I was born in Cles (Italy) in 1981.
My photographic practice combines a documentary approach with personal narratives, which do not aim at illustrating and describing literally, but rather at interpreting by attributing new meanings to everyday elements.
Since 2009 I have concentrated my personal work in the Balkans, with a special focus on Bosnia Herzegovina, Romania and Albania. In several of my long-term projects my aim has been to observe these territories from an emotional, cultural and geopolitical point of view and to explore and relate the concepts of identity, memory and landscape.
I combine my personal projects with assignments and editorial orders.
Since 2011 I have taught photography. I specialize in tutoring long-term projects and also give classes in the history of photography, image theory and aesthetics.
I am co-founder and a teacher at El Observatorio, a space based in Barcelona and devoted to photographic creation, a didactic laboratory specializing in photography and visual narrative.
Based in Barcelona (Spain) and Milan (Italy).
Contact:
0034 600245307 (Spain)
0039 3517300189 (Italy)
Instagram: @camilla_demaffei
GRANTS / AWARDS
2021 – Premi Mallorca per la Fotografia Contemporanea 2021
Awarded project: “Delta” (2014/2020)
2021 – I Star Photobook Dummy Award
Finalist: “Delta” (2014/2020)
2017 – Bocs Art. Residenze internazionali
2015 – Premio Cairo
Finalist: “Habitare” (2015)
2014 – PDN’30 – New and Emerging photography to watch
2013 – Prix du Jury – Festival les Boutographies, Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier
Awarded project: “The Visible Mountain. Sarajevo” (2010/2012)
2013 – Prix Échange – Festival les Boutographies, Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier
Awarded project: “The Visible Mountain. Sarajevo” (2010/2012)
2013 – Prix du Public – Festival les Boutographies, Rencontres Photographiques de Montpellier
Awarded project: “The Visible Mountain. Sarajevo” (2010/2012)
2013 – Foto Press. La Caixa
Finalist: “Corridor 8”
2012 – Prix Pictet
Nomination for the shortlist: “The Visible Mountain. Sarajevo” (2010/2012)
2012 – Festival Voies Off, Arles
Finalist: “The Visible Mountain. Sarajevo” (2010/2012)
2010 – Conca (National Council of Culture and Arts of Catalonia)
Granted project: “Smoking Women” (2010/2012)
2010 – Conca (National Council of Culture and Arts of Catalonia)
Granted project: “The visible mountain. Sarajevo” (2010/2012)
EXHIBITIONS
2021 – Delta
Solo exhibition, Sala Sa Nostra, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2018 – Delta
Solo exhibition, Palazzo Massari, Festival Riaperture, Ferrara, Italy
2017 – Ricognizioni. Linguaggio del Contemporaneo.
Group show at Bocs Art Museum, Cosenza, Italy
2016 – The visible Mountain
The Half King Gallery, New York, USA
2015 – Habitare
Group show, Premio Cairo, Palazzo della Permanente, Milano, Italy
2015 – Paesaggio Oltre natura
Group show, Galleria Civica, Trento, Italy
2015 – Extra Fort
Projection. “The visible mountain” at Recyclart, Bruxelles
2015 – Photographers for Emerging
Group show, Annenberg Space, Los Angeles , USA
2015 – Derive
Solo exhibition, Galleria Mapping, Rovereto, Italy
2014 – Les âmes grises: récits photographiques d’après-guerre
Group show, Festival Allers Retours, Museé Albert Khan, Paris, France
2014 – The visible Mountain
Solo exhibition, Galerie Le Lac Geleè, Nimes, France
2014 – Ojo de pez Photomeeting
Projection. “The visible mountain. Sarajevo” at Palau de la Virreina, Barcelona, Spain
2014 – The visible Mountain
Solo exhibition, Open House Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2014 – The visible Mountain
Solo exhibition, Feel The Land, Castello di San Martino, Padova
2014 – The visible Mountain
Group show, Festival Circulaction(s), Paris, France
2013 – The visible Mountain
Group show, Festival Fotoleggendo, Centrale Idroelettrica, Rome, Italy
2013 – The visible Mountain
Coll Group show, Pavillon Populaire, Festivales les Boutographies, Montpellier, France
BOOKS
Delta
June 2022
Published by Ediciones Ánomalas
Supported by Arxiu del So i de la Imatge de Mallorca