Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni have been collaborating since 2013 on documentary and personal photography projects. Their focus centers on contemporary subjects, with a particular emphasis on the human dimensions of each narrative. Their works have gained global recognition and are regularly featured in press and media outlets including The Guardian, Die Zeit, Financial Times, Geo, Der Spiegel, Politico, Le Monde, Libération, Vogue, L’Espresso, Internazionale, Wired, GQ, Newsweek, The Sunday Times, The Atlantic, and numerous others.
The duo has earned several awards, such as the 2023 Revela’t Prize, the 2021 Planches Contact+Photo4Food, the ISPA Award for best photo story, The Sistema Festival “Reset” Award, the 2020 PHmuseum Of Humanity Grant in the solo show category, the 2019 Sony World Photography Award in the category “Discovery”, the 2018 Istanbul Photo Book Award, and the 2016 Gomma Grant for best B&W documentary work.
> Exhibitions
2023
CATHÉDRALE - La Chambre Gallery - Strasbourg | France
RHOME - Phest International festival of art and photography - Monopoli | Italy
'NZÌM - Phest International festival of art and photography - Monopli | Italy
FASTIDIOSA - Environmental photography festival "Horizonte Zingst" - Zingst | Germany
UMANA NATURA - Revela’t Festival - Barcelona | Spain
FASTIDIOSA - "Fotodoks" festival for contemporary documentary photography - Munich | Germany
GÜLE GÜLE - Fotografia Europea - Reggio Emilia | Italy
THE FIGHTERS OF MAIDAN - Ultra//Clash photography festival - Prato | Italy
THE SOUND OF DUNES - Spazio Musa Gallery - Turin | Italy
2022
FASTIDIOSA - Yeast Photo Festival - Matino | Italy
WAR DREAMS - Istituto Polacco di Roma & Interzone Gallery - Rome | Italy
LA SAPIENZA FOTOGRAFATA - MLAC Museo Laboratorio Arte Contemporane La Sapienza - Rome | Italy
THE SOUND OF DUNES - Spazio Musa - Torino | Italy
PRÉSENCE/ABSENCE - Interzone Gallery - Rome | Italy
2021
GÜLE GÜLE - La Chambre Gallery - Strasbourg | France
EN PRÉSENCE DE L’ABSENCE - Festival Planches Contact - Deauville | France
RHOME - Vizualizator Festival - Begrade | Serbia
THIS LAND IS MY LAND (Fastidiosa) - Festival della Fotografia Etica - Lodi | Italy
THIS LAND IS MY LAND (Fastidiosa) - Sì FEST - Savignano sul Rubicone | Italy
QUARANTEEN - Photo Brussels Festival - Hangar Photo Art Center - Brussels | Belgium
THIS LAND IS MY LAND (Fastidiosa) - IMP Festival - International Month Of Photojournalism - Padua | Italy
ISLAM RAMADAN - PEP Gallery - Berlin | Germany
UMANA NATURA - Il Forno Gallery - Città della Pieve | Italy
2020
GÜLE GÜLE - Biennale Für Aktuelle Fotografie - Mannheim | Germany
GÜLE GÜLE - Photographic Museum of Humanity Lab - Bologna | Italy
GÜLE GÜLE - Bird In Flight Prize - Kyiv | Ukraine
RHOME - Unsocial Studio Gallery - Modena | Italy
2019
GÜLE GÜLE - Sony WPO winner’s exhibition - Villa Reale di Monza | Italy
THE BURNING PLAIN - L’Artiere bookshop - Arles | France
RHOME - Offcine Fotografiche - Rome | Italy
GÜLE GÜLE - Sony World Photography Award Exhibition 2019 - Somerset House - London | UK
PASSAGGI | TRANSIZIONI | MICROCOSMI - f.project gallery - Bari | Italy
2018
RHOME - Voies Off screening nights - Arles | France
RHOME - Istanbul Photobook Awards (book dummy exhibition) - Istanbul | Turkey
LET ME IN - Fotofestival Lenzburg, "Im Wandel" - Lenzburg | Switzerland
2017
THIS LAND IS MY LAND - Phest Festa Internazionale della Fotografia - Monopoli | Italy
GALEAZZO - Nardini, Caimi & Piccinni - Interzone Gallery - Rome | Italy
THIS LAND IS MY LAND - Locus Festival - Locorotondo | Italy
LET ME IN - Kunsthalle-Emden - Emden | Germany
THIS LAND IS MY LAND - "New Visions" Cortona On The Move - Cortona | Italy
2016
LET ME IN - FOTOLEGGENDO Festival - Rome | Italy
TIME AND TENSE - Slideluck Rome III - Officine Fotografiche - Rome | Italy
FORCELLA - FOTOGRAFIA Festival - Galleria 001 - Rome | Italy
LET ME IN - Amnesty International - Scuola Barsanti - Pietrasanta | Italy
2015
WAR DREAMS - Delhi Photo Festival - New Delhi | India
FORCELLA - Leboudoir2.0 - Voies Off - Arles | France
FORCELLA - Cascina Farsetti - Rome | Italy
FORCELLA - Slideluck Bologna - Spazio Labò - Bologna | Italy
DAILY BREAD - Galleria Interzone - Rome | Italy
2014
DAILY BREAD - Reminders Photography Stronghold - Tokyo | Japan
THE WARRIORS OF MAIDAN - Galleri Vasli Souza - Malmo | Sweden
DAILY BREAD - Galleri Vasli Souza - Malmo | Sweden
THE FIGHTERS OF MAIDAN - Lumix Festival of Young Photojournalism - Hannover | Germany
DAILY BREAD/HUNGRY STILL - Format Gallery - Derby | UK
DAILY BREAD - Festival Encontros da Imagem - Braga | Portugal
2013
LIBYA AT THE CROSSROAD - Delhi Photo Festival - New Delhi | India
TRIPOLI CAFE’ - Photo Annual Award Final Wall Gallery Exhibition - Prague | Czech Republic
2012
GREEK CRISIS - Photo Annual Award Final Wall Gallery Exhibition - Prague | Czech Republic
2011
EXODUS: DISPLACED PEOPLE OF SOMALIA - Tavistock Clinic Gallery - London | UK
2010
EXODUS: DISPLACED PEOPLE OF SOMALIA - Cascina Farsetti - Rome | Italy
2009
URBAN TILES - Galerie Athéna - Paris | France
2008
TRACK 1 - Biennale di Video e Fotografia - Alessandria | Italy
about us
Their works have been exhibited across Europe and Asia in galleries and festivals including the Biennale Für Aktuelle Fotografie, Delhi Photo Festival, Lumix Festival, Fotografia Europea, Phest, Fotodoks and Voies Off.
