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Benedetto Tarantino (1981) was born in Palermo, where he lives and works.
His work focuses on photography of architecture and urban and natural landscape, in an investigation that takes place mainly in Sicily.
He began photographing in 2007 during his university studies, following a course held by Professor Giovanni Chiaramonte at the Faculty of Architecture, where he graduated with a thesis in Photography entitled  Dal terrain vague alla genial location. The thesis, followed by professor Marcello Panzarella and architect Santo Eduardo Di Miceli, investigates the relationships and contradictions in the south-east of Palermo, through the powerful and symbolic figure of Monte Pellegrino.

2009
He collaborates with Professor Giovanni Chiaramonte on several occasions: as an internal student, at the Photography Course at the Faculty of Architecture; as assistant on site, the realization of the photographic campaign on the scientific survey of the cycle of mosaics in the Palatine Chapel for the creation of the volume of the Mirabilia ltaliae series (Franco Cosimo Panini Editore); finally, as assistant, for the photographic campaign L’altro – nei volti e nei luoghi in the historic center of Palermo.

2010
Participate in the Ojo de pez international meeting in Barcelona, bringing your works to the attention of internationally renowned photographers and editors.
In September, after having the Spanish photographer Pep Escoda view his portfolio, he is invited by the Municipality of Tarragona (Spain) – together with Laura Cammarata – as official photographer of the religious festival of Santa Tecla.

2011
Takes part in the Workshop on the photo reportage, held by the photographer Reza Deghati – by the Fiumara d’Arte Foundation – for the “TerzOcchio – Meridiani di luce, Librino” Project; later, he made a report on the religious feast of Sant’Agata. In November, it was on the flood sites that destroyed some municipalities in the province of Messina. There, a week after the tragedy, he documents and denounces the state of abandonment in which those countries and their inhabitants live. From this report, with the aim of raising funds for flood victims, the exhibition Quando l’acqua si ritira is born.

2012
Photograph the official international presentation of the Prada Luna Rossa team, which will participate in the 2013 America’s Cup. In August he curates the collective exhibition Sicilia Fotografia contemporanea, at the former Jesuit College of Alcamo: the project brings together over seventy photographers, including Ferdinando Scianna, Giuseppe Leone, Giovanni Chiaramonte, Melo Minnella, Michael Ackermann, Pep Escoda, Carlos Spottorno.
Make Still-life for the recipe book Cucina in tempo di crisi (Valentina Edizioni).

2013
In June, on the occasion of Palermo Pride 2013, some of his shots dedicated to the parade of the previous year, become an official communication tool for the national web campaign against homophobia.
In December he is called by the Madonie Park Authority as juror for the “Foliage” photo contest.
The web magazine “Imago Tour – Sicily” selects one of his photographs among the best Sicilian photographs of the year.

2014
In February he is called again by the Madonie Park Authority as a jury for the Winter on the Madonie photographic competition, after which he takes care of the preparation for the exhibition at 1400m height.
From May he teaches in a laboratory of photographs for psychiatric patients with the aim of seeing with their own eyes through the photographs that they themselves will take.
In June he won the first prize of the national competition Point of U – The great ugliness in Italy and finished third in September at the Isola competition both organized by the Parallelozero photographic agency in Milan.
In September he is the speaker of the seminar The Sicilian landscape: from painting to photography at the Faculty of Architecture in Palermo.

2015
In April he participated in the study day The magnificent sign, the contemporary city, telling his own way of doing photography and comparing himself with other photographers, Philosophers and Anthropologists. Take part in the Milan Salone del Mobile with a common design and photography project that tells the story of concrete as the medium and subject of everyday life.
In July the collaboration with the English portal The Thinking Traveller begins, becoming the reference photographer for Sicily. In September, together with the collective Photographia, he takes part in the speaker corner of Gazebook, presenting a collective editorial project. In December he curates the photographic campaign for the worldwide launch on the social networks of Amaro Averna. In October, during Urban Thinkers Campus by Google, he is the speaker of a seminar on how social networks have changed photography and their role in communication.

