROJECT BALANCED, A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY ON THE SCHOOL OF CIRCUS PICCOLO CIRCO - MILANO, WITH AN EXHIBITION SPONSORED BY FUJI HUNT - FUJI FILM, AND PATRONED BY THE CITY OF MILANO. THE SAME MONTH HE PUBLISHED SOME SHOTS OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPLEX OF BHAM - IRAN, ON IO DONNA, THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA - MILANO. IN MARCH 2004 HE WROTE AN ARTICLE THAT ACCOMPANIED HIS PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE ITALIAN SCHOOLS OF CIRCUS, PUBLISHED BY D, THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF LA REPUBBLICA - MILANO.

BETWEEN APRIL AND MAY 2004, HE SHOT A DOCUMENTARY ON THE UNDERGROUND ARTISTIC SCENE OF THE CUBAN DRAG QUEENS IN L'HAVANA. IN JULY 2004 THE WORK RECEIVED THE FIRST PRIZE AT THE PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD PREMIO LE LOGGE WITHIN THE TOSCANA FOTO FESTIVAL, GIVEN BY THE ART DIRECTOR FRANCO FONTANA. IN SEPTEMBER 2004 THE PROJECT RECEIVED THE PORTFOLIO IN PIAZZA AWARD WITHIN THE SAVIGNANO FOTO FESTIVAL - ITALY, GIVEN BY THE ART DIRECTOR DENIS CURTI.

IN SEPTEMBER 2004 HE WAS NOMINATED FOR THE UNICEF AWARD - GERMANY.

IN OCTOBER 2004 HE PRESENTED THE NEON PORTRAITS A FINE ART PROJECT SPONSORED BY FUJI FILM, PRODUCED BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2003 AND SEPTEMBER 2004, ON THE SPREAD OF VANITY AND NARCISSISM THROUGH THE POP CULTURE OF DIVERSIFICATION. A PART OF THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN JUNE 2005 BY RATIONAL DAYDREAMER - LONDON.

IN DECEMBER 2004 HE STARTED TO WORK ON A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF THE ITALIAN POETESS ALDA MERINI FOR THE ITALIAN MAGAZINE L'EUROPEO. THE SAME MONTH HE PRODUCED TWO CD COVERS WITH TWO BOOKLETS FOR VIRGIN MUSIC - EMI - MILANO.

IN OCTOBER 2004 HE PUBLISHED AN ARTICLE TOGETHER WITH HIS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE SAHARAWY REFUGEE CAMPS, ON THE MAGAZINE RATIONAL DAYDREAMER - LONDON.

IN FEBRUARY 2005 HE WAS AWARDED WITH THE THIRD PRIZE IN THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT CATEGORY OF THE WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2005 WITH A 12 IMAGES PORTFOLIO TAKEN BY HIS WORK ON THE CUBAN DRAG QUEENS. THE WINNING SERIES BECAME PART OF AN EXHIBITION TOURING IN 85 CITIES OF THE WORLD INCLUDING AMSTERDAM - OUDE KERKE, MILANO - GALLERIA SOZZANI, ROMA - MUSEO DI ROMA IN TRANSTEVERE, NEW YORK - UNITED NATIONS. BETWEEN APRIL AND JUNE 2005 A CONSISTENT PART OF THE PROJECT WAS PUBLISHED BY RATIONAL DAYDREAMER - LONDON, THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY - LONDON, THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE - LONDON, >BMM ITALIA, FOTOIT ITALIA, TNT AMSTERDAM, DIGI FOTO CHECK REPUBLIC, WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2005 (CATALOGUE) PUBLISHED BY THAMES AND HUDSON. A PART OF THE PROJECT WAS SHOWN WITH TWO SOLO EXHIBITIONS WITHIN THE TOSCANA FOTO FESTIVAL 2005 - JULY-AUGUST 2005 AND THE SAVIGNANO FOTO FESTIVAL 2005 - SEPTEMBER 2005.

BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY 2005 HE PRODUCED, POST PRODUCED AND ART DIRECTED THE FASHION CATALOGUE AND PRESS CAMPAIGN FOR CIESSE A BRANCH OF FILA GROUP. THE WORK INCLUDED SOME IMAGES OF THE OLYMPIC CHAMPIONESS DEBORAH COMPAGNONI.

IN AUGUST 2005 ONE OF HIS PHOTOGRAPHS ON THE SAHARAWY CHILDREN BECAME THE FRONT COVER OF THE BOOK KINDER EDITED BY UNICEF GERMANY WITH A PREFACE OF SEBASTIAO SALGADO AND TEXTS BY SUSAN SONTANG AND MARIO VARGAS LLOSA, PUBLISHED BY GERSTENBERG VERLAG AND TRANSLATED IN FRENCH WITH THE TITLE LES ENFANTS. AVENIR DU MONDE - PUBLISHED BY JOIE DE LIRE, GENEVE, SWISS.

IN NOVEMBER 2005 A PORTRAIT OF THE POETESS ALDA MERINI WAS PUBLISHED ON HER BOOK AFORISMI BY PULCINOELEFANTE EDIZIONI. IN DECEMBER 2005 A PART OF HIS PROJECT ON JOHN PAUL II FUNERALS WAS PUBLISHED BY INTERNAZIONALE - PORTFOLIO 2005 - ROME. THE SAME MONTH HE PUBLISHED A PART OF THE PROJECT THE NEON PORTRAITS ON VISION MAGAZINE - BEIJING - CHINA. IN JANUARY 2006 HE SHOT THE PRESS CAMPAING AND THE CD BOOKLET OF THE ITALIAN BAND DELTA V COMMISIONED BY VIRGIN MUSIC - EMI.

HE IS PRESENTLY POST PRODUCING A REPORTAGE ON JOHN PAUL'S II FUNERAL AND A SERIES OF PORTRAITS OF THE SINGER KT TUNSTALL.

HIS WORKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED BY IL CORRIERE DELLA SERA - MILANO, LA REPUBBLICA - MILANO, L'ESPRESSO - ROMA, MILANO FINANZA - MILANO, INTERNAZIONALE - ROMA, XL LA REPUBBLICA - ROMA, VISION MAGAZINE - BEIJING - CHINA, FOTOGRAFI - OSLO, THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY - LONDON, THE SUNDAY TIMES MAGAZINE - LONDON, THE OBSERVER - LONDON, RATIONAL DAYDREAMER - LONDON, LA VANGUARDIA - BARCELLONA, AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER - LONDON, PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER - LONDON, PANORAMA MAGAZINE - LONDON, >BMM - ITALIA, FOTOIT - ITALIA, DIGI FOTO - CHECK REPUBLIC, WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2005 (CATALOGUE) PUBLISHED BY THAMES AND HUDSON, VIRGIN MUSIC - EMI, TNT, UNICEF, CIESSE - FILA GROUP, EDIZIONI PULCINOELEFANTE - OSNAGO ITALY. SOME OF HIS WORKS ARE PART OF THE DONAZIONE FRANCO FONTANA HOSTED BY THE CIVIC GALLERY OF MODENA - ITALY.