Alessandro Rota

Alessandro Rota

Alessandro (b.1988) is a photographer specialised in reportage. He is a member of the National Union of Journalists of UK and he accomplished with merit a Master in Photojournalism at the University of Westminster of London in 2011. Immediately after he was selected for an internship at the prestigious NOOR photo-agency of Amsterdam; in 2011 and 2012 he has been Assistant Lecturer at the Design Faculty of the Polytechnic of Milano. Alessandro combines periods of travel (Afghanistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran, Lebanon, Somalia, South-Sudan, Turkey, Kenya, Indonesia, Zambia and Tanzania) with commercial assignments which he shoots when in Italy. He lives in the countryside of Milano, few minutes away from International Airport of Malpensa. He has published with Newsweek, Corriere della Sera, Der Spiegel, Monocle, Sportweek, Vanity Fair Italy, Le Figaro, Riders, La Repubblica/Espresso group, Oxford University Press, Nouvel Observateur and online with National Geographic USA News, Zeit, The Sunday Times digital, VICEnews USA, IlPost, RAInews, TGCOM24, Financial Times and L'Oeil de la Photographie, among others.

Exhibithions 
2015 South-Sudan - Environmental Photographer Of The Year 2015 group show, Gallery@LR, London (UK)
2015 Pure life - The Italy of Tomorrow group show, Italianverein, Dormund 2015 (GER)
2015 South-Sudan - Environmental Photographer Of The Year 2015 group show, Royal Geographical Society London (UK)
2014 Land-grab Indonesia - Polytechinic of Milano, Milano Photofestival (ITA) 
2013 Radical Routes - MiCamera group screening, Milano (ITA)
2012 A Neocolonialist's Diary - Photobook Show, Brighton Photo Biennial (UK)
2011 A Neocolonialist's Diary / Habeas Corpus MAPJ 2011 - Ambika P3 Gallery, London (UK)
2011 Radical Routes - Commonwealth Festival, Royal Commonwealth Society, Perth (AUS)