Biography
Marco P. Valli (b. 1989) is an Italian photographer based in Milan and represented by CESURA.
After graduating in 2009 from the Art Institute of Monza, in 2010 he attended the Art Academy of Brera before specializing in 2011 at CFP Bauer.
In March of the same year he began an internship at CESURA, an independent group of photographers founded in 2008. After this period he became part of the group as photographer.
In November 2017, after a few years of research into the subject of sexuality, he made his first book along with Anna Adamo and published by Cesura Publish: Bakeca, a photographic research on exhibitionism as a form of sexual expression.
In 2018, together with Luca Santese, he developed the project Realpolitik, a satirical analysis of the Italian political situation after the elections of March 4, 2018, which had been published periodically through a series of volumes and exhibited in experimental installation form.
In 2020 Valli made his second book, “Il Corpo del Capitano”, co-authored with Luca Santese: a critical research on the different perspectives of Matteo Salvini’s propaganda – the political leader of the Italian Lega and center-right forces.
Marco’s works have been published by national and international newspapers and magazines (such as Time, Vogue, L’Espresso, Internazionale, La Repubblica and Vanity Fair) and exhibited all over Italy. Currently he’s still producing individual and collective projects, focusing his work mainly on documentary photography and research in artistic sector.
CV
Marco P. Valli / Photographer
Social media: IG: @marco.p.valli / FB: Marco P. Valli
Training
2004 – 2009: Diploma in Visual Arts at Monza Art Institute – Via Giovanni Boccaccio, 1, Monza (MB) – Italy
2009 – 2010: Experience in Graphics at Brera Academy of Fine Arts – Via Brera, 28, Milan (MI) – Italy
2010 – 2011: Attestation as Photographer at CFP Bauer – Via Soderini, 24, Milan (MI) – Italy
Occupations
2011 – 2012: Internship at CESURA and assistantship to Alex Majoli (Magnum Photos)
2013 – 2016: Contributor photographer at CESURA
2016 – 2019: Freelance photographer
2020 – Today: Photographer at CESURA
Editions
Il Corpo del Capitano (2020) Published by Cesura Publish
CESURA Fanzine #03 (2020) Published by Cesura Publish
MoVimento Lento (2019) Published by Cesura Publish
Lega Nord Party (2018) Published by Cesura Publish
Popolopopolo (2018) Published by Cesura Publish
Boys Boys Boys – Second Edition (2018) Published by Cesura Publish
Boys Boys Boys (2018) Published by Cesura Publish
Bakeca book (2017) Published by Cesura Publish
CESURA Fanzine #01 (2015) Published by Cesura Publish
CESURA Fanzine #00 (2012) Published by Cesura Publish
Exhibitions, screenings and book signings
2022
Bollito Magro! Cesura Photobuster x Lunigiana Land Art – Zum Zeri, Zeri (MS)
2021
Bollito Magro! Cesura Photobuster – Museo della Città, Rimini
2020
Il Corpo del Capitano (screening and book signing). Libreria Marini, Rome
Interludio – Cesura collective exhibition at SIFest OFF 2020 – Savignano sul Rubicone (FC)
Talk at SIFest, Savignano sul Rubicone (Il Corpo del Capitano)
2019
Talk at Milano Photo Vogue, BASE, Milan
Realpolitik – Foto-Forum gallery, Bolzano
Realpolitik Exhibition – Nuovo Cinema Palazzo, Rome
Realpolitik Exhibition – Alcart Festival 2019, Chiostro S. Francesco, Alcamo
Talk at BITT Festival – Nautilus Autogestito, Bologna
