Ugo Milano was born on 13/01/1992 in Rome. Since childhood he has been passionate about drawing and reading, and then devoted himself to writing (poetry) and music in his teenage years.He studied Foreign Literature
(English and German) bachelor's and master's degrees, at the University of Naples Federico II and later at the Georg- August University of Göttingen. His approach to photography comes from poetry, his other great passion. A great reader of photo books, he would like to produce his own, combining text and photos (and other material) in them. In 2019, he was appointed Talent scout by FIAF (Italian Federation of Photographic Associations). In 2023/2024 he attends the Jack London School of Photography and Literature, after winning a scholarship provided by the school. In 2024/2025 he attends the online Documentary Lab of the duo Caimi & Picinni, working on the photographic project “Under Which Tree Did Goethe Sleep?” set in Göttingen, which became a dummy book in May 2025. He works with both a documentary and a more (lyrical) subjective approach. In July 2025 he won scholarship for a photography masterclass/residency in Casentino with Simone Donati.
He's working on a research idea for a phd combining literature and photography.
