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Photographer Malena Mazza

Malena Mazza was born in Bologna, Italy and moved to Milan to attend the Cinema School. In 1982 she starts her professional career as director assistant at Production House Film 77 in Milan and soon becomes First Assistant of international renown directors such as Taviani brothers, Michelangelo Antonioni, Maurizio Zaccaro, Giancarlo Soldi, Giampaolo Tescari, Maurizio Azzali, Dario Piana, Gavino Sanna, Andrea Cardile, Jerard de Batista, Jacques Venait, Robert Fraisse and many others.

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She specializes in videoclip direction, commercials and TV shows. Since 2005 her photographs are auctioned by Sotheby’s. She has published several photo books in Italy and abroad. She currently works as fashion photographer in New York, London, Paris, Madrid and Milan, collaborating with numerous international and Italian headlines (including Citizen K, D, Elle, Glamour, Harpers Bazaar America, Interni, Io Donna, Marie Claire, Max, Playboy, Sportweek, Style, Urban e Vogue).

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She realized many commercials, advertisements (Barilla, Borbonese, BPU, Fiat, Four Roses, Frau, Frigoriferi Milanesi, Garnier, Glent Grant, Illy Caffe’, Longines, Luciano Padovan, Nivea, Prenatal, Printemps Magazine, Nina Ricci, Basile, Romeo Gigli, Siemens, Swatch etc.) and CD covers (Fausto Leali, Ottmar Liebert, Loreena Mckennit, Mara Sottocornola, Atmosphere and others). Her works appear in many exhibitions, amongst others in Italy, Paris, Hong Kong. In 1995 and 2011 she exhibited her works during the Venice Biennale.

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