For eleven years, Giovanna taught history photography in Milan. Since 1985, she has been working as photo-editor and collaborating with several Italian periodicals (Capital, Amica, Domus, Interni). In 1998, she was artistic director of the Rencontres de la Photographie in Arles, and in 2014 artistic delegate of the Mois de la Photo in Paris. Since 2012, she’s been an image consultant for Periodici San Paolo in Milan. Giovanna teaches photo-editing and deals with intensive research of contemporary photography.
His career began in 1997, when he won the first Cannes Young Lions edition and started as a copywriter in BGS D’Arcy. In 2000 he moved to DLV BBDO, the youngest and most creative agency of that time, where he was soon appointed Creative Director. In 2005, he joined DDB Italy as a board member and Group’s Executive Creative Director, bringing the agency’s reputation to the top. He is the only Italian that has been nominated Creative of the Year at the NC Awards for seven times, leading his own agencies to be nominated four times Best Integrated Agency of the Year and three times Best Digital Agency of the Year.
Nowadays, besides being one of the most influential Italian Creative Directors worldwide, he is President of the Italian Art Directors Club, Italian representative of the Cannes Lions Festival and board member of the European Art Directors Club.
In 2004, after an experience in Milan, he returned to Sicily where he lives and works as a professional graphic designer. Since 2008 he has been responsible for the creative office of Caffè Moak, the year in which he collaborated with the Noorda studio for the redesign of the new brand and corporate identity. He founded, together with the marketing group For[me]moak, the in-house communication agency that deals with research and design and for which he is Art Director.
Believing the use of photography in visual communication to be indispensable, in 2014 he and the creative team created the international photography competition “Fuori Fuoco” for Moak.
In 2017, with a view to promoting the quality and research of visual communication projects related to the territory, he indexes with Moak together with Abadir and Aiap the competition “Sicilia Felicissima.”
He collaborates with ADI, has been a professional member of AIAP since 2010, and has been a professional member of ADCI since 2017.
Laura Serani is an editor and author, who cooperates with institutions, festivals and publishing houses on an international level. Since 2015, she has been president of the panel of judges for photography at Fondation Les Treilles in Paris. She has also been an artist representative of the Mois de la Photo in Paris, artistic director of the Rencontres de Bamako, the African biennial of photography, and editor for the Fotografia Europea exhibition in Reggio Emilia. Moreover, she used to be director of the Galeries Photo et numériques and of the photo collection of Fnac in Europe, Brazil and Taiwan. Laura wrote several books and cooperated with different cultural organisations (e.g. la Maison Européenne de la Photographie, the Institut Italien de culture in Paris and the MAMM – Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow). She lives and works in Paris.
Laura Serani is an editor and author, who cooperates with institutions, festivals and publishing houses on an international level. Since 2015, she has been president of the panel of judges for photography at Fondation Les Treilles in Paris. She has also been an artist representative of the Mois de la Photo in Paris, artistic director of the Rencontres de Bamako, the African biennial of photography, and editor for the Fotografia Europea exhibition in Reggio Emilia. Moreover, she used to be director of the Galeries Photo et numériques and of the photo collection of Fnac in Europe, Brazil and Taiwan. Laura wrote several books and cooperated with different cultural organisations (e.g. la Maison Européenne de la Photographie, l’Institut Italien de culture in Paris and the MAMM – Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow). She lives and works in Paris.