Federico Tisa is a documentary photographer from Turin who develops medium- and long-term projects using photography as a media dedicated to an anthropological narrative. His work explores the human condition from a broad perspective, with a focus on the social and cultural context.
He studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Turin. In 2015 he obtained a degree at the Italian Institute of Photography. He continued his studies in photojournalism in Rome, where he achieved a master’s degree in photojournalism in 2017.
Since 2017, he has been working as an independent photographer and his work is published by national and international magazines.
AWARDS AND EXPOSITIONS
2024 Coup de Coeur ANI, Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan
2023 Felix Schoeller Award, portait category
2022 Stories International Competition, reportage category
2022 Technische Sammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2022 Hellearu Portraits Photography Award
2021 BarTur Photo Award, climate change category, human love category
2021 HeadOn Photo Festival, Bondi Beach, Sydney
2021 HeadOn Photo Award, portrait category
2020 Festival della fotografia etica, Lodi
2020 World Report Award, single shot category
2020 All About Photo Portrait Award
2020 HeadOn Photo Festival, Sydney
2020 HeadOn Photo Awards, portrait category
2020 Malta International Photo Award, storytelling category
2019 PhotoNOLA Festival, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, USA
2019 National Center For Photography, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
2019 Paris Photo Prize, Espace Beaurepair, Paris
2019 Lagos Photo Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
2019 Organ Vida International Photography Festival, Zagreb, Croatia
2019 Px3, State of the World category
2019 Portrait of Humanity
2018 PHMuseum Photography Grant
2018 Coup de Coeur de l’ANI, Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan