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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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