ILARIA DI GIUSTILI - professional photographer for more than 30 years and independent curator. Born in Rome in 1966. He lives between Rome and Pizzoli (AQ) where he draws his energy. 

I am a photographer, I started when I was a little girl and have never stopped.
I love telling stories and people through my lens: whether it's a married couple, the clouds, a friend, the elderly people of my town or a square, in the end they are all portraits.
I like to move around people and inside places on tiptoe like an explorer, empathetically searching for the story within the story. What interests me is the soul of the story, in the silence of the words the light and the lens are my tools. If I could say it in words I wouldn't need to photograph it, but I don't want and I can't be different than that.

Master of Applied Art, graduated from the Ist. Art of Rome in artistic photography. He attended the seminar "The Writing with the Light" held by Vittorio Storaro at the Accad. Inter. Arts and Sciences and the image of the eagle and the Faculty of Architecture. He has participated in national and international collective exhibitions, photographic competitions winning prizes and obtaining honorable mentions.

His photographs have become photographic stories "MEMORABILIA" (2017), "Mom, the ducks arrived" (2019), "La Piazza di Pizzoli" (2021).

EXHIBITIONS AND COMPETITIONS
1984 First Prize of the photographic competition organized by the Ass. New Acropolis L’Aquila
1987 Personal photographic exhibition "Pizzoli and other stories", Municipality of Pizzoli (AQ)
2013 - 2014 Collective Exhibition Photofestival of Neptune organized by the Ass. The Eye of Art curated by Lisa Bernardini.
2014 First National Competition “Il Tempo Delle Donne” Exhibition Casa Rossini, Lugo (RA) and Ravenna.
2014 Personal Photo Exhibition - Photographic Stories - "Once upon a time in the West ... in Pizzoli" Municipality of Pizzoli (Aq) (August)
2015 See Me Exhibition Award. Louvre Paris
2015 Cultural review on the female world "Stories of Women" organized by the Ass. Eye of Art - Hotel Villa Eur Rome.
2015 Personal exhibition "Cavallari and the Literary Prize" Cavallari di Pizzoli (AQ) (August)
2016 Honorable Mention MIFA 2016
2016 Rome Art Award, Group exhibition Diocletian Stadium, Piazza Navona Rome
2016 Lensculture Magnum Photography Award 2016
2017 Photographic project "King of Spades plays with the heart free the mind" organized by the Ass. Imagomentis Padua
2017 Photographic exhibition on the occasion of the Presentation of the book "Garofani" by Antonio Petrocelli ed. treditre, Municipal Library of Pizzoli (AQ) (May)
2017 Personal Photo Exhibition - "Special Encounters" photographic stories and presentation of the book "MEMORABILIA" photographic account of the visit of Carlo, Andrea and Alessandra Ginzburg to Pizzoli in October 2016 (August 2017)
2018 Personal exhibition "LA VENERE" at the Secret Garden Gallery Rome 22-3-2018 during the RWA2018 Rome Art Week III edition.
2019 Personal exhibition "LA VENERE II ed." at the Giardino Segreto Gallery Rome during the MFR19 Month of photography Rome (8 March)
2019 Call to the arts: objective 99 (from La Mistica per la Marmellata) organized by the writer Mariaester Graziano
2019 Personal exhibition "LA VENERE II ed." at IIS Martino Filetico di Ferentino FR 23-30 November
2019 Photo exhibition "From my window" (inspired by the October chapter of the book) during the presentation of the book "The mystic of the Jam" by Mariaester Graziano - Municipal Library of Pizzoli (AQ) (16 August)
2019 Photo Exhibition: ABSTRACTISM Ilaria Di Giustili & Vanzuk - at the Secret Garden Gallery Rome - (November 9)
2019 A photograph of the “La Venere” project is part of the MEDITERRANEUM COLLECTION
2020 Collective exhibition #R_ESISTIAMO (born on the web during the lockdown) at the ArtSharing Gallery in Rome curated by Penelope Filacchione (10-20 September)
2020 Photo Exhibition: ABSTRACTISM Ilaria Di Giustili & Vanzuk - at the Gallery at the ArtSharing Gallery in Rome curated by Penelope Filacchione (27-31 October)
2021 Photo Exhibition: "The square in the PIAZZA" at the Piazza di Pizzoli (AQ) curated by Ilaria Di Giustili and Stefania Macchione (1-312 August)
PUBLICATIONS
1984 monthly Photograph
1988-1990 AD monthly - EuroTravel monthly
2009 monthly HOME Casa
2013 mention in the editorial of the monthly Fotografia Reflex of October monthly IL FOTOGRAFO
2015-2016-2020 Cover of the Order of Malta's Calendar
2015 monthly martial arts BLACK BELT
2020 FotoCult
CURATOR
2015 Personal exhibition of Michela Giannotti "ALIVE" at Bukowski's Bar Rome
2016 Photographic exhibition "With the eyes of Mark" by Marco Farina at Bukowski's Bar Art Gallery and Bistrot in Rome with fundraising donated to the Ass. ANTEA
2017 Presentation of the book "Garofani" by Antonio Petrocelli ed. thirteen Municipal Library of Pizzoli (AQ) (collaboration with the publisher)
2017 Presentation of the book IL SENNO DI NOI by Maria Castaldo and Michele Gardoni published by David and Matthaus - Municipal Library of Pizzoli (AQ)
2017 Conference "Discovering the Abruzzo Mountains" with the participation of Stefano Ardito - Castello di Pizzoli (AQ) (collaboration with Rita Ceci)
2019 Personal photographic exhibition of Alessandro Sgarito "FIUMI" at the Secret Garden Gallery Rome 29-3-2019 during the MFR19 Month of photography in Rome
2019 "Behind the scenes" curated by Loredana De Pace, meeting with photographers Sabrina Genovesi and Francesca Dini at the Secret Garden Gallery Rome 30-3-2019 during MFR19 Month of photography Rome
2019 Presentation of the book "The mystic of the Jam" by Mariaester Graziano Municipal Library of Pizzoli (AQ) (August 16)
2020 Readings in company "the Melodrama of coffee" by Mariaester Graziano, read by actress Tiziana Gioia. In a private garden in Pizzoli, (18 August).
2020 Points of view - female photographic talents from the MArteLive Biennale for WEFO 2020 Curated by Ilaria Di Giustili and Penelope Filacchione at the ArtSharing Gallery Rome - via Giulio Tarra 64 (26 September - 11 October)
2020 Workshop with photographic exhibition - “Exploring the unknown from another point of view”. Held by Ilaria Di Giustili. Curated by Penelope Filacchione and Ilaria Di Giustili. Performance by Alessio Trevisani. At the Galleria ArtSharing Rome - via Giulio Tarra 64 (October)
2021 Exhibition “Mechanical Morphologies. Assemblage and collage "by Vanzuk with a photographic portrait of the artist by Ilaria DI Giustili, curated by Penelope Filacchione. At the Galleria ArtSharing Rome - via Giulio Tarra 64 (May 13 - June 28

A photograph of the photographic project "La Venere" is part of the Mediterraneum Collection.

Since 2018 he has curated events in the Giardino Segreto Gallery in Rome, the garden of his home where he holds meetings and courses dedicated to photographers.

From 2020 he collaborates with Penelope Filacchione's Galleria ArtSharing Roma.