Giovanni Lami

He was born in Ravenna, 1st May 1978. Graduated in “Food Science and Technology” at Bologna University, in 2002-2003 he attended Guido Guidi’s photography course at the Ravenna Fine Arts Academy and in 2004-2005 the photography course at IED (European Institute of Design) in Rome, obtaining top marks (30/30). His solo exhibitions include I/O (photographic installation, Ravenna 2003), Il Sonno Dei Nuclei (Ravenna 2004) and Sources (FotoGrafia Festival, Roma 2007). His work has also appeared in collective shows such as NoBorder 4 (Ravenna 2004), f:8 (Matino 2005) and RAM VI (Ravenna 2007). He won the RAM 2006 prize in the photography section. In 2007 he exhibited Ravenna : Physiology, a wide project about spaces and people in Ravenna. In 2008 the book La Macchina del Porto (The Harbour’s Machine) sow the light, an all-round assigned work on architectures and plants of Ravenna’s industrial harbour. In the same year he also concluded The Skyes Of Lalibela, the photographic/video documentation on assignment of the renewal works in an acient Ethiopian UNESCO site: Lalibela. In 2008 he won the Argazklik photo contest (Spain), Arteleku prize for best work in progress project. Selected Exhibitions •NoBorder 4 January - February 2004, St.Maria Delle Croci, Ravenna - Italy - group •Il Sonno Dei Nuclei September the 18th - October the 3rd 2004, Oriani exhibition room, Ravenna, Italy - solo •f:8 - 8 young photographers from the 11th to the 28th of August 2005, Matino, Lecce - Italy - group •Ravenna : Physiology March the 23rd - April the 9th 2007, MAR Santa Maria delle Croci, Ravenna, Italy - solo •RAM VI April the 14th - May the 6th 2007, San Domenico Church, Ravenna - Italy - group •Sources [Chernobyl Exclusion Zone] May 2007, GARD gallery / FotoGrafia Festival, Rome - Italy - solo •La Macchina Del Porto May - July 2008, Ravenna - Italy - solo •T* from the 10th to the 31st of January 2009, Ninapì, Ravenna - Italy - group •The Day I Started Collecting Door Was When I Lost My Feet (step I) January 2009, Chobi Mela V International Festival Of Photography, Dhaka - Bangladesh - solo •The Day I Started Collecting Door Was When I Lost My Feet (step II) February-March 2009, San Sebastian - Spain - solo