Claudia Deganutti is an Italian photographer currently based in Rome.
With a background in education, she uses photography to explore the human condition. Her long-term projects focus on identity, memory and resistance within families and communities, and on how culture and environment shape the way people live.
Her work has been featured in Le Monde, The Guardian, Die Zeit, Internazionale, and other international publications.
Awards
2026
Selected – Hamburg Portfolio Review
Selected – Encontros da Imagem, Braga
Selected – New York Times portfolio review
Winner – Cortona on The Move, 12×12 AToscana
Finalist – Festival del Reportage, Ascoli Piceno
2025
Selected – Eddie Adams Workshop XXXVIII, New York
Winner – Amsterdam Pride Photo Awards
Special Mention – Ponchielli Prize, Milano
2024
Winner – Liquida Photo Festival, Torino
Shortlisted – Siena Awards
Exhibitions
2026
Female Focus, Freelens Galerie, Hamburg
Opera Paese, Archivio Atena & Studio Figure, Atena Lucana
Hungry Eye Fair, Haute Photographie, Rotterdam
2025
Pride Photo Awards 2025, Amsterdam
Festival della Fotografia Italiana, Bibbiena
2024
Artphilein Foundation, Lugano
Liquida Photo Festival, Turin
Lumen, Florence