Zino Citelli
Zino Citelli was born in February 1961 in Palermo. He graduated in Economics. Since he was a child he was strongly attracted by photography and curiosity has always been a distintive of his personality and this leads him to observe with interest all that surrounds him. He is not obsessed with a particular photographic style and he is constantly looking for scenes to capture. It is not difficult, therefore, to find among his shots various subjects that are the result of his accurate observation of the world and his movements at 360 degrees. After years devoted to photography and to learn the techniques, he carries out this activity with passion and some of his ima of his own soul. He has participated in photographic competitions obtaining awards and publications on important magazines and also collaborating with some national newspapers for some photographic projects. He completed his studies on the treatment of digital images PP, at the National School of Rome.
Awards and Acknowledgements:
2013, “fra cibo e cultura” photos published on Gazzetta di Parma
2016 winner of the contest “arte e sicilianità” first prize with the photo “ uno spicchio di Sicilia”, later on published in the monthly magazine I love Sicilia, as a photo of the month;
2016 winner of the national photographic of Franciacorta competition with the photo "passo a due"
2016 solo exhibition "La luce nella terra" at BOBEZ contemporary art;
2016 Palermo "Art 4 Christmas”, open air projections;
2016 itinerant Group exhibition “Il tempo delle donne" Beauty full Caserta project; 2017 finalist in the photo contest organised by Amnesty International on the theme of racial integration and later on the photos have been exhibited in an itinerant group ex hibition;
2017 photography award “Arte e sicilianità”;
2018 photography Award and Acknowledgement; 2018 solo exhibition "contaminazioni"( Contaminations)at the Sisley Store headquarters Palermo and Naples; 2018 publication of the photo ("l'onda immaginaria - imaginary wave)" on the international magazine Il Fotografo collector's special edition No. 300;
in 2018 he obtained two artistic awards for photography;
in 2018 Collective exhibition on integration, at the Palazzo Moncada Museum in Caltanissetta, organised by the Municipality of Caltanissetta.
A slice of Sicily
Sicily, my land, is art, color, fragrance and humanity.
My photographic journey passes through the contaminations and contradictions that characterize this wonderful island.
Fascinated by its Mediterranean colors, in fact, I tried to capture its essence and that of its people. In photographing Sicily, I have sought poetry in images, sometimes transporting dreams into the everyday reality of this incomparable land of mine, and thus between dream and reality I stopped instants of time that miraculously became transformed into millions of pixels.