Bio

Claudia Cuomo is a photographer from Naples, based in France. She started taking pictures during street demonstrations across Italy and Spain, having her first feature on Repubblica with a reportage about <em>Indignados</em>. Eventually, she completed her PhD with a Thesis in Post-colonialist studies about the ethics of war and photojournalism. At the same time, she started approaching portrait and lifestyle photography, taking part in collective exhibitions, featuring some online magazines and working as a set photographer for documentaries. in 2017 she is the winner of EnGENDERed contest by British Council of Israel and she has her first exhibition in International Photography Festival of Tel Aviv. Her photo essay Battle of Algiers made the short list of World Nomads Travel Photography 2017. She featured at Berlin Photo Week 2019 as a finalist of EyeEm Awards. She is interested in storytelling and community issues.