Simone Sapienza (b.1990) is a photographer graduated in Documentary Photography (BA – First Class with Hons) from the University of South Wales – Newport (2013 2016).
Simone has been recently nominated for the C/O Berlin “Talent Award 2019”, selected amongst the six finalists of “Grand Prix 2019” by Fotofestiwal Łódź and chosen for the third cycle (2019-2020) of Parallel Platform programme. Previously, he won the “Best Rising Talent” award by Gomma Grant in 2017 and was amongst the winners of the “Breakthrough Award” by The British Journal of Photography in 2016 and “PDNEdu” by PDN in 2014 and 2017. Finally, he has got honorable mentions at Pesaresi Prize in 2016 and PHmuseum Grant – New Generation in 2015 and 2018.
His works have been displayed all over the world in festivals and galleries, such as Fotofestiwal (Poland), Spazio Labò (Italy), Fotografia Europea (Italy), Jaipur Photo (India), Pingyao International Photography Festival (China), Triennale Milano (Italy), Museum of Photography Photobiennale Thessaloniki (Greece), Macro – Emerging Talents (Rome, Italy).
In 2018, his first photobook “Charlie Surfs on Lotus Flowers” has been published by AKINA.
In 2015, he co-founded Gazebook – Sicily Photobook Festival, then in 2016 he joined Minimum in Palermo. Since 2019, he is a guest teacher at Spazio Labò in Bologna, Italy.