After completing a PhD in Biomechanics, Pierfrancesco is now concentrating his attention on his personal photographic projects. He recently won the Ideastap and Magnum Photo photographic award, interned at the Magnum office in London and produced a multimedia piece at Magnum in Motion, New York. His work has been exhibited at international venues, including: Bawag Foundation, Wien; Newcastle College, Newcastle; Photomonth Photolounge, London and more recently Onward'11, Project Basho, Philadelphia. He is currently working on his long-term project about solitude in modern Megalopolis.
Awards
Finalist, Premio Ponchielli, 2012
Honourable mention, Lensculture international exposure awards, 2011
Ideastap&Magnum Photos photographic award, 2010
West collection purchase award, ONWARD 2010
Special mention - Winephoto, 2009
Michael Ormerod travel award, 2008
Books/ Catalogues
Insideout, the Bigg Market buy a copy
Working class hero// A portrait of John Lennon/ Candice Breitz
Collections
West collection
Galleries
Gallery Carteblanche, San Francisco, USA
Web magazines
TIME , Urbanautica 1/ 2
Fototazo , HERE
Exhibitions
Onward'11, Project Basho, Philadelphia & Tokyo, 2011 Photomonth Photolounge, The Old Truman Brewery, London, 2010 Ideastap&Magnum Photos exhibition, London, 2010 Winephoto, Mogliano Veneto , Italy, 2009
The last step, St.James's Walk, Newcastle, 2008
LECG ArtParty, Milan, 2007
Making of working class hero (a portrait of John Lennon)
Candice Breitz - Bawag Foundation, Wien, 2006