CARLO COZZOLI

Carlo Cozzoli is an Italian photographer and photojournalist born in Milano in 1993. He began his professional career in 2014, developing from the outset a photographic practice focused on social documentation and the visual narration of contemporary crises. Between 2019 and 2023, he collaborated with several national and international agencies, producing reportage and news photography for major Italian and foreign media outlets. Over the years, his work has concentrated on armed conflicts, humanitarian crises, and natural disasters, often operating in highly complex environments where international organizations are absent or have limited access. His photojournalistic work has covered some of the most critical global crises of recent years: from the Russian invasion of Ucraina to natural disasters in Italy, from the economic collapse in Libano to the civil war in Myanmar — one of the most inaccessible and dangerous geopolitical contexts today — as well as recent work on terrorism in Nigeria and across the Sahel region. His images have been published internationally. Alongside his editorial work, he also collaborates with companies and private clients, producing photographic campaigns, events, and fashion shows while maintaining the same documentary and narrative approach that characterizes his independent work. In 2023, he received the Premio Vergani – Giornalista dell’Anno for a reportage focused on the mental health of healthcare workers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024, his work on the civil war in Myanmar was recognized at the Tokyo International Foto Awards, while in 2026 his reportage on terrorism in Nigeria received recognition at the Siena Awards. In 2023, he also became one of the co-founders of MEMORA, a collective committed to promoting photography as a form of historical and social testimony. Through exhibitions and cultural events hosted in places of strong historical and artistic significance, MEMORA creates a dialogue between exhibition spaces and documentary photography, transforming images into instruments of memory, awareness, and civic engagement for the common good. Through photography, Carlo Cozzoli uses images as a tool for testimony, civic responsibility, and historical memory, giving visibility to communities affected by global crises and bringing attention to realities often excluded from mainstream international media narratives. Exhibitions 2024. Photography exhibition at the Biblioteca del Comune di Milano focused on the war in Ucraina. 2025. Photographic installation inside a deconsecrated church on Via Palmanova in Milano, featuring large-scale canvases placed within the church niches, where portraits of Myanmar resistance fighters replaced sacred iconography, creating a dialogue between spirituality, conflict, and contemporary memory. 2025–2026. Curator of the exhibition "Faith & War" at the Fondazione Ambrosianeum in Milan, featuring 47 fine art photographs dedicated to themes of conflict, faith, and humanitarian crises. 2026. Photography exhibition at the Rotonda di Tregasio, a site of particular historical importance and part of Northern Italy’s cultural heritage. 2026. Photography exhibition inside the Chiostrino dei Voti of the Basilica della Santissima Annunziata in Firenze. Hosted within one of Florence’s most significant historical and artistic sites — home to frescoes by Andrea del Sarto, Pontormo, and Rosso Fiorentino — the exhibition creates a dialogue between historical testimony and contemporary reality, bridging sacred art and documentary photography.