Biography

Marco Bulgarelli was born in Rome in 1973 where he works and lives.

After the studies of history and geography at University "La Sapienza" of Rome and the studies for direction he attended the three-year master at the Roman School of Photography where he graduated in 2002 in reportage with a long-term project about Youth culture. With his work "The Goths" he won the festival "Enzimi".

He started his career in 2003 working for the weekly “L’Espresso“ dealing mainly with news, youth culture and urban and social transformations in Italy and Europe, issues that he continues to follow today.
In 2004 he realized "The consumer society", a survey on the world of consumption.
From 2005 to 2007 he was represented by Corbis agency.
Between 2005 and 2006 he works on a project about the various degrees of integration of the Chinese community in Italy.
He published and exposed for National Geographic a reportage about chinese stonemasons who live and work in the Monviso mountain.
His interest in south Asia has led him first to Burma for a project about Buddhism and then in 2008 for several months to India, where he documented the present situation of the country: the emerging young middle class - the ecological problems of the Periyar river in Kerala - the iron ore mines in Bellary - the background of the economic boom in the informal working sector, focusing on the conditions of workers in the construction industry and the business of recycling electronic waste.

Since 2002 he began travelling extensively in Eastern Europe, he has documented the lives of the Children of Chernobyl in the orphanages in Belarus (2002), the transition of Estonia in UE (2003), the east German crisis (2004), contemporary Budapest (2007), Belgrade summer (2008) and the Danube Delta (2010).
From 2008 he is engaged in a long-term project on the Danube river.

In 2010 "Abruzzo earthquake" has been SHORTLISTED FOR THE SONY PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS

"Abruzzo earthquake"  received an HONORABLE MENTION AT PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS 2010

From December 2010 his work is distributed worldwide by GAMMA agency.

In 2011, his interest was focused on the Arab world, Syria and Egypt.
From January 2012 is also distributed by LUZphoto agency.
He collaborates with the most important Italian and international publishers.

Ordine Nazionale dei Giornalisti tessera numero 113569

International federation of journalists press card number I 3969

EXHIBITIONS

2011- "ITALIAN GEOGRAPHIC 2011 - I FOTOGRAFI DI NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ITALIA"

FESTIVAL FOTOGRAFICO ITALIANO Busto Arsizio, Collective exhibition

2011- “LA NOTTE DI CHERNOBYL” PALAZZO VALENTINI Rome, Collective exhibition

2011- "LOOK & LOOP" GLI SCATTI DELLA CRISI. DA SCAMPIA A TEHERAN, DA NEW YORK A RANGOON, FOTOREPORTER MONDIALI IN MOSTRA A ROMA - OFFICINE FOTOGRAFICHE Rome, Collective exhibition

2010- "FACCE DA STRANIERO" - 30 anni di fotografia e giornalismo sull' immigrazione in Italia

MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI Turin, collective exhibition

2009- “LITTLE CHINA” FOIANOFOTOGRAFIA - XI RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI FOTOGRAFIA Solo Exhibitions

2009- “INDIA TODAY” FOIANOFOTOGRAFIA - XI RASSEGNA INTERNAZIONALE DI FOTOGRAFIA Screening
2008- “CHINESE STONEMASONS” ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AT PALAZZO DELLE ESPOSIZIONI Rome, screenings
2008- "IL VIAGGIO DI PENELOPE. DONNE MIGRANTI IN ITALIA ATTRAVERSO IL MEDITERRANEO" FOR ” LA RENCONTRE DE L'AUTRE: FRONTIÈRES, IDENTITÉS ET CULTURES DANS L'ESPACE EUROPÉEN” Turin, collective exhibition
2008- “THE CONSUMER SOCIETY” MU.GA. GALLERY, ROME’S INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY Rome, collective exhibition
2008- “LITTLE CHINA” FOR ROME MEETS BEIJING AT MACRO E9C, Rome, solo exhibition
2007/2008 “CHINESE STONEMASONS” ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC AT CRISPI GALLERY Rome; then travelling around Italy, collective exhibition and catalogue
2007- “LITTLE CHINA” ROME’S INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY, solo exhibition
2005-“THE GOTHS” AT LA CASA DELLE LETTERATURE Rome, solo exhibition
2005- “TEENAGERS” AT SAN FEDELE GALLERY Milan, collective exhibition and catalogue
2003-“THE GOTHS” ENZIMI FESTIVAL AT TERMINI STATION Rome, solo exhibition