cianfabio@gmail.com
+1 202 8197296
+39 340 6106064
Documentary photographer based in Washington, DC and Venice, Italy.
Fabio’s photographic research explores the intersection between human activity and the natural world. He is particularly interested in global phenomena shaped by anthropogenic forces, especially climate change.
His current work focuses on climate science, with a strong interest in the scientific process itself — the people, tools, uncertainties, and practices behind how we study Earth’s climate. Through photography, he documents both the work of scientists and the realities of climate-driven events such as floods, typhoons, and droughts.
Fabio is now expanding his practice beyond traditional documentary, using photography as a way to reflect on how we observe, interpret, and understand a rapidly changing planet. His working method is rooted in scientific research.
He obtained a certificate in Visual Storytelling from the International Center of Photography, New York. He holds a master’s degree in Space Engineering and a PhD in Science and Management of Climate Change.
Fabio is a scientist carrying out research on climate change, disaster risk management and financing. He has published several peer-reviewed scientific papers and is currently the European Space Agency’s representative to the World Bank.
Selected Exhibitions
2025, “Ubiquitous Anomaly“, Hamburg Portfolio Review, Freelens gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2025, “Ubiquitous Anomaly“, Fotografia da Maia, Porto, Portugal
2024, “Ubiquitous Anomaly“, Head On photo festival, Sydney, Australia
2024, “Ubiquitous Anomaly“, Uman Festival, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
2024, “Ubiquitous Anomaly“, Imago photo festival, Lisbon, Portugal
2023, “Climate Revealed“, screening at the 35º Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan, France
2022, “Climate Revealed”, Grün-Berlin, Gärten der Welt, Berlin, Germany
2017, “Climate Revealed”, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy
2017, “What’s your dream?”, Museum of Science and Technology of Milan, Italy
2017, “What’s your dream?”, Joint Research Center, European Commission, Ispra, Italy
Awards
2023, selected for the XXXVI Eddie Adams Workshop, New York, US
2019, recipient of the Outreach scholarship, Rachel Carson Center, Lüdwig Maximilian University, Munich, for developing his project “Climate Revealed”.
2017, selected by the European Commission to be part of the “SciArt” program with the project “What’s your dream?”, a work on the aftermath of the typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
2017, winner of the “Climate chance - The grand challenge”, climate change communication contest organized by the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, with “A typhoon in my backpack”, a photographic narrative (a photo series accompanied by a written narrative) about the aftermath of the typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.