Christian Velcich (Florence, 1995) is a documentary photographer based in Florence, Italy. His work explores the relationship between man and nature, aiming to tell it in a lyrical way. After graduating in photography from CFP Bauer in Milan, he completed a master's degree in documentary photography at Fondazione Studio Marangoni.
He has taken part in prestigious exhibitions and residencies. In 2022 he was shortlisted for Urbanautica, featured in the British Journal of Photography's "Edition 365" and participated in the "Photobuster" residency with the Cesura Collective. He won the 2nd prize at the "Werther Colonna" SiFest and was a finalist for the Ispa Prize.
In 2023 he attended the Jack London School and was a finalist at the Phest in Monopoli.
In 2024 he participated in the Canon Student Development Programme, the "Futuri Prossimi" residency in Turin and the Photomatch at the Exposed Photo Festival. He also received the Culture Moves Europe Grant.
His work as a photojournalist has been published in publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Le Monde, Bloomberg, The Washington Post, BBC and others.
Awards
2023
Finalist PHEST
2022
2° place Portfolio Werther Colonna Sifest
Finalist ISPA Award
Finalist Urbanautica Institute award
2021
Edition 365, British Journal of Photography
Group Show
2024
Futuri Prossimi, A Pick Gallery, Turin, Italy
2023
Ispa award, Imperial photojournalism, Padua, Italy
Ispa award, Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
Ispa award, Palazzo Martinengo, Brescia, Italy
2022
Photobuster Zeri, Cesura Collective - Lunigiana Land Art, Zeri, Italy
Note di lavoro, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence
Portfolio Italia 2022, Centro Italiano Fotografia D’autore, Bibbiena
2021
Edition 365 (1854 and British journal of photography) at New Art city, online
2020
Connect Project (Mohole) at Tempio del Futuro Perduto, Milan
Publications
2024
“AND 2023” by Then There Was Us
2022
“ISPA" by Parallelozero
Education
2024
Canon Student Development Programme 2024
Futuri Prossimi 2° Edition - Fluxlab
Masterclass with Marina Caneve - FMAV
2023
Jack London School - Literature and Photography
2022
Workshop Magnum X Armani - Olivia Arthur
2021
Canon student development programme 2021
Terraproject Photostory Master - Fondazione studio Marangoni
2020
CFP Bauer - Digital and Analog Photography
2018
Photography’s workshop by Mark Steinmetz - Micamera
Photojournalism’s workshop by Francesco Cito and Alessandro Penso - Macma