Filippo Bardazzi
Photographer and Journalist
Tuscany, Italy

+39 349 6713515
bardazzi.filippo@gmail.com


I have always been attracted by the relationship between man and environment, with a peculiar regard for all those changes involving past and present. After an academic degree in Philosophy, I started being interested in photography and communication. In 2011 I began a collaboration with Archivio Fotografico Toscano for the enhancement of historical collections and with local newspapers. Soon photography became my focus and my main activity.
I am currently member of SooS Chronicles collective. My images have been published both on Italian and international magazines (Financial Times, Courrier International, Newsweek, Culture Trip, D - La Repubblica, La Stampa, Gente) and have been awarded and exhibited in several photographic festivals worldwide (Premio Marco Pesaresi, RovinjPhotodays, Atkins CIWEM – London, Photo Kathmandu, Athens Photo Festival, Vintage Photo Festival).
Besides my editorial work I regularly collaborate with companies and other clients in photographic campaigns and visual content production.

I teach Documentary Photography at L.A.B.A. – Libera Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence, Italy and in 2016 I was among the founders of Sedici, a non-profit organization that promotes visual culture and art.


Select Clients

︎︎︎ Pitti Immagine
︎︎︎ Guess
︎︎︎ Best Company
︎︎︎ Tenuta Casadei
︎︎︎ Bombata
︎︎︎ MDU Architetti
︎︎︎ Autolinee Toscane
︎︎︎ Grand Hotel Principe di Piemonte
︎︎︎ Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
︎︎︎ Fondazione CR Firenze
︎︎︎ Officina Santa Maria Novella
︎︎︎ Glamood
︎︎︎ Pane & Rose ONLUS


Exhibitions

︎︎︎ TIPI. Storie dal distretto, Spazio Campolmi, Prato, Italy, 2023
︎︎︎ Post-Bellico. Sul ciò che resta., Lab27, Treviso, Italy, 2022
︎︎︎ Transition, Fotogalerie Friedrichshain, Berlin, Germany, 2022
︎︎︎ Domestica. Assistere alla violenza, Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy, 2021
︎︎︎ COVISIONI:, SI FEST OFF - Savignano Immagini, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy, 2021
︎︎︎ COVISIONI:, Grenze - Arsenali Fotografici Festival, Verona, Italy, 2021
︎︎︎ Se ne sono andati tutti, 6th Vintage Photo Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 2020
︎︎︎ The Inner Forest, Verzasca Foto Festival, Sonogno, Switzerland, 2018
︎︎︎ Qualcosa di Familiare, Mediterraneo Downtown Festival, Prato, Italy, 2018
︎︎︎ Granitsa, Chiasso Perduto (AD Gallery), Firenze, Italy, 2018
︎︎︎ Granitsa, Ponte Garbatella – Fotoleggendo, Roma, Italy 2017
︎︎︎ Granitsa, Benaki Museum, Athens Photo Festival, Athens, Greece, 2017
︎︎︎ Se ne sono andati tutti, Studio 38 Contemporary Art Gallery, Pistoia, Italy, 2016
︎︎︎ Pistoia Contemporary Arts Weekend, Palazzo Billi, Pistoia, Italy, 2016
︎︎︎ Standing Still, Photo Kathmandu Festival, Nagbahal, Nepal, 2015
︎︎︎ The Great Illusion, Museum of Arts and Crafts, Zagreb, Croatia, 2015
︎︎︎ Atkins CIWEM Exhibition, Royal Geographical Society, London, UK, 2015
︎︎︎ Standing Still, Art Hotel – Room 402, Prato, Italy, 2015
︎︎︎ The Great Illusion, Old Factory Gallery, 8th Rovinj Photodays, Rovinj, Croatia, 2015
︎︎︎ Here We Are, MuseOrfeo, ArtCity Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 2015
︎︎︎ Farmer in Dobryniòw, Mundo B, Bruxelles, Belgium, 2013
︎︎︎ Standing Still, FoFu Phot’Art, Fucecchio, Italy, 2013
︎︎︎ 50 Sfumature di Viso, Calafrika Music Festival, Pianopoli, Italy, 2013
︎︎︎ Corricelli, Occhi Rossi Festival, Roma, Italy, 2013
︎︎︎ 50 Sfumature di Viso, Piazza Sant’Agostino, Prato, Italy, 2013
︎︎︎ Se ne sono andati tutti, Torino Young City Festival, Turin, Italy, 2012
︎︎︎ Se ne sono andati tutti, Fotografia Europea, Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2012
︎︎︎ Metamorfosi|Permanenze, Cassero Medievale, Prato, Italy, 2012
︎︎︎ Camere con vista, Glue Alternative Concept Space, Florence, Italy, 2012
︎︎︎ Scatta/Trova il tesoro/Ripeti, Teatro Metastasio, Prato, Italy, 2010
︎︎︎ Sulle Nostre Tracce, Teatro Metastasio, Prato, Italy, 2010


