Pietro Canali

His first forays into photography began when he discovered a 1950s Rolleiflex that had belonged to his grandfather.
Since 2005, his work as a professional travel photographer has graced the covers of the most prestigious publications, including National Geographic Traveler, The Sunday Times Travel, Cond Nast Traveler, Geo, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and Rick Steve’s.
In 2007, his solo exhibit entitled “Milk, Flesh and Blood” was shown at Galleria Da*Co* in Terni, Italy.
As a travel photographer, he has excelled at capturing nature’s breathtaking colours and vast expanses. In his work as an artist, he has made use of long exposures and controlled camera movements to explore the abstract rather than the figurative patterns found in those same landscapes. Symmetry, negative space and pure lines inform his most recent compositions, in which the order he has uncovered in nature’s randomness is identified and celebrated.
Based between Montreal, Canada and his hometown in Umbria, Italy, he travels extensively to constantly create new imagery.

He trained at the Conservatory of Terni as a classical pianist and later earned a Bachelor’s degree in Drama, Art and Music Studies from the University of Bologna in Italy.

2011 EPSON International Photographic Pano Awards Silver Award received for one photograph Bronze Award received for ten photographs
2010 EPSON International Photographic Pano Awards Bronze Award received for two photographs
2010 IPA Int'l Photography Awards Honorable Mention Lifestyle People
2010 IPA Int'l Photography Awards Honorable Mention Wildlife Nature
2007 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award Finalist
2006 BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award Finalist

2007- Solo exhibit entitled “Milk, Flesh and Blood” at Galleria Da*Co* in Terni, Italy.

photography, minimalism, geometry, symmetry, acrylic, museum