• Theo Volpatti

Stories

Stolen Identity

This project is about an intimate portrait of the life of Palestinian people. During my 90 days journey into the West Bank I depicted a portrait of a society at the mercer of another country. Drawn into their life thanks to their amazing sense of ospitality I have been able to gain access to incredible stories of beauty and pain.

Portfolio

0003 Boat washed up on the sandy bahian shores after a big storm. Bahia, Brazil, 2004
0002 Kids playing outside the stadium. Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil, 2004
0004 Caranguejeiros, the crab fishermen. Fredi, a young fisherman, sitting on the S. Antonio river banks. Bahia, Brazil, 2003
0001 Fire inside the Atlantic forest. Bahia, Brazil, 2011
0005 Crows flying at Santa Cruz Cabralia port. Bahia, Brazil, 2018
0006 Winter landscape. Kola Peninsula, Russia, 2006
0008 Rehab center. Inner Mongolia, 2004
transiberian-train-russia-2004transiberiana-russia-2004 Transiberian train. Russia, 2004
0009 Poor people working at a landfill site in the outskirt of Ulan Bator.Mongolia, 2004
0014 On the road from NYc to Alaska on Greyhounds buses. A passenger. USA, 2005
0010 On the road from NYC to Alaska on greyhound buses. Landscape. USA, 2004
0011 Drone view of a barn in the Catskill region. New York City, USA, 2017
0013 Mark A. Williams after 10 years of being homeless, has been finally relocated into an apartment. Detroit, USA, 2010
0012 Detroit , 8 Mile road. Architectures. The road has long served as a de facto cultural dividing line between the predominantly poor African-American city and its wealthier, predominantly white northern suburbs. Detroit, USA, 2007-2008
0015 Portrait of Roberto, a fisherman. Santa Cruz Cabralia, Bahia, Brazil, 2008
0017 Young boy with make up during Carnival. Santa Cruz Cabralia, Brazil, 2009
0016 Fisherman on his way back home after days in the ocean fishing for lobsters. Belmonte, Bahia, Brazil, 2007
kashgar Inside the city main park. Kashgar, China, 2006
0020 Students on a taxi ride. Birzeit, West Bank, 2003
0019 A guy taking care of its cattle. Kokyangak. Kyrigyzstan, 2009
0021 On the way to Bangalore a young girl is sleeping on the floor. India, 2007

Theo Volpatti was born among the Valtellina mountains in Italy. He moved to Milan to attend University at Politecnico; in the same period he began to deepen his interest for photography attending courses at I.E.D. In 1999 he moved to New York where 2 years later he finished his studies with a specialization in photography.He is a staff photographer of Contrasto photo agency and the founder of independent publishing house 306books.He currently works and lives in Brooklyn. His subject spans from art to documentary and he has been featured in a range of national and international magazines and exhibitions.

New York City, USA

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Books

Ho Visto Cose. Galleria Ceribelli – Lubrina. 2015
Chemin de fer. 306books. 2013
Mare e Misericordia. 306books. 2013
Estrela do Mar. 306books. 2013
Stolen identity. 306books. 2013
Caranguejeiros. 306books. 2013
Housing the homeless. 306books. 2013
La bestia. 306books. 2013
Captains of the night. 306books. 2013
Dark side of Mongolia. 306books. 2013
8 Mile road divide. 306books. 2013
House of cars. 306books. 2013
Cruelty. 306books. 2013
House of Solitude. 306books. 2013
Looking for Alfred. Hatje Cantz. 2005

Awards

2010. Foam Talent
2004. Marco Pesaresi prize

Exhibitions & Screenings

2015. Il tesoro d’Italia. Expo. Milan, Italy
2010. Foam Talent Photography Museum. Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 – 2021. La Milanesiana festival – Video projections
2006. ‘Looking for Alfred” in collaboration with Johan Grimonprez. Sean Kelly gallery. New York City, USA
2005. “Looking For Alfred” in collaboration with J. Grimonprez. National Museum. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2005. “Looking For Alfred” in collaboration with J.Grimonprez. The Photographer Gallery. London, UK
2004. Portfolio in piazza – Stolen Identity. Savignano, Italy
2001. Palazzo Esposizioni. Saint Petersburg, Russia
1998. Gallerie des galleries. Galleries La Fayette. Paris, France