Charm Print

Massimiliano Balò was born in Sicily. He is a self-taught photography artist and his passion dates back since he was young. He has begun to make digital art in 2013 when he received his first Honorable Mention at the 3rd Annual Mobile Photography Awards. From then on his works have been appreciated artistically by international expert juries winning prestigious photo competitions including the Sony World Photography Awards as a shortlisted in 2017. Through photography he expresses his dream like world made of "visions" starring body or faces of people which he deformed. He use his mobile phone to create his works applying different editing programme. His photos create a sense of mood, atmosphere,dream like and drama scenario. His photos blur the line between art photography and painting. Most of his compositions are abstract. They focus on shapes with little indications of scale and orientation. They are full of observations and questions about inner life and mystery!