Portrait nominee

As a metaphor of Sicily that burn and reborn.
The Sicily as the Sicilians always have the strength to start.
A landscape burned, a girl dressed in white,
a land burned by the sun and bathed by the white foam of the sea.
Allegory of Sicily.

Alberto, was born in Palermo in 1983, graduated at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia e Cinema di Roma​ (School of Photography and Cinema of Rome). Now lives between Sicily and Rome and works as a Fashion, Portraits and Fine Art photographer. His works has been published world wide in magazines such as Wired, theGuardian, Telegraph, Internazionale, CBS, Corriere della Sera, American Photo, Photo.fr, il Fotografo.
In 2015, the MAXXI – National Museum of XXI Century in Rome - chose him along with other 10 young Italians photographer in Italy for a Masterclass with internationally renowded photographer Mustafa Sabbagh. In 2016 won the Professional Staged Category at the Sony World Photography Awards.