Potentephoto
Matter,
Energy
Transformation
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Bio
Giuseppe Potente is an Italian photographer whose practice develops through long-term projects exploring human relationships, memory and perception, as well as matter, energy and their continuous transformations. Moving between documentary observation and experimental research, he uses photography to question appearances and reveal unexpected relationships within the visible world.
His work ranges from observations of human behaviour and social interaction to investigations of natural forms, light, water and matter. Across this apparent diversity, his projects share a sustained interest in transformation, ambiguity and the connections between people, nature and the physical world.
Developed over several decades and across different geographical and cultural contexts, his photographic research has been presented through exhibitions, publications and photobooks and has received international recognition.
Selected Awards
Terroirs - Critic's Choice, Lensculture Awards 2021
Ice & Ikebanas - Finalist, IPA , 2022
Terroirs -Refocus B&W Awards 2022.
Diving African Masks - TIFA 2025
Neural Nets -TIFA 2025
Photobooks
Islanders (2025)
https://www.blurb.com/b/12461033-islanders
Travelers (2021)
https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/8454039/399edc5358980780ca4dda14a59e22b37128f1ec
Terroir (2021)
https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9575441/f852ee43de61e74cf8941efb9ff5d0217030816a
W.W.W: Who Watches Whom (2024)
https://www.blurb.com/b/12310920-who-watches-whom
Not only bikes , Copenaghen (2011)
https://www.blurb.com/b/3578551-not-only-bikes
Upcoming experiential photo book:
Terra