Stefano de Luigi

Stefano De Luigi (born 1964) is a German-born Italian photographer. He has been a member of VII Photo Agency since 2008 and lives in Paris.

Exhibitions Pornoland has been exhibited at REA Gallery (Paris 2004), Santa Cecilia Gallery (Rome 2005), Lanificio (Naples 2006), Festival Transphotographiques (Lille 2007), and New York Photo Festival (NY 2011) and Photolux Festival (Lucca Italy) 2022. Personal exhibitions of De Luigi’s projects in these years include the WHO Head Quarter (Geneva 2010), VII Gallery (New York 2010), 10b Gallery (Rome 2010), Museu,m of Modern Art (Rovereto 2011), Photofestival (Athens 2012/15), Fondazione Stelline (Milan, 2013) Paris Mois de la Photo (2014) FotoIstanbul (2015) Venice Candiani Cultural Center(2017) Plenum Gallery Catania (2018) Museum of Palazzo Ducale (Genes 2019)Othersize Gallery (Milan 2020)Les Franciscaine (Deauville 2022) L Phololux (Luques 2023) Palazzo Ducale (Genes 2023) Musée des Art Appliqué (Belgrad 2023) Gallerie Cavour (Padoue 2024).

Publications Pornoland. 2004. With a text by Martin Amis. London: Thames & Hudson. . Germany: Knessebeck. France: La Martiniere. Italy: Contrasto. Blanco. London: Trolley, 2010. . iDyssey. Paris: Bessard, 2017. . Babel. With Michela Battaglia. Rome: Postcart, 2018. . "Pornoland Redux" Selfpublished 2021 "Il Bel Paese" l'Artiere 2022 "Televisiva" L'Artiere 2024 ISBN 979-12-809783-94

Awards 1998: World Press Photo arts and entertainments (3rd stories) 2005: Marco Bastianelli Prize, for Pornoland 2007: W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund Grant 2007: World Press Photo, arts and entertainment (2nd single) 2009: Moving Walls. Liberia child soldiers. 2010: Getty Grant for Editorial Photography 2010: World Press Photo, Contemporary Issue (2nd Single) 2010: Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards (1st Prize) 2011: World Press Photo (2nd Multimedia) 2011: Pictures of the Year International Best Photography Book Award, for Blanco 2013: Special Jury Prize, Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards 2013: Prix du Festival de St-Brieuc, Saint Brieuc Photographie du Reportage 2015: Syngenta Prize (3rd single) 2021 Artistic residency "Planches Contact Festival" Deauville France 2022 Grant Strategie Fotografiche Italian Ministry of Culture