"Gli uccelli di Van Gogh" #1 - Limited Edition of 10 Photograph

I’m Ilaria Facci, I’m an Italian artist-entrepreneur & Cancer Survivor, Activist for Human Rights and Traveller. I was born in Rome, in May 1982. In 1984, at the age of two, I suffered from Retinoblastoma – a rare type of cancer developing from immature cells of the retina – in my left eye, which I subsequently lost. In 1992, I moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, with my mother and sister. In 2000 I returned in Rome, and I studied at the “Accademia di costume e Moda”. In 2007 I pursued a Master in Marketing and Communication at IED (European Institute of Design). In 2008 I started a BA in Cinema, Art and Music at the Roma3 University in Rome, which I left the following year to move to Barcelona where I worked as an event planner. In 2010 I moved to Milan, and I began to work as a Stylist and Costume Designer. During this period I worked with important names such as the photographer Mustafa Sabbagh, for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, and for international brands as L’Oreal and Nikon. In 2012 I moved for a few months in Armenia while working as a stylist for Cosmopolitan, before moving back to Milan. In 2013 I left Milan and my job in Fashion to move to London and pursue a career as an artist, focusing solely on photography as a form of art and self-discovery and self-expression. From 2014 I started to appear with my series “Autoscatti Sbagliati” (“Wrong self-portraits”) and “Retinoblastoma” in Arts and Photography magazines such as Kritikaonline, VOGUE.IT, INSIDE ART, Untitled Magazine, The Post Internazionale, Vanity Fair, and Wall Street International. In 2015 I started the project “Artists against Cancer” with the aim of involving artists and create artistic initiatives to raise awareness and funds for research against cancer. In 2016 my work is futured on the prestigious Italian photography magazine Il Fotografo.