Realpolitik Exhibition + Masquerade Party – Milano Photo Week 2019, BASE, Milan
Realpolitik – Magazzini Fotografici, Naples
Sublime – Collective exhibition during FE2019 – Palazzo Calcagni, Reggio Emilia
2018
Realpolitik fanzines (book signing). Milano Art Book Fair – The Art Chapter, BASE, Milan
Realpolitik fanzines (book signing). Polycopies, Bateau Concorde-Atlantique, Paris
Bollito Magro. Cesura Photobuster – DOM Art Space, Palermo
Bakeca (screening). Cesura X – Macao, Milan
Bakeca book. Athens Photo Festival 2018 – Photobook exhibition. Benaki Museum, Athens
Cesura 10 Years (collective). Milano Photoweek 2018, BASE, Milan
Bakeca (screening and book signing). Azoto – projects & communication, Palermo
Bakeca (screening and book signing). Jest Fotografia, Turin
2017
Bakeca (exhibition and official book launch). Spazio AX, Milan
Bakeca (book launch and signing). Milano Art Book Fair – The Art Chapter, BASE, Milan
Bakeca (book launch and signing). Polycopies, Bateau Concorde-Atlantique, Paris
Bakeca (The sex issue launch – VANDALS N°2). Museum of Sex, 233 Fifth Avenue, NYC
CESURA collective screening. Milano Photoweek opening, BASE, Milan
Out of tune #3 / BOUNDER – Atti di insana bellezza (collective exhibition). Galleria Lampo – Santeria Social Club, Milan
Bakeca (“Me, you, us in a paraphilic continuum” collective exhibition). HomeMade Gallery, Milan
Publications
2022
Rolling Stone Italia (COVER) Verdena – Ritratto di famiglia non tradizionale
L’Espresso – Se mi lasci ti cancello
Internazionale (COVER) – L’estate sta finendo
L’Espresso (COVER) – Mazzetta Nera
i-D Italy – L’House è la famiglia che ti scegli – Ballroom Bologna (assignment)
i-D Italy – Alok Vaid-Menon interview (assignment)
L’Essenziale (FRONT PAGE) – La crisi nera della destra
i-D Italy – Lost Festival 2022 (assignment)
Graphics – Realpolitik + Il Corpo del Capitano (review)
Zero.eu – Luca Santese and Marco P. Valli / Cesura (interview)
2021
Studi Culturali (Il Mulino) – Cultura visuale, corpo e politica nell’Italia contemporanea (Il Corpo del Capitano)
I-D Italy – C2C Festival 2021: C0C – The Festival as a Performance (assignment)
D – La Repubblica – Tra selfie e realtà (Realpolitik)
I-D Italy – Il roBOt Festival, in foto (assignment)
I-D Italy – C0C ‘The Festival As a Performance’ (assignment)
I-D Italy – C0C Milano as part of Stone Island Sound (assignment)
Forme Uniche – Il Corpo del Capitano (project review)
The Submarine – Il Corpo del Capitano – L’esegesi grottesca e dispotica di un mito populista
2020
Rolling Stone Italia – Salvini: felpe, panze e crocifissi. Il libro che lo consacra icona pop respingente (Il Corpo del Capitano)
La Repubblica – Fotocrazia (interview by Michele Smargiassi)
Internazionale – I libri di fotografia dell’anno (Il Corpo del Capitano)
Dagospia – Il Corpo del Capitano (preface by Filippo Ceccarelli)
Frizzifrizzi – Il Corpo del Capitano (book review)
Il Venerdì – Il Corpo del Capitano (interview by Michele Smargiassi)
Art Vibes – Il Corpo del Capitano (book review)
Rapso Magazine – Il Corpo del Capitano (interview)
Collater.al – Il Corpo del Capitano (book review)
L’Espresso – Il Corpo del Capitano (interview)
King Kong Magazine – 100 Layers of Make Up
Internazionale – A Cene in Valseriana non è un’elezione come un’altra – assignment
Linkiesta.it – Il Corpo del Capitano (book review)
Exibart – Il Corpo del Capitano (book review)
C41 Magazine – Il Corpo del Capitano (book review)
Hunter Magazine issue N°36 – Summer of love (Bakeca project)
2019
La Repubblica – (FRONT PAGE) Ne resterà soltanto uno (Realpolitik)
C41 Magazine N°9 – Bakeca project interview
Internazionale – (COVER) Non c’è solo l’estrema destra di Salvini, c’è anche un’Europa che resiste
Gente – Tutti i segreti di Matteo Salvini
Il Fotografo – MoVimento Lento review
Libèration – L’irrèsistible ascension du “Capitaine”
Collater.al – Article about Realpolitik project
Vogue Italia – Realpolitik project analysis by Andrea Bocchiola
Vice Italy – Foto del lato mostruoso della politica gialloverde (Realpolitik project interview)
2018
Libèration – Le “Capitaine” fracassant de l’Italie
C41 Magazine (Realpolitik project)
Artribune online – La Realpolitik sovvertita
Artribune #46 – La Realpolitik sovvertita
TIME – (COVER) The new face of Europe
La Stampa (Top News) online – Ghetto di Rignano
La Stampa – Ghetto di Rignano
Lezioni di fotografia n°18 – Oliviero Toscani, Corriere della Sera (Bakeca)
Lezioni di fotografia n°05 – Oliviero Toscani, Corriere della Sera (Lega Nord Party)
IL Magazine – Quei bravi ragazzi (text about Boys Boys Boys project)
Vanity Fair – L’era della Popolocrazia
Vice Italy – I protagonisti delle elezioni visti da molto vicino (Boys Boys Boys project interview)
The Submarine – Foto esibizioniste dopo un caffè (Bakeca project interview)
2017
L’Espresso – Chi finanzia le campagne dell’estrema
C 41 Magazine – Anna Adamo and Marco Valli talk about sexual expression (text about Bakeca project)
Vice IT – Bakeca – Foto di esibizionisti Italiani nel loro habitat naturale (Bakeca interview)
Vandals volume N°2 – Sex issue (Bakeca)
Out of tune #3 – exhibition catalogue
Me, you, us in a paraphilic continuum – exhibition catalogue (Bakeca project)
Internazionale – I braccianti di Rignano sono morti per colpa del caporalato (Italian Ghettos)
2014
VICE IT – La Lega Nord ha invaso Milano insieme ai camerati di tutta Italia – assignment
DanWatch (Italian Ghettos)
VICE US – Fun and games at Italy’s largest immigrant Ghetto (Italian Ghettos)
Noisey It – 10 anni di nuovo Hip Hop italiano – assignment
VICE IT – Siamo andati alla fiaccolata della Lega in via Padova – assignment
2013
VICE IT – Non siamo razzisti, solo leghisti! – assignment
VICE IT – L’uomo che sussurrava a Cavalli – assignment
VICE IT – L’immagine giusta del porno italiano – assignment
VICE IT – Siamo andati alla Berghèm Fest, l’ospizio della rivoluzione Padana – assignment
VICE IT – Buona camicia a tutti – assignment
Grants/Awards
2021
Shortlisted for Premio Marco Pesaresi 2021 / SIFest (Realpolitik and Il Corpo del Capitano)
2020
I libri di fotografia dell’anno – Internazionale (Il Corpo del Capitano)
2018
Shortlisted for Premio Marco Pesaresi 2018 / SIFest (Realpolitik)
Athens Photo Festival 2018 – Photobook Exhibition (Bakeca book)
Shortlisted for Athens Photo Festival 2018 (Boys Boys Boys)
Zine Tonic Dummy Award (third prize)
Educational
2022
Zero+ – Fotografia Documentaria
Lecture at CFP Bauer – Photography course
H24 lesson at Istituto Superiore di Fotografia, Rome
Lecture at IED Milano – History of Photography course
2020
Lesson at DAMSLAB – Bologna University – Bologna (BO)
SIFest 2020 – Portfolio reviews – Savignano sul Rubicone (FC)
2019
Le mani sulla città (Workshop) – Villa Venier, Verona
2018
TEMPO REALE (Workshop) – Spazio Cartabianca, Padova