Matteo de Mayda
Born in Treviso, 1984 and lives in Venice
Matteo de Mayda’s visual research is focused on social and environmental causes. He has exhibited his work at the Venice Biennale, MUFOCO, Triennale Milano, Camera Torino, Fotografia Europea and the Design Museum in London. In 2019, he published “Era Mare,” a book about the high water in Venice. In 2020, he was selected by ARTRIBUNE as the best young Italian photographer of the year. In 2021, he was one of the FUTURES talents selected by CAMERA (Italian Center for Photography) and won the Italian Sustainability Photo Award (ISPA) with “There’s no calm after the storm.” In 2022, he won the British Journal of Photography International Award and was shortlisted at the Premio Gabriele Basilico. His images have been published in Italian and international magazines, including The New York Times, Financial Times Magazine, Internazionale, Zeit and Vogue.