Anna Rossetti

I am an Italian photographer and visual explorer based in Milan. My work is driven by a fascination with places and bodies suspended between different states: presence and absence, stillness and movement, reality and imagination.

My photographic journey began among abandoned buildings across Europe, where I discovered an unexpected beauty in decay and the traces of human stories left within forgotten spaces. Over time, this exploration evolved into a more intimate and symbolic practice, increasingly focused on underwater photography.

In series such as Contradiction, Atlantica and Sirens, I use water as a threshold: a space where gravity dissolves, identities become fluid and the human body appears suspended between resistance and surrender. Through carefully composed, cinematic images, I explore transformation, solitude and the fragile balance between calm and energy.

My practice moves across fine art, underwater, urban and travel photography, connected by a constant search for ambiguity and emotional tension. Rather than documenting reality exactly as it appears, I seek to reveal what may exist beneath its surface: memories, contradictions and alternative possibilities.

Awards
- Sony World Photography Awards shortlists for Arc...

- Foto Festival, Lenzburg - June 2024
- Hastings City Hawke’s Bay Foto Fest - September 2024
- Promenade des Artistes, Montreal - October 2024
- Phodar Biennial, Sofia - March 2025
- Onboards Biennial, Antwerp - July 2025
- Black&White International Photo Awards for the bicentenary of photography, Paris - November 2025
- Black&White International Photo Awards at One Art Space Gallery, New York in June 2026.
- Aurea Photogallery, digital exhibition - June 2026
- Coming soon Trieste Photo Days, Trieste - October 2026
- Coming soon: Photography Foundation Awards, London - TBD