Francesco Conti (b. 1983, Lecce, Italy) is an Italian photographer living in Lecce and working between Lecce and Rome. After graduating in Philosophy, he studied photography at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome.
Alongside his professional practice in architectural and interior photography, he develops long-term analogue medium and large-format projects focused on landscape transformation, memory, tourism, and environmental fragility in Southern Italy.
Since 2009 he has been working on Topografia Meridiana, inspired by the thought of Franco Cassano and centered on the cultural and territorial transformations of Apulia. His research also includes Pyrographic Landscape (2009–2014), focused on Mediterranean wildfires, and Sopravvivono alle Spiagge (ongoing since 2022), dedicated to coastal erosion and fragmented memory along the Salento coastline.
His work has been exhibited at MACRO Testaccio (Rome), Atlanta Celebrates Photography, Paratissima Torino, Collateral Maris Festival, and Paesaggi | Affinità e divergenze. More recently, part of his work was included in a collective volume on the Arneo territory alongside photographers including Guido Guidi, within a broader reflection on Southern Italian landscape and historical memory.
