Yuri Catania

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Yuri Catania (born November 29, 1975, in Milano Italy; Lives in Switzerland Rovio Val Mara Canton Ticino) is an Italian photographer, [1] director and creative director working in the fields of fashion [2] and luxury. He won [3] the Cavallo di Leonardo symbol of Milan, for the direction of Best Fashion Movie of the year by Milan Film festival internazionale di Milano in April 2014. The movie was commissioned by Ermanno Scervino and starring Asia Argento. He was selected by Praz-Delavallade to exhibit some fine art photos from the series New Yorker at ART IS HOPE, at Palais de Tokyo in Paris, in November 2013. He uses his photography to create street art works with the paste-up technique. He is the author of the land art exhibition "I Gatti di Rovio", more than 60 art installations in the heart of the town.

Fashion Career: he worked as a photographer with: Chiara Ferragni, [4] Victoria Cabello, Asia Argento, Francesco Carrozzini, Kate Nauta, Renzo Rosso, Lindsey Wixson, Nadja Bender, Rocky Mattioli, Dree Hemingway, Jessica Stam, Andreas Seppi, Fabio Fognini, Dylan Penn, Werner Schreyer, Sebastian Sauve, Coco Rocha, Alessandra Mastronardi, Andrea Denver, Elsa Hosk, Pyper America, Sara Sampaio, Renato Sobral, Lucky Blue Smith, Pyper America, Cara Delevingne, Gianluigi Buffon, Chiara Scelsi, Kanye West.

Selected Clients: LaPerla, Rick Owens, Costume National, Ermanno Scervino, Avant Toi, [5] [6] [7] Philipp Plein, Tatras, [8] Fila, Moon Boots, Lucio Vannotti, Antonioli, Ash, Genten, Kasperskian, House of Sillage, Diesel Black Gold, Hollywood Trading Company, Posh Magazine, Reve Magazine

Awards:

Other project: In 2019 He started like art director the shoes brand Revolver Requeen Venexia, [9] [10] in partnership with the Italian shoes factory Baldan.

Art Career: in 2006, Yuri Catania has started an artistic path in contraposition of his fashion career. The project, No Fashion Places, was exhibited in Milan, Venice, Paris, Tokyo and Zurich.

Solo Exhibitions

Collective Exhibitions

Book

In 2016, Yuri Catania published his first book, No Fashion Places of America, a collection of images from the American Scenario, the fruit of nine years working and traveling around the United States from the East to the West Coast.

Now: Yuri Catania is traveling now [24] by an Airstream all the United States of America working on his second book. He's looking for real people to interview and discovering uncommon places. He has a blog: No Fashion Places of America where he tells some true stories of American people, places and lifestyle.

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