Self-portrait in the tub / Milan 2013
After earning a university degree in Languages and
Literature, Milan-born Marina Spironetti trained as a journalist in Italy. She studied photojournalism at the London College of Communication. She launched her photographic career in 2004.
Originally working as a UK correspondent for the Italian picture agency Eidon
Press, she now freelances for a variety of magazines/newspapers, both as a writer and a photographer.
Recent clients include: BBC Travel, BBC Designed, CNN, Food and Travel, Marie Claire Italia, Dove Viaggi, Corriere della Sera, Internazionale, Il Fatto Quotidiano, Morning Calm, TimeOut Guides, Footprint guides, Italia!.
Marina has travelled extensively worldwide. She lived in London, Paris and Buenos Aires. She is currently Milan-based.
Her first photo book, Senza Mare, on traditions and costumes of inland Sardinia, came out in November 2020 and can be purchased here.
In July 2021 she undertook an art residency at the Casetta Santa Ruge in Desulo, Sardinia, to carry out further research on the traditions of the island, focusing in particular on the role of women. A second photo book on this subject is underway.
// AWARDS // EXHIBITIONS // BOOKS // PRESS //
AWARDS:
2021
- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year
The Claire Aho Award for Women Photographers | WInner
Errazuriz Wine Photographer of The Year, 3rd place, places category
- Tokyo International Foto Award | 3 Honourable mentions | Winning categories: People/Culture, People/Children, Book/Documentary with Senza Mare
- Budapest International Foto Awards | Honourable mention | Winning category: book/ documentary with Senza Mare
- Travel Photographer of the Year | Finalist in the One Shot: Solitude category
2020
- Moscow International Photo Awards | Honourable mention | Winning category: editorial, photo essay with Soli- lati- tudes, Anatomy of a Distant Isolation
- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year | Errazuriz Wine
Photographer of the Year, 3rd place, people category
Highly commended image in the Food for Celebration category
4 commended images (Food for Celebration, Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year and Winterbotham Darby Food for Sale categories)
- Travel Photographer of the Year | Finalist in the People and Culture portfolio
and Smart Shot Category
2019
- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year | 2nd place in the Street Food category
Highly commended image in the Food for Celebration category 3 commended images (Food for Celebration and Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year categories)
2018
- Travel Photographer of the Year | Runner-up in the Smart Shot category
Highly commended mention in the Smart Shot category - IPPAWARDS (iPhone Photography Awards) | 3rd place in the Portrait category
- Tokyo International Foto Awards | Silver | Winning category: People/Wedding;
Bronze | Winning category: People/Culture
2017
- Travel Photographer of the Year | Runner-up in the Food-Flavours of the World category
- International Photography Awards | 7 Honourable mentions | Winning categories: Advertising/Food, Event/Traditions and Cultures (2), People/Portrait, Nature/Wildlife (2), Event/Weddings
- IPPAWARDS (iPhone Photography Awards) | 3rd place in the People category
- Moscow International Photo Awards | Honourable mention | Winning category: Culture
- Humanity Photo Awards 2017 | Performance Award | Winning category: Festivities
- IPA's One Shot: Change | 3 Honourable Mentions | Winning categories: Earth, Man, Water
2016
- Travel Photographer of the Year | Winner of the Smart Shot category;
Finalist in the following sections: Best Single Image in a portfolio - Mankind (one image) and Smart Shot (three images)
- Tokyo International Foto Awards | 2nd place | Winning category: People/Culture; 3 Honorable mentions | Winning categories: People/Children, People/Culture, People/Portrait
- International Photography Awards | 3 Honourable Mentions | Winning categories: Event/Traditions and Cultures, People/Family and People/Self-Portrait
- IPA’s The Family of Man | 2 Honourable Mentions | Winning category: Childhood
2015
- International Photography Awards | 3 Honourable Mentions | Winning categories: Event/Traditions and Cultures and People/Portrait
- IPA’s One Shot: Home | Honourable Mention | Winning category: Home/Perception
2013 – Italian Tourist Board Travel Awards (UK) | Runner-up in the Best Travel Photography category
2009 – Italian Tourist Board Travel Awards (UK) | Winner of the Best Travel Photography category
2007 – Italian Tourist Board Travel Awards (UK) | Runner-up in the Best travel article published in a travel or consumer magazine section
2006 – RISE Photography Competition (UK) | Third prize in the professional category
EXHIBITIONS:
2021
- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (collective show), Royal Photographic Society, Bristol
2020
- Photo Oxford, Women & Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen (collective show), OVADA Warehouse, Oxford
- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (collective show), virtual exhibition
2019
- Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year (collective show), The Mall galleries, London
- Travel Photographer of the Year (collective show), London Bridge City, London
2018
- Tokyo International Foto Awards Winners (collective show), ICA gallery, Tokyo
- Travel Photographer of the Year (collective show), London Bridge City, London
2017
- 1st Triennale of Italian Photography (collective show), Palazzo Ca' Zenobio, Venice
- Solo show for Tomokissima, Matsuya Ginza, Tokyo
- Photo Oxford 2017 (collective show), OVADA Warehouse, Oxford
- Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition (collective show), University of Greenwich, London
- Travel Photographer of the Year exhibition (collective show), Hull
2016
- Tokyo International Foto Awards Winners Exhibition (collective show), Owada Gallery, Tokyo
2015
– “Exposed – 184 Creatives for Milan”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
2010 - “Ten Italian Stories – a journey through Italy’s traditions”, ENIT (Italian Tourist Board), London
2006 - “Emotions – a Dance photography exhibition”, KAD Building, European
Parliament, Luxembourg
2006 - “Movimenti – a dance photography exhibition”, The Place Theatre, London, (double solo show with Ottavia Castellina)
2006 – “Rise – London United”, Trafalgar Square, London, (collective show)
BOOKS:
- Senza Mare, Crowdbooks publishing, 2020 (Italian, English and Sardinian)
(Click on the magazine names to be redirected to the features/galleries)
2018
- Rai News (Italy), December
- Infobae (Argentina), December 18
- Il Post (Italy), December 15
- Newsweek (US), July 18
- Tutti Fotografi (Italy), April
2017
- La Stampa (Italy), August 09
- Tutti Fotografi (Italy), July issue
- Rai News (Italy), June 29
- Vanity Fair Italia, June 28
- Daily Mail Online (UK), June 28
2016
- Conde Nast Traveler, US, December
- Spiegel Online, Germany, December 18
- National Geographic Italia, December
2015
- Vanity Fair Italia, April 25
- La Repubblica (Italy), April 21
- Marie Claire Italy, March Issue
2006 - Royal Photographic Society Journal (UK), March Issue