loredana denicola

About me
I am a documentary photographer and multidisciplinary visual artist, based in Italy and working between Italy and London.

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My journey into photography began in 2008, when I found a 35mm Praktica camera abandoned in a bag on Florida Street in London. This encounter led me to pursue formal studies in analogue photography, attending introductory courses and later completing a certificate in Photographic Professional Practice at St Martin’s College of Arts.

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Before moving into photography, I graduated in Economics in Bologna and initially worked in the corporate sector as a sales consultant. In 2012 I moved to London, where for three years I worked as a paparazza and photographer covering celebrities, premieres and events for various agencies, developing technical precision and an instinctive approach to image-making in high-pressure environments.

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Since 2013, my practice has focused on intimate and observational forms of storytelling, exploring themes such as identity, relationships, gender, sexuality, prejudice and emotional structures. I use photography to explore human proximity and trust, working across photography, video interviews and writing.

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Artistic approach
My practice is grounded in direct encounters with individuals and in the creation of shared spaces of attention. I work through conversation, observation and collaboration, using the camera as a device that mediates presence rather than simply recording it.

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Over time, my work has moved between documentary and participatory forms, often engaging with personal narratives and lived experience. The projects are structured as open archives rather than fixed interpretations.

I am interested in how identity is constructed through language, memory and relational dynamics, and in how these processes can be explored through image-making.

Working across photography, video interviews and writing, I explore themes such as intimacy, emotional dependency, gender identity, illness, transformation and the instability of perception.

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Projects and collaborations
Since January 2018, I have been a member of Action Hybride, an international collective of artists based in Paris.

​I have served as a juror for international photography competitions, including the Sublime Photo Awards (2025) and the Monochrome Awards (2023, 2024).

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In 2021, I co-founded La Pecora Autoproduzioni, an independent publishing project focused on artist books and experimental approaches to photography.

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Current projects
Recently, I have also integrated writing into my artistic practice as an expressive medium, alongside photography and video interviews. I am currently developing three photography books, which are long-term projects that lend themselves to extended research: love, sex, and relationships, I am your mirror, and L’oscurità, ma io ho una luce.

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These works are closely connected to my research into intimacy, prejudice, love and relationships, illness and transformation, through a long-term photographic and video-based investigation.

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