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Born in Rome, Alessandra Mauro holds a degree in Literature. She has been the Artistic Director of the Forma Foundation for Photography in Milan since its inception in 2005 and serves as Editorial Director of the publishing house Contrasto in Rome.
As a curator, both independently and for Contrasto, she has conceived and organized numerous retrospective photography exhibitions. As Editorial Director of Contrasto, she has also designed and curated many books.
She is the author, among others, of the following works:
A Time, a Place. Tales of Photography (editor), 2020
Photoshow. The Main Exhibitions in the History of Photography, 2014
The Keepers of the Brothers. When Photographers Denounce Violated Rights, 2002
The Gaze from the South, 1999.
As a curator, both independently and for Contrasto, she has conceived and organized numerous retrospective photography exhibitions. As Editorial Director of Contrasto, she has also designed and curated many books.
She is the author, among others, of the following works:
A Time, a Place. Tales of Photography (editor), 2020
Photoshow. The Main Exhibitions in the History of Photography, 2014
The Keepers of the Brothers. When Photographers Denounce Violated Rights, 2002
The Gaze from the South, 1999.