Filippo Barbero (1992) is a photographer and visual artist based in Florence, Italy. After completing
his education in law in 2017, Barbero began pursuing his career as a
photographer. Barbero’s work focuses on long-term projects, driven by
intimate visual methodologies, and creating connections with themes that
regard memory, a sense of belonging, and an appreciation of place.
EDUCATION
Master of Laws, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
(IM)POSSIBLE WORLDS, Biennale Photo Mulhouse, Mulhouse, France, 13 September - 13 October (upcoming)
Rebirth - The Exhibition, Liquida Photofestival, Turin, Italy, 2 - 5 May
2023
Currents 2023, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA, United States, December 15, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Chelonia, Fonderia 20.9 Art Gallery, Verona, Italy, 14 - 29 October
Center Forward 2023, Center For Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO, United States, August 29, 2023 - May 31, 2024 (online)
Contextualise, Pavillon 333 - Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, 16 - 18 January
New Talents 2022, 254Forest, Bruxelles, Belgium, January 19 – February 11
2022
2022 Italian Panorama, PhotoVogue Festival, BASE, Milan, Italy, 17 – 20 November
Verzasca Foto FestivalAwards 2022, Verzasca, Brione, Switzerland
Talents 2022, Haute Photographie, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 14
Talents 2022, Haute Photographie, Rotterdam, Netherlands, May 18
SELECTED RESIDENCIES
2024
Note Di Sguardi, Cervia, Italy, 8 - 16 April
2023
LAND, Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, 2023-2025
SELECTED AWARDS
2024
Der Grief: Guest Room
Lucie Foundation, Heritage - B/W (finalist)
2023
Penumbra Foundation , Penumbra Members Gallery (winner)
Urbanautica Annual Awards 2022, People and Communities (winner)
2022
PhotoVogue Festival, Italian Panorama (winner)
Photolucida, Critical Mass 2022 (finalist)
GUP Magazine, Fresh Eyes Talents 2022 (shortlisted)
Photolux Festival, Intarget Photolux Awards (shortlisted)
Urbanautica Institute, Harmony - Ragusa Foto Festival 2022 (shortlisted)
Urbanautica Annual Awards 2022, Anthropology and Territories (shortlisted)
SELECTED INTERVIEWS AND TALKS
2023
Photo Letter, Anne Barkin, ‘Borderland’ - Filippo Barbero, December 12
Audioteca Fotografica, Isabel Hernández, Borderland’ - Filippo Barbero , April 22
2022
Black Camera, Manuelaannamaria Accinno, “‘Borderland’ di Filippo Barbero: la vita come stream of consciousness”, January 24
2021
Nowhere Diary, Story 74, April 21
2024
Lecturer in conversation with Steve Bisson at Lab27, Treviso, Italy, October 27
Lecturer, Note Di Sguardi, Maria Goia Library, Cervia, Italy, April 14
2023
Panelist, Center Forward 2023, November 11
Panelist, OMNEFEST 2023/LAND: Modi di guardare, Villa Parco Bolasco, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy, September 24
2022
Panelist, PhotoVogue Festival 2022: The Artists Are Present, BASE Milano, Milan, Italy, November
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS
(IM)POSSIBLE WORLDS Exhibition Catalogue, Biennale Photo Mulhouse - PEP: 2024: Print.
Origines #1. 1st ed. Revue Macaroni: 2024: Print.
Urbanautica Institute Awards 2022. By Steve Bisson. 1st ed. Urbanautica Institute: 2023: Print.
Turchese 5. 1st ed. STC Edizioni: 2023: Print.
PEP’s New Talents Exhibition Catalogue, 254 Forest, PEP:2023: Prints.
Fresh Eyes 2022. 4th ed. GUP. 2022. Print.
The New Yorker, Vogue Italia, PhotoVogue, Der
Grief, Penumbra Foundation, C41 Magazine, Phases Magazine, The Mammoth’s Reflex
Photomagazine, PhMuseum, Photo-Letter, ZONE Mag, The Greatest Magazine, ARTTACCA,
Safelight Paper, Fiiirst, Ātman Journal, Audioteca Fotografica, Bad Print Mag, G.U.P Magazine,
Urbanautica Institute, Out of Service Mag, IN FRAME, Nowhere Diary, WITNESS, The Pupil Sphere,
Conceptual Projects, Too Tired Project, Deadpancollection, FotoRoom.
SPECIAL EDITIONS
Micamera; 20 / 20 / 200 Special Editions