Dario Li Gioi

Dario Li Gioi was born in Erice (Trapani) and works as a freelance photographer based in Rome. In 2016 he founded L.I.S.A. Collective with Santolo Felaco and Gian Marco Sanna. In his photography, he explores social and anthropological issues. He studied documentary photography at Officine Fotografiche, Rome and continued at WSP Photography, Rome. His work has been published in books and magazines including, L’Espresso, D di Repubblica, Phaidon, Nobel Prize, Witness Journal, Lensculture, Vice Italy, and Click Magazine. His Gymnasium series won first prize at the MIFA sports category in 2015, and has been exhibited in 2016 at WSP Photography, Rome, Italy, and in 2019 at Studio Tiepolo 38, Rome, Italy. In 2021, his work The Hidden Zoo was finalist for the Short Story Award, Festival della Fotografia Etica.

www.darioligioi.org
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    Lake ‘bullicante’ and the anarchy of nature

    , 23 October 2023

    The poetics of a space that might never have been – a lake, that emerged in the city of Rome during the excavations for a shopping mall. Photographer Dario Li Gioi has been visiting this place for years and contemplates how its unique ecosystem today offers a counterbalance to the… Read more »

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    Il lago bullicante e l’anarchia della natura

    , 16 October 2023

    Omaggio ad uno spazio che avrebbe potuto non sorgere mai: un lago emerso nel cuore di Roma durante gli scavi per un centro commerciale. In questo contributo, il fotografo Dario Li Gioi riflette su come l’ecosistema dell’area nota come ex- Snia-Viscosa offra oggi un contrappeso alla percezione pubblica e alle… Read more »

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    Notes on “The Hidden Zoo”

    , 15 July 2021

    Why look at animals? This question, famously posed by John Berger’s 1977 essay, maintains its relevance today. In this contribution, photographer Dario Li Gioi considers Berger’s question to reflect upon the shooting of a project entitled “The Hidden Zoo”, dedicated to the exploration of Rome’s bio-park. Here, photography becomes the… Read more »

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    Note su “The Hidden Zoo”

    , 15 July 2021

    Perché guardiamo gli animali? Partendo da questa domanda, posta da John Berger in un noto saggio del 1977, Dario Li Gioi riflette sulle motivazioni che lo hanno portato alla realizzazione di “The Hidden Zoo”, un progetto fotografico dedicato al Bioparco di Roma. In maniera quasi paradossale, la fotografia diventa il… Read more »

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