Federico Possati was born in Italy in 1988. In 2016 he graduated from Columbia University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Film and Media Studies. While studying there, he ended up finding himself more comfortable in the photography department than in the film one. Their philosophy behind taking photos, and to the importance of using photos as part of a narrative through sequencing deeply resonated with him and with his interest in visual mediums. It was during these classes that he became passionate about a world that felt less rigid and more accessible than what was being presented in the film department.
After working in New York as a freelancer, he moved to Milan in 2020 where he still lives. He currently works as a videomaker and photographer. Coming from filmmaking, Federico’s work always presents strong narrative elements. The work starts by searching for things that speak on their own and by capturing them with as little interaction as possible. Then comes the most important part: taking all these objects and arranging them in a different order to create something else, a whole new object in its own right, a new familiar truth.
In 2016 he completed his first short documentary, Paolo Pelosini: Death is my last chance, which was shortlisted at the SESIFF festival and at the New Filmmakers LA. His photographic dummy, TIAMTU, was shortlisted at the FUAM Istanbul Photobook Festival in 2019, and his project To Think I Almost Missed You was selected and displayed at the Urban Photo Awards 2021.
The dummy for this project, Almanac of Forgotten Memories, has been shortlisted at the Dummy Award 2024 and the FE + SK open call by Skinnerboox and by the Festival of Fotografia Europea in Reggio Emilia.
