Biography

Filippo Barbero (1992) is a Florence-based photographer represented by the American agent Charles Guice. His personal practice centers on long-term projects driven by an intimate and personal visual research, exploring themes related to memory, sense of belonging, and the investigation of the concept of place.

He is the author of the monograph Borderland, published by Witty Books in April 2025, with a text by Aaron Schuman, and included in several permanent collections, among them the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Library, New York, and the Getty Research Institute Library (Getty Museum), Los Angeles.

His work has been exhibited in national and international museums, galleries, institutions, and festivals, including OMNE at Officine Fotografiche in Rome; Festival diecixdieci photobook prize in Gonzaga; SCAD in Atlanta; Filter Photo in Chicago; La Kunsthalle Mulhouse for the Biennale Photo Mulhouse and PEP in Mulhouse; Paratissima Art Gallery at Cavallerizza for Liquida Photo Festival in Turin; the Ogden Museum during the PhotoNOLA Festival in New Orleans; Fonderia 20.9 Art Gallery in Verona; the Center Forward online exhibition at the Center For Fine Art Photo; Pinakothek der Moderne and ZIRKA Space in Munich for Der Grief’s 15th anniversary events; 254Forest Art Space in Brussels for PEP’s New Talents group show; Haute Photographie in Rotterdam and Amsterdam for GUP Exhibition and Fresh Eyes Talents; BASE Milano for the PhotoVogue Festival (Italian Panorama collective exhibition); and Verzasca Photo Festival in Brione, Switzerland.

His work has received numerous prizes and awards, including LensCulture Favorite Photobooks 2025 (Amsterdam); “Penumbra Members Gallery” by the Penumbra Foundation (New York); “Center Forward” by the Center For Fine Art Photo (Colorado); the Urbanautica Institute Awards, category “People and Communities”; Critical Mass by Photolucida (Oregon); “Heritage” by the Lucie Foundation (California); the Intarget Photolux Award at Photolux Festival; and Italian Panorama at the PhotoVogue Festival, promoted by Vogue Italia.

In 2026, he is among the five artists nominated by Camera Torino for FUTURES Foundation (EPP - European Photography Platform).
He was also selected among the best portfolios in the ranking for the Dear Dave Magazine Fellowships; invited to take part in the artist residency promoted by Note di Sguardi to produce a project in the Cervia area (Italy); chosen by Micamera Milan to launch a special limited 20/20 print edition for their 20th anniversary; selected for Der Grief’s Guest Room: “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls,” curated by Boaz Levin and Sophia Greiff; and named among the artists of the “LAND” Artist Residency by OMNE (Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est), whose works will be exhibited at OMNE FEST and published as the fourth volume of the OMNE series, OMNE/LAND 2023–2025. He was selected by Fotografia Europea for the “PHOTOGRAPH-ER” program 2023.

His work has been published in numerous national and international online and print magazines, including The New Yorker, PhotoVogue, EE72, Der Grief, Penumbra Foundation, Lucie Foundation, Dear Dave Mag, Artribune, C41 Magazine, Phases Magazine, The Mammoth’s Reflex Photomagazine, PhMuseum, Photo-Letter, ZONE Mag, Float Magazine, The Greatest Magazine, ARTTACCA, Safelight Paper, Ātman Journal, Audioteca Fotografica, Bad Print Mag, G.U.P Magazine, Urbanautica Institute, Out of Service Mag, IN FRAME, Nowhere Diary, The Pupil Sphere, Conceptual Projects, Too Tired Project, Collater.al Magazine.