Niki Genchi
Milan | Italy
BIOGRAPHY
I started taking pictures from a young age when my mother gave me as a gift my first camera, it was a Polaroid 636 close up that I still use until now. By growing up I developed a great love for cinema that let me graduate in humanities with thesis in Pasolini's cinema and a diploma at the cinema academy of my home town. During this time i dedicated myself to independent filmmaking, writing screenplay, doing the direction of photography After i moved to Milan where I won a post- graduate scholarship a master of photography and visual design developed in collaboration by Naba and Forma where I obtained the highest of the grades. I was Giovanni Gastel's assistant for a short time. Now I work as freelance photographer based in Milan and as a teacher holding lessons for the University of Pavia, Forma, Loft, Linea Project and as a photoeditor of Iconic Artist Magazine .
2013 I was finalist in the Sony World Photography Award and printed in a book.
2016 my pic “Nayara” was selected for Armani “Yes” Eau de Parfum;
2017 I was chosen for the PhotoVogue Festival (Huawei aunique portrait) and printed in a book.
2018 my pic “Alice” was selected by SFMOMA( San Francisco Museum of Modern Art).
In 2019 I reached the Gold status on PhotoVogue.
I was exihibited in London (Somerset House), Rome, Milan(Forma, Base, Superstudio+), Venice , Bari , Lecce.
My photos have been published in various magazines such as Vogue Italia, Girl Gaze, Iconic Artist Magazine, Organica Magazine and more.
Awards
-2012 Art Gallery, Milan.
-2013 Sony Award, Split the Second
-2021 Lens Culture Critics Choice, Winner Top 10
-2021 IPA Award, Portrait on Film
-2021 BIFA Honored Mention Fine Art Portrait
