Bio, Recent Awards and Exhibitions

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Giuseppe Potente (b. 1950) is an Italian photographer whose work explores the transformation of energy into visual form.

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​He was Professor of Imaging at Sapienza University of Rome from 1988 to 2010.

His photographic research has evolved from humanistic street photography toward a more experimental investigation of natural forces, light and matter, developed in recent years through the body of work titled Primordial Trilogy.

His work has received several international recognitions including awards at the IPA, TIFA and Refocus Photography Awards. 

Featured in LensCulture.

Potente’s photographs have been exhibited internationally, including the exhibition Abstract Synchrony at the Esther Rupert Art Museum in South Africa in 2025.

He lives and works between Europe and South Africa.

Recent Awards

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

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Upcoming photobook project
Terra 
Work in progress

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