Bio
Matteo Capone was born in Rome in 1997.
In 2020 he graduated in Photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design (IED) in Rome. In 2021 he started one year of Fellowship with ParalleloZero agency.
In 2022 he attended the Contemporary Photojournalism Master's degree at Officine Fotografiche and he was selected by Fondazione Studio Marangoni for a workshop curated by Michele Borzoni in Florence.
In 2023 he realized his first collaboration with Contrasto Photographers agency, he was involved in Romagna Tin Bòta's fundraising and he inaugurated his first solo exhibition at Leica Store of Rome.
Statement
Contemporary author mainly interested in social and current issues in which the environment is the protagonist. This is represented as a place where relationships between territory and human activity emerge. His work begins with a survey of sites of national interest, areas of the Italian landscape compromised by man throughout history. Subsequently he deals with geomorphological issues of a territory and the resulting effects, such as the depopulation of small villages. He has recently approached positive industrial realities based on circular economy and sustainability, but also centers of Italian excellence in the tech and innovative field that look to the future. The interest in the environment arises from the need to contribute in a complicated historical period where the climate emergency creates, especially in young people, an anxiety to live with.
Solo Exhibitions
2023:
SENTIERI - Roma Chilometro Zero, Leica Store Gallery, Rome
Collective Exhibitions
SIN - La Notte della Fotografia, Chiesa di Santa Maria in Cortina, Piacenza (17/05 - 18/05)
MINDSCAPES - Youth III, 10b Photography, Rome (10/05 - 24/05)
SENTIERI - Roma Chilometro Zero, Museo di Roma in Trastevere, Rome
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - ISPA, Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia
MINDSCAPES - Circuito OFF CIFA, Chiostro di San Lorenzo, Bibbiena
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - ISPA, Palazzo Ducale, Genova
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - ISPA, IMP Festival, Padova
ABITANTI DEL SORBO - Your Roots, Perimetro, Cascina Cuccagna, Milan
RETI INVISIBILI - Street Photography, F-Stop Magazine (online)
SOLO - Same Same But Different: Exclusion, Perimetro, Base, Milan
ARCHIVE - Young Advocates Open Call, Format Festival, Quad Gallery, Derby
SOLO - Looking for the Light, curated by Photometria Festival, Esp+ Gallery, Thessaloniki
MINDSCAPES - Black and White, F-Stop Magazine (online)
PUROSOLE - Climate Change Italia, curated by Contrasto, MAXXI, Rome
SOLO - Looking for the Light, curated by Photometria Festival, Melanithros Art Space, Athens
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - Note di lavoro, FSM Gallery, Florence
MINDSCAPES - Resources 2.0, Fotofestival Lenzburg, Lenzburg
SOLO - Looking for the Light, Photometria Festival, Ioannina
PCCB - FotoLeggendo, Officine Fotografiche, Rome
PUROSOLE - Climate Change Italia, Festival Green&Blue, Milan
SOLO - Personality: Contemporary Portraiture, PH21 Gallery, Budapest
SIN - Ways of Living, Climate Project, curated by Then There Was Us, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
MIINDSCAPES - New Talents, curated by Photographic Exploration Project, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin
SOLO - Year Book, Shutter Hub (online)
PCCB - Open Theme, F-Stop Magazine (online)
2021:
SOLO - You/th, Kobo Studio, Rome
RETI INVISIBILI - Tales of Unwritten, Trieste Photo Days, Trieste
SIN - Fotografia a Sostegno del Pianeta, curated by Alessandro Curti, Sifest, Savignano sul Rubicone
SIN - Environmental Alterations, curated by Loosen Art, MillePiani, Rome
SIN - On Climate Change, Forum Austriaco di Cultura, Rome
SOLO - Favorite Photograph Exhibition, Lenscratch (online)
SIN - Landscape, F-Stop Magazine (online)
SIN - Four Degrees: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change, Humble Arts Foundation (online)
STAND-BY NIGHT - Empty Streets, Art Doc Magazine (online)
ARCHIVE - Confinement, dans l'Attente de la Renaissance, Open Eye Magazine (online)
SIN - Hidden Histories, In Conversation With (online)
Awards
2023:
LABORATORIO ITALIA - Foto Singola, finalist of the ISPA Awards 2023
PCCB - Anthropology and Territories, shortlisted of the Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022
SOLO - Open Call - finalist of The Fc'Diary Photo
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - Storia Fotografica, finalist of the ISPA Awards 2022
SOLO - Looking for the Light, winner of the Photometria Awards 2022
SIN - Nature, Environment and Perspectives, special mention of the Urbanautica Institute Awards 2021
PUROSOLE - Una Transizione Sostenibile, second place of Gruppo Italia Energia
SOLO - One Shot - Our Times: Isolation, honorable mention of the International Photography Awards 2021
SIN - Blow Up Press, finalist of the BUP Book Award
SIN - Nature, Environment and Perspectives, special mention of the Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020
Publications
2024:
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - Textile Exchange
2023:
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - Foto di Classe, L'Espresso
MINDSCAPES - How Do You Feel About Rome, Sleeve Magazine
PCCB - Vol VI, The Best Selected Book
PCCB - Giro d'Italia, Artribune
LABORATORIO ITALIA - Italian Tech, La Repubblica
ARCHIVE - The Annihilation of Space and Time, ZeroFeedBack
SIN - N Photography 116, Il Fotografo
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - ISPA, Seipersei Books
FROM WASTE TO GOOD - Landscape Stories
LEGAMI - Esplorazioni Accessibili
2022:
PCCB - Sguardi Contemporanei, Fotografia dell'Architettura
MINDSCAPES - Issue 02 Sunlight, Eki Magazine
PUROSOLE - Green&Blue, National Geographic Italia
PUROSOLE - Green&Blue, La Repubblica
PUROSOLE - Green&Blue, La Stampa
ARCHIVE - Best Selected Project (November)
RETI INVISIBILI - The Street Rover
2021:
SIN - Vol IV, The Best Selected Book
RETI INVISIBILI - Zero Nine Magazine
STAND-BY NIGHT - Fotografia dell'architettura
2020: