Martina Bacigalupo

After studying philosophy and literature in Genoa, Italy, Martina Bacigalupo moved to Burundi, East Africa, where she worked for ten years as a freelance photographer, collaborating with magazines, foundations and international organisations. 

Her work, which investigates the visual dynamics between Africa and the West, is part of several collections, including the Artur Walther Collection in Germany, the Donata Pizzi Collection in Italy and the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, USA. In 2013, she published the project "Gulu Real Art Studio" with Steidl. Recently, Martina developed with Canadian researcher Sharon Sliwinski "The Reverie project", an ongoing work questioning the representation of migrants. 

Martina is part of Agence VU in Paris and runs workshops on documentary photography in France and abroad. Member of mentorship programs and jury member of international photography competitions, including the 2022 Oskar Barnack Award and the 2021 edition of World Press Photo, she is since 2018 the Director of Photography for the French magazines 6 MOIS and XXI.