Bio

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ITA

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Federico Borella è un fotoreporter freelance pubblicato a livello internazionale, con oltre dieci anni di esperienza come fotogiornalista. I suoi lavori sono stati pubblicati dai più importanti magazine italiani ed internazionali, tra cui 

National Geographic, Newsweek, Time Magazine, National Geographic, CNN, Stern, Dummy, Days Japan, XL Semanal, NZZ, Alpha magazine, Aftenposten.  Nel 2019 è stato nominato Photographer of the year 2019 ai Sony Awards.

 

Borella ha conseguito la Laurea in Letteratura Classica & Archeologia Meso-americana presso l'Università di Bologna nel 2008. Ha poi completato il Master in Fotogiornalismo presso l'Accademia John Kaverdash di Milano. Tra il 2009 e il 2015 ha lavorato come fotografo freelance per La Repubblica e per la John Hopkins University a Bologna, e dal 2015 al 2019 per QN Quotidiano Nazionale. Attualmente lavora a Bologna, dove insegna fotografia e storytelling e organizza workshop e viaggi fotografici.

 

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Federico Borella is a freelance photojournalist. Internationally published, Federico has more than 10 years of experience as a news photographer and reportage working for both national and foreign magazines, agencies and publications, including National Geographic, Newsweek, Time Magazine, National Geographic, CNN, Stern, Dummy, Days Japan, XL Semanal, NZZ, Alpha magazine, Aftenposten, among others.  In 2019 was named Photographer of the year 2019 at Sony Awards 2019.

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Borella completed a degree in Classical Literature & Meso-american Archeology at the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna in 2008. He then completed a Master in Photography Journalism at the John Kaverdash Academy of Milan. From 2009-2015, he worked as a freelance photographer for LaRepubblica newspaper and commissioned photographer for John Hopkins University in Bologna. From 2015 to 2019 for QN quotidiano nazionale. He’s actually based in Bologna, Italy teaching photography and storytelling and organizing travel workshops.

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AWARDS
 

Sony Award 2022 2nd place Wildlife and Nature
Sony Award 2019 Photographer of the year
Sony Award 2019 Documentary Category winner
Harvard University Planetary Health Alliance 2019 
Life Framer Human body call 2019

Life Framer Open Call 2018 
Paris Photo Prize PX3 Feature Story 2018 
Finalist Lumix international Festival of Young Photojournalism 2018
Member of the Visa D’Or Jury 2017 
Lens Culture Emerging Talent Award 2017

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Exhibitions

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New York, London, Tokyo, Milan, Paris, Bologna, Berlin, Hannover, Perpignan, among others.

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