Bio
Italian photographer Albertina d'Urso (Milan, 1976) studied at the ICP (International Center of Photography), at TPW (Toscana Photographic Workshops) and at the Agency VII.
She is focused mainly in social and humanitarian reportages.
Her dedication to this kind of issues began in 2004 when she went to Mumbai to help a charity dealing with long distance adoptions: her work gave life to a book, Bombayslum, published by Skirà, and an exhibition at “Libreria degli Atellani” in Milan and deeply changed her life and her professional career.
In 2006 she participated to the "Kabul mission of the municipality of Milan", a work aimed at showing the consequences of the war in Afghanistan and the efforts of the mission ISAF 8 and the Italian NGOs to restore the situation, culminated with the "Milano-Kabul no stop" exhibition in the "Ottagono", in Arcade Vittorio Emanuele and with two books : "Respiro del Mondo 5 Afghanistan, Kabul", and "Km 5072, Milano-Kabul no stop". In 2007 she was selected for "Focus on Monferrato Masterclass" a project that consist in 12 young photographers, guided by Stanley Greene and Kadir van Lohuizen and assigned to document different sides of life in Piedmont and won the "Canon Young Photographers Award" with her project "Welcome to Compton", a reportage about gangs and violence in Los Angeles. In 2008 Albertina exhibited "Spirit of Shekhawati", a work about this small region of India forgotten by the economic boom in "Cavedine Library", Trento; "Le Biciclette Art Bar", Milan and “Bibli”, Rome. In the same year she was featured in "Young Blood", the annual of Italian talents who have recived international prizes in the creative and research fields and won a Bronze Award at the festival "Orvieto Fotografia". In 2009 Albertina exhibited her work "Bodies for sale, Mumbai" in Insa Art Center in Seoul during the "New Italian Film & Art Festival" and in Rivus Gallery in Incheon Catholic University during the "Cultural Interchange Between Korea and Italy” and participated to the exhibition "Abruzzo 2009", inaugurated in Dal Verme Theater in Milan and than traveling around Italy.
She besides recived various recognitions at the IPA (International Photography Awards) in 2005, 2006 and 2008 ; the PX3 (Prix de la Photographie Paris) in 2006, and 2008, was among the nominees for the New York Photo Awards 2009; contributed to collectives books as "CHILDREN, moments of humanity" (2006) and the series of books "Asia Unique" (2008) and partecipated in several collectives exhibition including: 13×17padiglioneitalia (travelling all around Italy since 2005), Scatti per Bene (Sothebys, Milan, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), Convivio (FieraMilanocity, Milan, 2008), Male di Miele (Wannabe Gallery, Milan, 2008).