2016
Called by architecht Giuseppe Marsala, started, with the photographers Bellini, Filippi, Boccaccino and Provinzano, ua research on the territory of one’s city to analyze the urbanistic relationships present. This analysis will then be a photographic set of the book Parchi Infrastrutture Città. Progetti e ricerche per Palermo #1. La strada Circonvallazione

2017
He is called by Giunti Editore to tell Sicily and its stories and to portray the chefs and recipes that are part of the excellence of the association Le Soste di Ulisse che comprende anche i ristoranti stellati Michelin. Ad ottobre prende parte alla nascita di un nuovo spazio per l’arte all’interno di Buganvì a Menfi diventando il coordinatore per la galleria fotografica. A novembre viene pubblicato Sicilia Continente Gastronomico.

2018
He began a collaboration with the two Michelin star chef Ciccio Sultano in Ragusa, becoming his personal photographer. He began a collaboration with the Engel & Vöelkers agency to photograph properties in Palermo and its province. In March he photographed for the onboard of all the planes of the Atmosphere International magazine fleet of AirItaly (ex Meridiana) to tell the Ballarò market. The book is presented in May Sicilia Continente Gastronomico at the Garibaldi teather in Palermo within the Manifesta art biennial in the presence of the mayor, the authorities and some of the chefs protagonists of the book itself. In June he was called by CoopCulture to photograph the entire Salinas museum in Palermo and part of its archaeological collection. Since August he has been working on behalf of the historic winery  Tasca D’Almerita to document the harvests in the estates of Mozia, Sallier de la Tur, Capofaro, Regaleali and Etna. In December he went to Vienna to photograph the new Pastamara restaurant inside the Ritz Carlton.

2019
He was chosen by the Wine Enthusiast magazine of New York to create a service on Palermo. His work on the Pastamara restaurant is also chosen by the Barcelona studio Tarruella Trench. The collaboration with the two Michelin star chef Ciccio Sultano in Ragusa continues. In March the collaboration with the Gorghi Tondi winery begins, creating the entire photographic equipment from the still life to the reportage on the winery. In April he realizes the photographic survey of the Botanical Garden of Palermo, both for the architectural and botanical part. In May he realizes the photographic survey of the Doderlein museum of zoology in Palermo. In July, he took the photographs for the historic Excelsior Palace hotel in Palermo and in the same month he went to Taormina to photograph the five-star luxury hotel The Ashbee, also photographed the starred restaurant St. George by chef Heinz Beck. Also in July he is chosen by the international hotel chain B&B Hotel to photograph their new hotel opened in Palermo. In August he continued his collaboration with the historic Tasca D’Almerita winery to document the harvests in the estates of Vulcano, Mozia, Sallier de la Tur, Capofaro, Regaleali and Etna. He is contacted by the designer Samuele Mazza and for him he photographs the Graci, Rudinì, Palmento Costanzo winery. He is contacted by Falstaff Magazine for a press tour in Palermo. He is interviewed by the well-known Wine & Sicily portal, about his work in the world of cellars and wine.

Its publications include national and foreign newspapers and websites, his works are present in public and private collections, in Italy and abroad.

PUBBLICATIONS & EXIBITIONS

2020

Country & Town, London;
Town & Country, New York;
Forbes Italia,  Milano; 

2019

Dove Viaggi, Milano;
La cucina Italiana, Milano;
Elle Giappone,Tokyo;
Reporter Gourmet, Milano;
Lifestyle de Il sole 24 ore, Milano;
The Sunday Times, Londra;
Elle decor Germania, Berlino;
Il sole 24 ore, Milano;
Madame, Berlino;
Marie Claire Italia, Milano;
Wine Enthusiast, New York;
Série Limitée – Les Echos, Parigi;
Forbes Italia, Milano;
The Thelegraph, Londra;
The Guardian, Londra;
Book Sicilia, Noto dentro e fuori  by S. Mazza, Rizzoli, Milano;

