Giulio Di Sturco (b.1979 in Roccasecca, Italy) is an award-winning photographer based between Arles and London. He studied at the European Institute of Design in Rome before moving to Canada and then to India, where he spent five years refining his visual language.
Di Sturco began his career as a photojournalist before dedicating himself to long-term projects which explore the society of the future in the face of environmental and technological changes. Experimenting with visual storytelling, new and old media, his practice expands traditions of documentary photography conjuring a poetics of the future where the boundaries between reality and fiction are blurred.
His awards include three World Press Photo prizes, the Sony Photography Awards, the British Journal of Photography International Awards, the BNF Grant and two Getty Grants. His project Aerotropolis was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Prize and nominated for the Prix Pictet.
He is a regular contributor to many international publications including The Financial Times, Vanity Fair, National Geographic, Wired and The New York Times. His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions and festivals worldwide at York Art Gallery, Photaumnales Festival, Photo London, Paris Photo, Getxophoto Festival, and Cortona On The Move Festival, among others.
In 2019 he published his first monograph, Ganga Ma (GOST) with essays by environmental activist Vandana Shiva and curator Eimear Martin.
Selected Awards and Achievements
2022 Prix Photo Eurazeo, Winner
BNF Bibliothèque Nationale de France Grant, Winner
GFX Grant, Winner
2019 Prix Pictet, Nominee
Aesthetica Art Prize, Shortlisted
2018 Getty Images Grant, Grantee
World Press Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, 2nd Prize, Singles
Photography Grant, Climate Category, 1st place
LensCulture Exposure Awards, 2nd Place, Series
PHmuseum Photography Grant, Honourable Mention
2017 Canon Europe Ambassador Programme, Selected
2016 Moscow Photo Awards, Environmental Story, 1st Prize
2015 World Press Photo, Contemporary Issues, 1st Prize, Stories
Sony World Photography Award, 3rd Prize, Landscape
2014 Kolga Photo Award, Documentary category, Winner
Getty Images Grant, Grantee
2012 PX3 International Award, Bronze Medal
2011 PX3 International Award, Gold Medal
Sony World Photography Award, Current Affairs, Finalist
PDN 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch, Selected
2010 Joop Swart Masterclass, Selected
2009 Visa Pour L’Image, Jury Prize
World Press Photo, Arts & Entertainment, 1st Prize, Stories
BJP International Photography Award, Single Image, Winner
Sony World Photography Award, 1st Prize, Contemporary issues
VII Mentor Programme, Selected
Selected solo shows
2023 Aerotropolis, IMP Festival, Padua (IT)
Ganga Ma, Prix Photo Eurazeo, Hôtel de l’Industrie, Paris (FR)
Ganga Ma, Festival Fotografico Europeo, Legnano (IT)
2022 Ganga Ma, Bocconi University, Milan (IT)
Ganga Ma, GAF Gallery, Hannover (DE)
2021 Ganga Ma, Paris Photo (FR)
Ganga Ma, Bassano Fotografia (IT)
2020 Ganga Ma, Fondazione Stelline, Milan (IT)
2019 Ganga Ma, Podbielski Contemporary, Milan (IT)
Ganga Ma, Photo London (UK)
2017 Aerotropolis, Getxophoto Festival (ES)
2015 Chollywood, Konfuzius Institut Leipzig (DE)
2012 Fratello Fiume, CMC Cultural Centre, Milan (IT)
Aerotropolis, Cortona On The Move Festival (IT)
2011 3/11 Tsunami Photo Project, Open Mind Gallery, Milan (IT)
Selected collective shows
2019 Aesthetica Art Prize, York Art Gallery (UK)
Terra Nostra - le temps de l’Anthropocène, Photaumnales Festival, Beauvais (FR)
Forgotten Places, Belfast Photo Festival (UK)
2018 Futuro Presente, Milano Digital Week, Milan (IT)
Exposure Award Winners Exhibition, Photo London (UK)
World Press Photo, Various venues worldwide