Awards & Acknowledgements

︎︎︎ Analog Sparks 2023, Silver Winner (Instant Technique), 2023
︎︎︎ Urbanautica Institute Awards 2020, Winner, 2020
︎︎︎ Belfast Photo Festival, Highly Commended, 2019
︎︎︎ Il Reportage Photojournalism Award, Shortlisted, 2018
︎︎︎ Photogrvphy Magazine & Grant, Nominee, 2017
︎︎︎ Premio Marco Pesaresi, Shortlisted, 2017
︎︎︎ Athens Photo Festival, Official Selection, 2017
︎︎︎ Riga Photomonth, Public Screening, 2017
︎︎︎ MIFA Photography Award, Honorable Mention, 2015
︎︎︎ Photo Kathmandu, Official Selection, 2015
︎︎︎ Premio Marco Pesaresi, Shortlisted, 2015
︎︎︎ AIFF – Ariano International Film Festival, Finalist, 2015
︎︎︎ Atkins CIWEM Environmental Photographer of the Year, Shortlisted, 2015
︎︎︎ Fotografia nel Parco Nazionale dell’Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, Selected Participant, 2015
︎︎︎ Rovinj Photodays, 2nd place Documentary, 2015
︎︎︎ IPA – International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2015
︎︎︎ Fotoleggendo - Officine Fotografiche Roma, Finalist, 2014
︎︎︎ Counter Balance EIB Award, Winner, 2013
︎︎︎ FoFu Phot’Art - Fucecchio Foto Festival, Winner, 2013
︎︎︎ IPA – International Photography Awards, Honorable Mention, 2013
︎︎︎ Giovane Fotografia Italiana, Selected, 2012
︎︎︎ Lucca Digital Photo Festival, Shortlisted, 2009


Interviews & Other Features

︎︎︎ Antony Gormley. Body Politic, White Cube Editions, photographic contribution , December 2023
︎︎︎ Il nuovo turismo Made in Prato, Prato Review n.58 , photographic contribution, October 2023
︎︎︎ Post-bellico. Sul ciò che resta, Lab27, talk, September 2022
︎︎︎ Teorie dell’architettura. Affresco italiano, Quodlibet, photographic contribution, December 2021
︎︎︎ Snapshot: crafting string instruments in Florence, Courier Magazine, online feature, December 2021
︎︎︎ Bunkers by Steve Bisson, Urbanautica Journal, interview, October 2021
︎︎︎ A bunker for every citizen, The Calvert Journal, online feature, September 2021
︎︎︎ COVISIONI:, PHMuseum, online exhibition, June 2021
︎︎︎ Venti minuti con, Galleria Itinerante, interview, January 2021
︎︎︎ Giovane Fotografia Italiana, online, December 2020
︎︎︎ Vintage Photo Festival, online, September 2020
︎︎︎ Tropographics, FrizziFrizzi magazine, online feature, June 2020
︎︎︎ Tropographics, Broad Magazine, online feature, May 2020
︎︎︎ The Top Things To Do in Florence, The Culture Trip, online feature, January 2020
︎︎︎ The Coolest Neighbourhoods in Florence, Italy, The Culture Trip, online feature, November 2019
︎︎︎ Photographie. De la Russie à l’Estonie, Courrier International, online feature, July 2019
︎︎︎ MAP - Il Pecci e Prato. Intervista a Filippo Bardazzi, interview, May 2019
︎︎︎ Il teatro sulla Francigena, photographic contribution, December 2018
︎︎︎ Mediterraneo Downtown, flussi e mutazioni in mostra a Prato, ANSAmed, online, April 2018
︎︎︎ Granitsa, RBC.ru, online feature, February 2018
︎︎︎ Filippo Bardazzi – Se ne sono andati tutti, Artribune, online, October 2016
︎︎︎ Studio38 Art Gallery, online, October 2016
︎︎︎ Standing Still: quel che resta della frontiera americana, Pratosfera, online, March 2016
︎︎︎ Standing Still, il mito americano del Far West, Erba Magazine, online, review, March 2016
︎︎︎ Interview with the photographers of SooS Chronicles, F-Stop Magazine, issue 74, online, December 2015
︎︎︎ Belgrado, lungo i due fiumi, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, photo gallery, online, October 2015
︎︎︎ Sui due fiumi, Rassegna Est, online, October 2015
︎︎︎ Jurassic web – Cosa è cambiato veramente nei new media, Centro Pecci Web TV, conversation, June 2015
︎︎︎ Standing Still: due pratesi alla scoperta del mito americano, Pratosfera, interview, online, July 2013
︎︎︎ Il futuro immaginato, online, Occhi Rossi Festival, May 2013
︎︎︎ In viaggio con Teatro su 2 Piedi, Pratosfera, photo gallery online, May 2013