Giacomo Mantovani

I have been shooting on film for the last 27 years, focusing on black and white medium format film and printing on fibre base paper.

My projects are produced in strictly limited editions of 1, 5, 10 or 15 prints. Any additional copies, excluding a small number of artist’s proofs, are destroyed to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of each collection.

The choice to focus on analogue processes is an essential part of my philosophy and reflects my commitment to physical, imperfect and manual work, in contrast to a digital world increasingly dominated by AI.

The value of my work and practice has recently been recognised by the National Gallery, which accepted my donation of a single-edition print and its corresponding negative from my project LCKDN20.

The Gallery’s Director, Gabriele Finaldi, described the picture as “an image of great elegance and poignancy”, and the LCKDN20 project as “an extraordinary photographic project… both aesthetic and documentary.”

Academy of Fine Arts of Venice
Instituto Statale d'Arte Michele Fanoli

The Story Lens Talks - London
Sopravvivendo nel Veleno - Venice