Anita Maggiani

Italy - Confartigianato Fotografi

Specialisations:

Portrait Fineart Illustrative

Biography

Anita Maggiani is an Italian portrait photographer who at the age of 15 chose photography as the visual art which could substitute her passion for painting. Before becoming a studio portrait photographer specializing in newborn and maternity in the last ten years, she had worked with travel photography, regattas, editorials for magazines and weddings. In 2013 her work was selected to be part of an international seven week exhibition titled “The Story of the Creative” hosted in the digital exhibition room of the New York City gallery. In 2020 she participated in the World Photographic Cup being selected to represent Italy in the Portrait category, Bronze Award. She also won a 1st placement in the Family category and achieved 2nd place in the Unposed Newborn at the Birth and Beyond Photography Awards. Since 2020 she has submitted her work to a number of international contests such as WPE, EPA; WPC, WPI, IPA, 35 Awards, Rise Awards, Asia WPA, Cosmos Awards and  the Societies of Photographers winning around 80  awards in the categories of Newborn, Maternity, Children, Visual Narrative, Portrait, Creative, Fine Art Nude, Family,  Illustrative and Documentary being named among the best 100 photographers in the world by WPE and WPI in 2020 2021 and 35 awards in 2022. Some of her work was exhibited at the National Salon of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, USA, in 2020 and at Salmagundi Gallery in New York in 2022. She is an EPA Expert and has been judge twice in the EPA International Competition. She was a judge in the New York Photography Awards in 2021. Main awards list: 2020: Bronze Award - Portrait- Team Italy - WPC World Photographic Cup 2020: 1st place Family - Birth and Beyond 2020: 2nd place Newborn Unposed - Birth and Beyond 2020: 2nd place Creative Illustrative - Cosmos Awards 2020: 2nd place Maternity - Expression Photography Awards 2020: 10 Silver Awards , among 100 top photographers in the world - WPE (Individuel, MATERNITY, NEWBORN) 2020: 3 Gold Awards and 2 Highly Commanded The Societies of Photographers (Visual Narrative, Documentary, Children) 2020: Nomination Photographer of the Year, Documentary - The Societies of Photographers 2020: 1st and 3rd Place Newborn + 3 Bronze Awards - WPI 2020: 1st place Creative Illustrative  + 4 Bronze Awards - WPI 2020: Silver in Creative Illustrative + 3 Bronze Awards Newborn, Children, Portrait - Rise Awards International 2021: Finalist Illustration -Team Italy - WPC 2021:1st, 2nd, 3rd place Newborn - EPA 2021: 1st and 2nd place Maternity - EPA 2021: 2nd place Fashion & Beauty - EPA 2021: 9 Silver awards - among 100 top photographers in the world - WPE (Family, Photojournalism, Newborn, Maternity, Creative Illustrative, Fine Art Nude) 2021: 2nd Place Maternity and 7 Silver- Cosmos Awards 2021: 3rd Place Individual Portrait (Creative) - Asia WPA. Silver Award in the Grand Awards Ceremony 2022 2021: Honorable Mention Portrait - IPA 2021: Award and Mention Honorable - Regard d'Auteur 2021: TOP 50 Female Portrait - 35 Awards 2021: 1st and 2nd place NYC4pa New York center for photographic art 2022: Finalist Illustration - Team Italy – WPC 2022: 1st and 3rd place NEWBORN -EPA Expression photography Awards 2022: 1st place Individual Portrait - EPA Expression photography Awards 2022: 2nd and 3rd place Maternity - EPA Expression photography Awards and 6 Bronze Awards in Newborn, Maternity, Illustration Creative – EPA 2022: 3rd Place Creative Illustrative – Cosmos Awards 2022: One Silver Distinction Award and 3 Silver Awards – Cosmos Awards