Giuseppe Oliverio

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PhMuseum Founding and Artistic Director

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PhMuseum Founding and Artistic Director

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12 Photobooks for Summer 2026

12 Photobooks For Summer 2026

Browse the latest titles that have caught the eye of PhMuseum's Artistic Director. Our curated guides spotlight publications by artists from our community and beyond.

Guide Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
13 Photobooks For Spring 2026

13 Photobooks For Spring 2026

Browse the latest titles that caught the eyes of PhMuseum's Artistic Director through this new curated guide, aiming to spotlight publications by artists from our community and beyond.

Guide Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Photobook Review: Between The Skin And Sea by Katrin Koenning

Photobook Review: Between The Skin And Sea By Katrin Koenning

Set in the Australian landscape, the work is an intimate portrayal of living in post-pandemic times.

Book Review Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Photobook Review: El Pez Muere Por La Boca by Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo

Photobook Review: El Pez Muere Por La Boca By Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo

The work delves into a coastal community grappling with drug trafficking. Moving beyond typical portrayals of Colombia's drug trade, the project offers a personal and participatory look at resilience, culture, and the interplay of realities.

Book Review Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Photobook Review: An Incomplete Encyclopedia Of Touch by Erik Kessels

Photobook Review: An Incomplete Encyclopedia Of Touch By Erik Kessels

Published by RVB Books, the volume comprises over 1900 images exploring our instincts for touching the inanimate object we are portrayed with.

Book Review Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Recalling the Importance of Gathering Together

Recalling The Importance Of Gathering Together

The open call #ReunionCalling promoted by PhEST invited the festival's audience to tell stories of a separation or reunion between loved ones with a photo collage. The result is a touching visual experience that reminds us of the essence of human nature.

Feature Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Fabiola Cedillo, Ligia Poplawska And Samuel Fordham Will Exhibit At Phmuseum Days 2021

Fabiola Cedillo, Ligia Poplawska And Samuel Fordham Will Exhibit At Phmuseum Days 2021

The photographers' respective works will become part of the festival official program and be exhibited individually in Bologna on 23-26 September, 2021. Discover their work and read the judges' motivations.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
INSIDE Opened A New Cycle Of Exhibitions At PHmuseum Lab

INSIDE Opened A New Cycle Of Exhibitions At PHmuseum Lab

Last week we inaugurated the second show arising from our Mobile Photography Prize. It documents the first wave of the pandemic from an introspective point of view and it marks the re-opening of our gallery in Bologna, Italy.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Announcing The PHmuseum Days 2021, Our First Photography Festival

Announcing The PHmuseum Days 2021, Our First Photography Festival

It's called PHmuseum Days, it will happen on 23-26 September 2021 in Bologna, Italy and we are inviting you to take part in this new adventure through this open call.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
A Video Interview with Jacob Balzani Lööv on his exhibition at PhEST

A Video Interview With Jacob Balzani Lööv On His Exhibition At PhEST

The Italian-Swedish photographer comments on his exhibition in Monopoli and the experience at the international photography festival, whose latest edition has counted 150,000 visitors.

Interview Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Covid Stories from a Community of Latin American Female Photographers

Covid Stories From A Community Of Latin American Female Photographers

In this interview, Foto Feminas' founder Veronica Sanchis Bencomo talks to us about their latest project where members have been documenting their life and that of their communities during the pandemic.

Interview Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Research, Faith, and Identity of Two Astrological Twins

Research, Faith, And Identity Of Two Astrological Twins

Photographer Martina Zanin met Ana on a dating app and soon discovered they were both born on 16 June 1994, and with almost the same astrological chart. It was the beginning of her latest project May My Two Again Become One.

Feature Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter

We stand in solidarity with the family of George Floyd, the black community and the Black Lives Matter movement, and we commit to further sustain diversity and respect in the photography industry.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Support Independent Photobook Publishers and Shops

Support Independent Photobook Publishers And Shops

With many photography festivals, fairs, and events cancelled we invite you to purchase a photobook before 30 April to support publishers, shops, and photographers.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
100 Photographers For Bergamo

100 Photographers For Bergamo

Photo magazine Perimetro and non-profit organization Liveinslums are raising funds to support the intensive care unit of the Italian city currently most affected by COVID-19. Update: The last day to purchase a print is 5 April.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
An Important Message on COVID-19

An Important Message On COVID-19

This is Giuseppe Oliverio and this is a message to invite you to take the Coronavirus outbreak as seriously as possible.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
A Video Interview with Liza Ambrossio

A Video Interview With Liza Ambrossio

The Mexican photographer was selected for a solo show at PhEST as part of the PHmuseum 2019 Photography Grant prizes. In this interview, she tells us about her experience at the festival and her long-term project The Rage of Devotion.

Interview Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
The New Yorker's Quality Over Quantity

The New Yorker's Quality Over Quantity

The Senior Photo Editor of The New Yorker and PHmuseum 2018 Grant judge, Genevieve Fussell, explains to us how she works to select relevant content and help the iconic publication successfully navigate this internet, and ever-more-visual, era.

Interview Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
The Fears and Hopes of a Generation

The Fears And Hopes Of A Generation

In their latest book Good Luck With The Future, Rita Puig-Serra Costa and Dani Pujalte portray the state of uncertainty of those turning thirty in these days.

Book Review Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Alessia Glaviano on Renewing the Role of Women and Fashion in Photography

Alessia Glaviano On Renewing The Role Of Women And Fashion In Photography

With Photo Vogue Festival, Alessia Glaviano not only means to open the doors of fashion photography to the public, but also redefine its role - and that of women - in the conversation about relevant contemporary issues.

Interview Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Luis Cobelo's Personal Journey Towards Magic Realism

Luis Cobelo's Personal Journey Towards Magic Realism

Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, Luis Cobelo started a visual exploration from the little Colombian village of Aracataca in search of himself and the unexpected.

Feature Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
PHmuseum and Buzzfeed News On Climate Change

PHmuseum And Buzzfeed News On Climate Change

The renewed North American media company published a series of articles featuring work found on the PHmuseum community to celebrate Earth Day and renew the climate change debate.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
BuzzFeed News Climate Change Focus

BuzzFeed News Climate Change Focus

We are collaborating with BuzzFeed News for a special focus on climate change, which will be published on their website on Earth Day (22 April). Upload your stories and contribute in raising awareness about one of the most critical issues of our time.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio
Gazebook's Celebration of the Photobook

Gazebook's Celebration Of The Photobook

The second edition of the Italian festival dedicated to photobooks is opening soon. Martin Parr, Colin Pantall, Laura El-Tantawy and Olivia Arthur are among the guests who will attend the festival in Punta Secca, Italy between September 9th - 11th. The exhibitions program will feature Pierre Liebaert's Free Now, the winner of the PHM 2016 Grant New Generation Prize.

News Written by Giuseppe Oliverio