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Lorenzo Martelli (b. 1986, Milan) found his practice in studies with Alberto Garutti at Brera Academy, a longstanding involvement with MiCamera on photobooks and photographic culture, and a decade of dialogue with Giovanni Chiaramonte until his passing in 2023.
Beginning at home, photography let him reframe what had framed him and reclaim agency. That need to reframe the familiar has moved beyond the domestic and grounds his practice in the places we live, shared lives, bonds and distances, private echoes, personal dissonance and collective rhythms.
In 2014 he founded Presente Infinito, a cultural association curating exhibitions and publications. His work has appeared at institutions including the ADI Design Museum in Milan and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. He is now preparing his first monograph, Love Is Here to Stay.

Exhibitions

• Fotografia alla Carriera. Omaggio della fotografia italiana ai maestri del Compasso d’Oro, curated by Giovanni Chiaramonte and Michele Nastasi, ADI Design Museum, Milan, 2023

• Madonie Paesaggi 1973/2021 – Fondo storico e nuove committenze, curated by Sandro Scalia and Emilia Valenza, Palazzo Pucci Martinez, Petralia Sottana, permanent installation, 2022

• Presente Infinito (group exhibition, 2014–2015)

  Castel dell’Ovo, Naples, 2015
  Casa della Poesia, Urbino, 2015
  Fondazione Tito Balestra, Longiano, 2014
  Palazzo Ziino, Palermo, 2014

• From then to now, learning photography, curated by Giulia Zorzi, MiCamera, Milan, 2013

• Charlie, Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Durham (NC), 2011

Publications

• Fotografia alla Carriera, ADI Design Museum, Milan, 2023

• Madonie Paesaggi 1973/2021, Comune di Petralia Sottana, 2022

• Lo stupore è all’origine del risveglio dell’umana coscienza, Centro Culturale Milanese, 2019

• Presente Infinito, Franco Cosimo Panini Editore, 2014

Residencies

• Madonie Paesaggi 1973/2021 – Fondo storico e nuove committenze, Petralia Sottana, 2021

Talks

• Madonie Paesaggi 1973/2021 (presentations, 2021)
  Palazzo Sant’Elia, Palermo
  Aula Consiliare, Comune di Petralia Sottana

• Presente Infinito (presentations, 2014–2015)
  Casa della Poesia, Urbino, 2015
  Museo MADRE, Naples, 2015
  Cantieri Culturali alla Zisa, Palermo, 2014