2018

Hello, Londra;
La Cucina Italiana, Milano;
La Sicilia, Catania;
L’Espresso, Milano;
Io Donna del Corriere della sera, Milano;
Free Time, Ragusa;
Bloomberg, Londra;
Elle Decor Italia, Milano;
Exibitions Il mare non ha paese nemmeno lui..., Alcamo (TP);
Artù, Milano;
Repubblica, Palermo;
Financial Times Weekend, Londra;
Wall Street International Magazine, New York;
Financial Time, New York;
Gazzetta dello Sport, Milano;
Living Kitchen del Corriere della sera, Milano;
Giardino Italiano, Milano;
Vanity Fair, Milano;
Giornale di Sicilia, Palermo;
Living del Corriere della sera, Milano;
Vivere Country, Milano;
EX.IT Extraordinary Italian, Londra;
Mete, Bologna;
AD Germania, Berlino;
Il Sole 24 ore, Milano;
Atmosphere international magazine, Firenze;
The Times, Londra;
Exibition, Quando l’acqua si ritira, Palermo;

2017

Escape, Londra;
Serie Limitee, Parigi;
Exibition Il mare non ha paese nemmeno lui…, Menfi (AG);
Exibition, Fotografi per Palermo, Palermo;
Book  Sicilia Continente Gastronomico, i grandi chef e la tradizione, Giunti editore, Firenze;
Book Parchi Infrastrutture Città. Progetti e ricerche per Palermo #1. La strada Circonvallazione. di G. Marsala, 40due edizioni, Palermo;
I Love Sicilia, Palermo;
The Thinking Traveller, Villas collection, Londra;

2016

Sophisticated Living, Germania;
Exibition La fotografia del territorio e delle città, Favara;
Exibition La fotografia del territorio e delle città, Noto;
Exibition La fotografia del territorio e delle città, Ragusa ;
IoArch, Milano;
CasaAntica, Ferrara;
Deco, Austria;
AD Germany, Monaco;
Vantage, Londra;
The Thinking Traveller, Villas collection, Londra;

2015
Wellness edizione Germania, Germania;
Eckart magazin, Austria;
Exibition Dreamreality‬, Festiwall, Ragusa;
Exibition Dreamreality‬, Gazebook, Punta Secca;
Book Lo sguardo e la luce Kalos, Palermo;
Exibition Lo sguardo e la luce, Palermo;
Exibition Un nuovo luogo per l’uomo, Milano;
Il Gattopardo, Palermo;
Exibition Notizie sullo stato della fotografia in Sicilia, Acate;

2014
Le Temps Lu, Ginevra;
Exibition, Street Dreams, Caltagirone;
Exibition Qui si mangia gratis, Alcamo;
Exibition Random_guardare il mondo, Caltagirone;

2013
Organica London, Londra;
Exibition Mondello OFF, Palermo;
Exibition Rainbow Streets, Palermo;
Freundin, Maggio, Germania;
Exibition Geografie e storie di transizioni, Palermo;
Exibition Paesaggio naturale, agrario e urbano, Palermo;
Exibition Dal Monte Pellegrino a Palermo sud est, Palermo;
Balarm, Palermo;
Ville e Casali, Roma.

2012
Video exibition Nataletico, Palermo
Book Cucina in tempo di crisi, Milano;
Exibition Sicilia Fotografia contemporanea, Alcamo;
Exibition Beddu veru , Favara;
Balarm, Palermo;
Exibition Ottanta fotografi per Palermo con Letizia Battaglia, Palermo;
Exibition Sant’Agata sicura, Catania.

2011
Exibition Quando l’acqua si ritira, Palermo;
Sicilia Style del Corriere della Sera,  Milano;
Exibition Around New York, Palermo;
iLove Sicilia, Palermo;
Exibition La Llum durant la festa, Tarragona;
Cult, Palermo;
Mondellolido, Palermo;
Exibition I colori del Festino, Palermo;
Review Magazine, Palermo;
Cult, Palermo;
Palermo in tasca, Palermo;
Exibition Da Capaci a Palermo – desolazione e speranza, Palermo.

2010
Book, Case Bardone, La Palma Editore, Palermo;
Exibition Scanoff, Spagna;
Exibition Città di Luce, Alcamo (TP);
newyork.schmap.com, New York.

2009
Exibition Luce del Sud, Spongano (LE);
Mondellolido, Palermo;
Exibition VisualArtsContest Exhibition, Roma;

2008
Balarm, Palermo;


2007
Exibition Wieczor Sycylijski, Polonia;
Exibition Camera con vista soggettiva, Palermo;
iLove Sicilia, Palermo;
iLove Sicilia, Palermo.

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