Denis Curti

JURY PRESIDENT

Photographer

Chief editor at the monthly Black Camera, artistic director at the Casa dei Tre Oci in Venice, artistic director of the Capri Photography Festival. He was also the founder, and now supervisor, of the postgraduate university master in photography, in a joint effort with NABA and FORMA Foundation. From 2005 to 2014, he was director at Contrasto Milano and Vice President of the Forma Foundation in Milan. For over 15 years, he was editor and photography critic at ViviMilano and Corriere della Sera. Expert in the photography collectible market in 2002-2003 he was the curator of the first photographic auctions at Sotheby’s in Milan. He is curator of exhibitions and photo exhibitions and author of several books on photography.

Cinzia Ferrara

AIAP’S VICE PRESIDENT

AIAP’s Vice President since 2009, architect and researcher in Industrial Design, she is a visual communication designer, researcher and lecturer in Palermo and Catania. She has curated, among the others, graphic projects for the UN, the Dutch Embassy, the Biondo Stabile Theater in Palermo, the Riso Regional Museum of Contemporary Art in Sicily, the Regional Province of Palermo. She writes essays in Italy and abroad, publishes volumes on design, curates and organizes conferences, exhibitions and workshops.

Cinzia Ferrara

AIAP’S VICE PRESIDENT

Tony Gentile

PHOTOGRAPHER REUTERS AGENCY

Based in Palermo, he is the author of the iconic, award-winning photo of Judges Falcone and Borsellino, icons of the war against mafia. Since 2003, he has been staff photographer at Reuters. Reporter and politician, he has also documented the journeys of John Paul II and the elections of Benedict XVI and of Pope Francis.

Marco Lentini

Art Director – For[me]moak

After an experience in Milan, he returned to Sicily where he lives and works as a professional graphic artist. Since 2008, he has been in charge for the communication at Caffè Moak. In the same year, he collaborated with the Noorda Studio for its rebranding and identity. He has founded alongside the for[me]moak’s marketing team, an internal communication agency that deals with research and design.
He collaborates with AIAP and ADI. Since 2010, he has been a professional partner AIAP.

Salvo Alibrio

1st place

Il Caffè del Carbonaio

An atmosphere of smoke and cuts of light evokes fragments from the past, broken by the smell of coffee and the music that comes from an old radio set.