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P H O T O G R A P H E R
Pietro Di Giambattista born in Pannarano (BN) in 1956 and he lives and works in Rome. After having studied technical studies he started a full-time classical guitar course and in 1991 he became a performer. He decided to give up the study of the guitar and dedicated himself to photography, devoting his attention mainly to landscapes and portraits. In 1992 he won the 1st prize in a national photography competition at Ercolano (Napoli). In 1997 he enrolled at a Photography Workshop in Toscana held by the famous English landscape photographer Eddie Ephraums. From that time onwards he started taking part into workshops that will determine his professional growth. He also had the chance to meet Paolo Pellegrin and Antonin Kratochvil. In the year 2000 he met Francesco Zizola in Massa Marittima at the Toscana Fotofestival and at the Polaroid workshop he met Maurizio Galimberti. He attended a workshop with Michael Ackerman and later with Yury Kozyrev in Rome. He also enrolled in some courses at the Permanent School of Photography "Graffiti" in Rome, directed by Gianni Pinnizzotto and also attended the start-up to the profession of photojournalism with Rolando Fava . In 2002 he sent a selection of portraits that are part of his work "Nomads" at the World Press Photo where he won the third prize in the category of Portraits. In 2002 he won the 7th International photograph exhibition of Photography in Solighetto (Treviso) , an award that allowed him to publish his first book "Nomads". Pietro di Giambattista has exhibited in several Italian cities and in Barcelona. He has received several honorable mentions in several competitions, was a finalist in the 2016 Photographers Forum Magazine's, first place in the 2016 ND AWARDS in the category Editorial - Daily Life. In 2017 he won the third place at the Siena International Photography Award in the Monochrome category. Also in 2017 he was a finalist and had the honorable mention at the Photographer's Forum and at the Monochrome Award. In 2018 he obtained the 1ST PLACE - BLACK & WHITE PHOTOJOURNALISM PHOTO OF THE YEAR 2018 and at the same competition the honorable mention in the Photojournalism series category with the project "We are Gypsies". he was a finalist and honorable mention at the Photographer's Forum 2018. He obtained three Honorable Mention at the ND Awards an a Remarcble Artwork at the Sipa Award.Pietro Di Giambattista is represented by the "Graffiti Press" Photojournalist Agency
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