Giovanni Cocco (Sulmona, 1973) is a visual artist, a poliedric photographer. His own style and his various concepts, as a result of his continuous research and inspiration, pass through different technical means of photography, that become in his hands powerful communication channels of his way to view.
He always had a great variety of themes to capture, faced with an edge always different and between 2016 and 2021 he produced four monographs: Monia (2016, self publishing), Burladies (2018, self publishing), Displacement (2021, Postcart), Naples (2022, MareVerlagh).
After many years in the greatest International and national magazines/ newspapers (L’Espresso, La Repubblica, Internazionale, Newsweek, Mare, Le Monde, National Geographic Italy, Bloomberg Business, Financial Times, Geo and more), during which he also joined VII International Agency (2010 – 2012) he focused himself and his work on a different perspective of social issues, an introspective input towards anthropological topics.
A selection of Cocco’s award and grant includes: Emerging Photographer Fund (2012, Burn Magazine and Magnum Foundation), American Photography Award (2013, 2014), PDN, (2015, Photo Annual) Reminders Photography Stronghold (2015, Japan), Fedrigoni Top Award (2017, Italy).
Giovanni Cocco’s work have been presented as installations and or exhibitions in festivals, galleries, fair and museum worldwide, including Art Basel Scope Miami, ZonaMaco foto, Mexico City, MART – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Trento and Rovereto and MACRO, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome.