With a portfolio of six published books, their most recent releases include "Fastidiosa" (for the British publishher Overlapse) and "En Présence De L’Absence" (for the Éditions Bessard). They have previously published a trilogy on cities in transition, encompassing "Güle Güle" (André Frère Éditions) focusing on Istanbul, "Forcella" centered on Naples, and "RHOME", which was a finalist for the PHotoESPANA Best Photobook of the Year 2019. "Güle Güle" received a special mention at the Kassel Dummy Book Award 2019, was a finalist at Luma Rencontres Dummy Book Award in Arles, and was shortlisted for the Arles Author Book Award 2020 and Prix Nadar 2020.
> Awards
2023
MUTANT Grant - Winners - “Rhome”
Revela’t Festival - Winners - “Umana Natura”
ISPA Italian Sustainability Photo Award - Photo Story Finalists - "Operation Sarno"
2022
Prix 6Mois du photojournalisme - Finalists - “Ukraine 2013-2023”
Premio Ponchielli - Finalist - “No Woman No Cry”
PHMuseum Of Humanity - Finalist - “No Woman No Cry”
2021
ISPA Italian Sustainability Photo Award - Photo Story Winners - “This Land Is My Land”
RESET - Sistema Festival - Winner - “This Land Is My Land”
Festival Planches Contact - Recipient of the residency Planches Contact/Photo4Food
Prix Maison Blanche - Selected Artist for the Projection Night - “Umana Natura”
2020
PHMuseum Of Humanity - Winner “Solo Exhibition” Category - “Güle Güle”
Hangar Photo Art Center - PhotoBrussels - Winners Call for European photographers - “Quaranteen”
Prix 6Mois du photojournalisme - Finalists - “Girls who repair cars”
Bird In Flight - Finalist - “Güle Güle”
Arles Author Book Award - Finalist - “Güle Güle. André Frère Éditions”
Prix Nadar - Finalist - “Güle Güle. André Frère Éditions”
2019
Sony World Photography Award - 1st Place Discovery Category - “Güle Güle”
Kassel Dummy Award - Special Mention - “Güle Güle”
LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award, Arles - Shortlisted - “Güle Güle”
PHotoESPANA Best Photobook of the Year - Shortlisted - “Rhome”
Premio Marco Bastianelli, Special Mention - Güle Güle”
Zine Tonic Photobook Award - Winners - “The Burning Plain”
2018
Alfred Fried Photography Award - Finalists - "The Sound Of Refugees"
Warsaw Photo Days - Finalists, "Güle Güle"
Istanbul Photobook Festival - Winners, "Rhome"
Voies Off - Official selection - "Rhome"
Lenzburg Fotofestival - Winners - "Let Me In"
2017
Gomma Grant - Best Black & White Documentary Story - Winner - "This Land Is My Land"
2015
Delhi Photo Festival - Finalist - "War Dreams"
HM BOP Best of Photojournalism - Portraits Category - "The Fighters of Maidan"
HM BOP Best of Photojournalism - Magazine Lifestyle Story - "Týždeň Magazine/Fighters of Maidan"
Oskar Barnak Award - shortlisted - "Forcella"
Cortona on the move/Slideluck - Finalist - "Maidan: Backstage of a Revolution"
Athens Photo Festival - Photobook Exhibition - "Forcella"
2014
LUMIX FESTIVAL OF YOUNG PHOTOJOURNALISM - Finalist - "The Fighters of Maidan"
LEICA PHOTOGRAPHERS AWARD - 2° Place - "Holy Days"
WPO Sony World Photography Awards - Shortlisted - "The Purgatory"
2013
Delhi Photo Festival - Finalist - "Libya at the crossroad"
Photo Annual Award - Finalist - "Tripoli Café"
2012
Photo Annual Award - Finalist - "Greek Crisis"
2008
Biennale di Video e Fotografia di Alessandria - 1° place
> Books
Fastidiosa | Overlapse
En présence de l’absence | Éditions Bessard
Rhome - Catalogue | Unsocial Studio Editions
Güle Güle | André Frère Éditions
The Burning Plain | ZineTonic/L’Artiere editions
Rhome | MAS/Fuam publishing
Forcella | Witty Kiwi Books
Daily Bread | T&G Publishing
Same Tense | Witty Kiwi Books
Mono Vol. 2 | Gomma Books
Raw: the making of Daily Bread | Interzone Editions
Hungry Still | Akina Books
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