Mauro Curti (b. 1980) is an Italian photographer who lives and works in Cuneo (Italy).
Working in a documentary manner across subject matter, he is primarily making work around rural communities and the landscapes that they inhabit, focusing on the intricate interaction between humanity and nature.
After several jobs in different sectors, he took a course in photography before leaving Italy in 2014 for a research trip focused on the practice of the use of the photographic medium traveling around Central and South America for several years. He settled in Buenos Aires in 2015 where he deepened his photographic studies approaching analog photography. At the end of 2019, he returned to his hometown and started working on his long-time project Riturné, for which he won in 2021 a scholarship for a MA in Documentary Photography at University School of Arts TAI in Madrid.
His work has been showcased at international exhibitions and festivals in different countries such as Fine Arts Circle of Madrid, BFoto Festival in Spain, Photometria Festival in Greece, Les Boutographies Festival in Montpellier, Image Festival of Amman, Head On Festival in Sydney, Castilla y León International Photography Festival and Lumínic Festival in Spain, Biennale de la Photographie de Mulhouse, France (upcoming). Merit scholarship Chico Review 2023, Montana, USA. In 2023 he won the Carmencita Grant 2023 in collaboration with Kodak Professional Europe.
