ALESSIA CALIENDO IS A JOURNALIST AND A MASTER OF VISUAL CONTENT CURATION. HER EDUCATIONAL JOURNEY BEGAN AT IED ROME, AFTER WHICH SHE VENTURED TO LONDON, TO THE PRESTIGIOUS CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS. ALESSIA’S CAREER IS ENRICHED WITH INTERNATIONAL PUBLICATIONS, HIGH-PROFILE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS, MUSIC VIDEOS, AND COLLABORATIONS WITH CELEBRITIES, SHOWCASING HER VERSATILE TALENT AND EYE FOR VISUAL STORYTELLING.

WITH A SOLID FOUNDATION IN PHOTO EDITING AND JOURNALISM, ALESSIA POSSESSES A COMPREHENSIVE SKILL SET THAT SPANS THE ENTIRE SPECTRUM OF VISUAL PRODUCTION AND CONTENT CURATION. HER EXPERTISE IS RECOGNIZED AND SOUGHT AFTER IN ACADEMIC CIRCLES. AS A LECTURER AT POLIMODA AND THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF DESIGN (IED), SHE IMPARTS KNOWLEDGE ON VISUAL CONTENT CURATION, PRODUCTION, AND STYLING. ALESSIA’S COMMITMENT TO EDUCATION EXTENDS TO DELIVERING WORKSHOPS AND LECTURES AT ESTEEMED PHOTOGRAPHY INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING LEICA AKADEMIE US AND SDA BOCCONI IN MILAN.

IN 2022, ALESSIA TOOK ON A PIVOTAL ROLE AS PROJECT MANAGER FOR ARTRIBUNE MAGAZINE, ITALY’S LEADING PLATFORM DEDICATED TO ART AND CULTURE, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON FASHION, DESIGN, TALENTS, BEAUTY, AND ACADEMIES. UNDER HER VISIONARY LEADERSHIP, ARTRIBUNE THRIVES, BENEFITING FROM HER ADEPT CURATION.

TO DEEPEN AND EXPERIMENT WITH THE LANGUAGE OF CONTEMPORARY DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHY, ALESSIA ATTENDED THE ICP – INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY, COMPLETING THE VISUAL STORYTELLING PROGRAM. THIS EXPERIENCE HELPED HER DEVELOP HER VISUAL VOICE WHILE PROVIDING THE TOOLS NECESSARY TO MAKE EFFECTIVE WORK IN THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF VISUAL STORYTELLING AND PHOTOJOURNALISM.

ALESSIA’S RESEARCH TRAVERSES THE BROAD LANDSCAPES OF VISUAL ART, EXPLORING THE REALMS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND CONTEMPORARY AESTHETICS. HER WORK EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF IMAGES AND WRITING IN CAPTURING AND PRESERVING COLLECTIVE MEMORIES.