Martina Zaninelli is a Berlin based photographer. She also worked for long time as photo-editor.
She attended Lisa Barnard's masterclass at ISSP and Linn Schröder's seminar at Ostkreuz School of Photograhy in Berlin. She holds a BA in Modern and Contemporary History. Her background in history influences her photographic practice and story telling. Her work puts under the spotlight stories of individuals and collectives affected by overwhelming events that reverberate through our contemporary times, provoking a constant dialogue between present and past. Her artistic practice relies heavily on the use of archival material and include in addition to photography multimedia elements.
mail: martina.zaninelli [at] gmail.com
and here Instagram
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2022, Pop-up exhibition. Mahalle, Berlin, DE
2022, Pop-up exhibition. Stadthalle Rostock, Rostock, DE
2022, Pop-up exhibition. Berlin, Rostock, Fusion Festival, DE
2022, Brotherland [SOLO], Peter-Weiss-Haus, Rostock, DE
2022, Brotherland [SOLO], Maison de Heidelberg, Hors Les Mours – Les Boutographies, Montpellier, FR
2022, Pop-up exhibition. Dresden, DE
2021, Festival Castelnuovo Fotografia, Castelnuovo di Porto, Rome, IT
2020, Home Museum – Lagos Photo Festival, Nigeria
2019, Funzilla – Rome Photozine Festival, Rome, IT
2019, Book exhibition. Athens Photo Festival, Athens, GR
2018, Are there trees back in Berlin? (SOLO). Monat der Fotografie OFF, Galerie Fotogravie(l), Berlin, DE
2018, Book exhibition. Bon Art Book Fair, Teheran, IR
2018, Are there trees back in Berlin? (SOLO). Sali d'Argento Photo Gallery, Alfedena, IT
2018, Infinite Sauvage. Art Hall, Kuldiga, LV
2018, The Family of No Man. Cosmos Arles Books, Arles, FR
2018, #Heimatministerium. LUMIX Festival, Hannover, DE
2018, Strategies against the map. A Ilha, Lisbon, PT
2017,Don't Forget Me Not. Galerie Fotoforum, Bolzano, IT
2017, Dont't Forget Me Not”. taf : theartfoundation, Athens, GR
2017, Don't Forget Me Not”. Alte Feuerwache Friedrichshain, Berlin, DE
2017, Rotterdam Photo Festival, Netherlands – Are there trees back in Berlin?
2016, Refugees - Travelling exhibition, Berlin, DE
2016, Die urbane Wunderkammer. Haus 73, Hamburg, DE
Publications and features
der freitag, taz – die tageszeitung, junge Welt, Archivo, kwerfeldein, die Nacht, International Photography Magazine, PLS magazine, repubblica.it, Tagesspiegel, Kiosk of Democracy, Times of Israel, Umbria24, Quarry Londo/New York, CFR Edizioni, Frattura-Italia, Versus Verlag Zürich, Berliner Morgenpost, Esspress.
EDUCATION
2019 – 2022, ISSP International Masterclass mentored by Lisa Barnard
2018, ISSP - International Summer School of Photography, workshop by Lisa Barnard
2018, Strategies against the map, workshop by Federico Clavarino and Andrea Grützner
2016 – 2017, Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie, Berlin – Linn Schröder Class
2015, How to do a book, workshop by Calin Kruse
2014, Officine Fotografiche, Rome, Italy - Reportage Class by Gaetano Di Filippo
2014, Degree in medieval, modern and contemporary history, Università di Roma „La Sapienza“
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023, Finalist. Giostre Edizioni Dummy Award, IT
2022, Winner. Premio Marco Bastianelli, Rome, IT
2021, Finalist. Kassel Dummy Award, Kassel, DE
2021, Finalist. Charta Dummy Award, Rome, IT
2019, Scholarship of the Cultural Department, Bolzano, IT
2017, Finalist. DOCfield Dummy Award, Barcelona, ES
2017, Nominee. Photogrvphy Grant. Category „conceptual“
2017, Selected. Discovery Award – Projection. Encontros da Imagem, Braga, PT
2017, Founding program of the Cultural Department, Bolzano, IT