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Valeria Bismar Photography

Food, Lifestyle & Travel Photographer based in Italy

I grew up in Genova, a beautiful Italian seaside city where winters below 5°C are considered harsh and where good food is topic of a serious debate. 

After living in Australia and the UK, I landed in Canada, where winters are bone-chillingly harsh. I studied commercial photography and became a full-time photographer. 13 years later, I enrolled in a Master in documentary photography and moved back to the north of Italy where I’m currently based.

My work focuses on food, lifestyle and travel photography. Some of my clients and publications include the Wall Street Journal, Dinette, Saveur, 91 Magazine, SAQ, Good Food, Lufa Farms, Ogilvy, TimeOut Magazine, Michelin Guides, Santa Margherita Wines, Photo Life, Creative and Quarterly, and more. In my spare time, I teach college-level photography classes, hold private workshops on food photography and help businesses set up their spaces for content creation.

SELECTED CLIENTS AND PUBLICATIONS

AWARDS

Fine Art Photography Awards Seascape Theme Finalist (The Salt and The Sea)
Creative Quarterly Award of Excellence,100 Best 2017. Photo exhibited in a gallery in the East Village, New York
Fine Art Photography Awards Open Theme Finalist (Icelandic Foodscapes)
Photographer’s Forum Magazine 37th Award of Excellence
Moscow International Photo Awards Honorable Mention in the Fine Art and Still Life Category
Creative Quarterly Magazine 45 Winner, Professional Photography
Photographer’s Forum Magazine 36th Award of Excellence
PX3, Prix De La Photographie Paris 2015 Honorable Mention in the Fine Art Category
Creative Quarterly Magazine 39 Runner up Professional Photography
Photo Life Magazine Winner “Emerging Photographers 2015” 
Patron’s Award Best Portfolio, Dawson College, Montreal, Canada
International Photography Awards Honorable mentions in the  Architecture and Still Life categories.
Photo Life Magazine “The World We Live In” photo contest. 2nd prize in the “Interconnection” category.
 
I’m represented by The Herd Represented

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