Alessandra Capodacqua, born in Naples, lives and works in Florence, Italy.
A graduate in European Languages and Literatures, Alessandra is a photographer, a curator, and a lecturer in photography at NYU Florence.
As a photographer, Alessandra works with a variety of devices, from pinhole cameras to smartphones, and since the early 90s her self-portraits have delved into questions of identity and gender roles. Her photographs are shown nationally and internationally and are in private and public collections, including the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence and the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.
Alessandra has curated exhibitions and organized festivals of photography internationally. She is regularly invited as portfolio reviewer and as juror for International Photo Awards and Prizes. Her main areas of interest: documentary photography, visual story-telling, fine art and fashion photography.
Since 2015 she has coordinated the Gabriele Basilico Prize for Landscape and Architecture Photography. In 2018 she became strategic advisor and curator for the Collezione Donata Pizzi, a private collection that includes the works of more than 70 Italian women photographers and artists.
