I was born in Pomaretto, Italy in 1962 and grew up in Riesi, Sicily from 1966 to 1985. I lived in Paris, Catania and Trieste until I trained as a photographer at the Istituto Europeo di Design in Rome from 1987 to 1990. In 1990 I moved to Germany.
I have mainly photographed for magazines, newspapers, agencies or for public and private clients. The almost 20 years for the local newspaper, where I photographed for all departments: politics, culture, local news and sport, were particularly intensive.
After realizing the book “The Karlsruhe District, in Photographs by Gustavo Alàbiso” between 2011 and 2013, I decided to concentrate on book projects. “300 x Karlsruhe, Faces of a City”, realized between 2013 and 2015, and “Immagina Riesi”, realized between 2016 and 2020, were created in collaboration with journalists. Between 2021 and 2023 I co-edited the photo book “Call it Corona”. In it we show documentary, artistic and journalistic photographs by 89 photographers that were taken in Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic. Four photos are from my photo documentation “Ihr fehlt mir!!!” (I miss you!!!), which were taken during the lockdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Karlsruhe.
