BIO

A Life Through the Lens

Angela Varricchio was born in Benevento, Italy, in 1979.

She graduated with a Full-Honours Degree in Science of Communication from the University of Salerno in 2003, and completed a Postgraduate Specialisation in Media Content Product Management at Genesio – Institute of Technology and Multimedia, Milan, in 2005.

In 2006, she pursued a Postgraduate Specialisation in Photojournalism at I.S.F.C.I. – Istituto Superiore di Fotografia e Comunicazione Integrata, Rome, and later attended advanced reportage and photography workshops with Lina Pallotta, Morten Andersen, Marco Schirinzi, and Marianna Santoni.

Awards

Bronze Award in Reportage Category. Orvieto Professional Photography Awards. 2008.
Bronze Award in Reportage Category. Orvieto Professional Photography Awards. 2009.
Bronze Award in Open Photography Category. Orvieto Professional Photography Award. 2009.
Honourable Mention in Travel and Ethnicity Category. Premio Fotografico
Web Gallery Finalist. National Geographic Italian Contest. Italy. 2010.
Second Place in Photography Category. Intimalens Ethnographic Film Fe-stival. 2012.
Finalist. Leica Italia Award Contest. 2013.
Bronze Award in Reportage Category. Fiof Awards Nikon Photo Contest. 2014.
Bronze Award in Storytelling Category. Fiof Awards Nikon Photo Contest. 2014.
Finalist. Wide Foundation Documentary Photography Award. 2015.
Second Place in Story Category. Fiof Awards-Fiipa-. 2016.
Honourable Mention in People Category. Monochrome International Award. 2016.
Finalist in Storyboard Category. Siena International Photo Award. 2016.
Finalist in Street Photography Category. Magnum Photography Awards 2016. 2016.
Finalist in Storyboard Category. Siena International Photo Award. 2016.
Finalist in Street Photography Category. Lensculture Photo Contest. 2016.
Finalist in Travel Category. Aspa-Alghero Street Photography Awards-. 2018.
Honourable Mention. 2020 Tokyo International Foto Awards. 2020.
Finalist. Women Street Photography Award. 2022.
Finalist. Spotlight- Leica Women Foto Project- in collaboration with Leica Women Foto Project. 2023.
Honourable Mention in Photojournalism-Photo Essay Category-. Analog
Spark Awards. 2024.
Finalist. Women Street Photographers Artist Residency. 2024.

Exhibitions

Collective. Scatti Divini. Firenze, Italy, 2007.
Collective. Intimalens Ethnographic Film Festival. Caserta, Italy. 2012 and 2013.
Collective. Exposure: 4th Annual Photography Competition. New York, United States of America. 2013.
Collective. Views from the North. Kulturmagasinet. Sundsvall, Sweden, 2016.
Collective and photo projection. Women Street Photographers. New York, United States of America. 2023.
Collective. Art Beats Festival 2023. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2023.

Artistic Vision

Angela’s photography navigates the fragile borders between memory and identity, violence and intimacy, individual and collective experience. Her lens becomes a space for reflection on how images shape understanding, empathy, and cultural memory.

She uses visual storytelling as a form of resistance and dialogue, questioning what remains unseen or unheard.

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