Luca Sola
Photographer / Journalist

Luca Sola was born in Collestatte Piano (Umbria, Italy) in 1977. Documentary photographer, he studied Contemporary Literature at Perugia University and took the Photojournalism Master Course at ISFCI in Rome. Professional photojournalist since 2009, his work is focused on social, humanitarian and geopolitical subjects with particular reference to Italy, Africa and Middle East.

His works have appeared in major international newspapers and magazines, including Time Magazine, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Vanity Fair, Esquire Russia, SonntagsBlick, Internazionale, L’Espresso, Panorama, IL24, Sportweek, Io Donna, Cosmopolitan, The Observer, Daily Mail, The Indipendent, East. Among several national prizes won, he achieved the third prize at the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards 2011 in the category “Enhancement of International Peace” with his work on the Libyan revolution. His first book, “LIBIA / Appunti di Guerra” (Postcart Edizioni, 2012) is based on the same work. He is also the correspondence photographer for several United Nations agencies and international NGOs.

He has exhibited internationally, in Rome, NY, Paris, Edinburgh, San Diego, Seul, Toronto.

He currently lives in Johannesburg.

Represented by All Around Art Gallery and the agency Contrasto.

Luca Sola
Photographer / Journalist

Luca Sola was born in Collestatte Piano (Umbria, Italy) in 1977. Documentary photographer, he studied Contemporary Literature at Perugia University and took the Photojournalism Master Course at ISFCI in Rome. Professional photojournalist since 2009, his work is focused on social, humanitarian and geopolitical subjects with particular reference to Italy, Africa and Middle East.

His works have appeared in major international newspapers and magazines, including Time Magazine, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Economist, Vanity Fair, Esquire Russia, SonntagsBlick, Internazionale, L’Espresso, Panorama, IL24, Sportweek, Io Donna, Cosmopolitan, The Observer, Daily Mail, The Indipendent, East. Among several national prizes won, he achieved the third prize at the Yonhap International Press Photo Awards 2011 in the category “Enhancement of International Peace” with his work on the Libyan revolution. His first book, “LIBIA / Appunti di Guerra” (Postcart Edizioni, 2012) is based on the same work. He is also the correspondence photographer for several United Nations agencies and international NGOs.

He has exhibited internationally, in Rome, NY, Paris, Edinburgh, San Diego, Seul, Toronto.

He currently lives in Johannesburg.

Represented by All Around Art Gallery and the agency Contrasto.

  • Impossible Music
    Sep 30 – Dec 10, 2023
    Miller Institute for Contemporary Art
    Pittsburgh, USA
    Opening September 30 at the Miller Institute of Contemporary Art, Impossible Music brings together sounds, scores, sculptures, video, and live performances to extend discourses on conceptual and experimental music and explore its intersections across different art forms. Marking the first joint curatorial collaboration of curator Candice Hopkins, artist, composer Raven Chacon, with curator, researcher, Stavia Grimani, the interdisciplinary group exhibition features work by boundary-defying composers, artists, (more…)