Federico Clavarino

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Federico Clavarino is a photographer and teacher. He studied creative writing at Alessandro Baricco's Scuola Holden in Turin and documentary photography at Fosi Vegue's BlankPaper Escuela in Madrid. He is currently pursuing a Master of Research degree at the Royal College of Art in London.

Clavarino's works revolve around issues of power, history and representation. He has published six books so far: Ukraina Pasport (Fiesta Ediciones, 2011), Italia o Italia (Akina, 2014), The Castle (Dalpine, 2016), La Vertigine (Witty Kiwi, 2017), Hereafter (Skinnerboox, 2019) and Alvalade (XYZ Books, 2019). His works have been exhibited internationally, in the official programme of festivals (PhotoEspaña, Les Recontres d'Arles, Fotofestiwal Łódź) in galleries (Viasaterna in Milan, Temple in Paris, Espace JB in Geneva) and in museums (Caixa Forum Madrid/Barcelona, MACRO). He taught at BlankPaper Escuela from 2012 to 2017 and currently lectures and gives workshops internationally, collaborating with museums (MACRO in Rome, CCCB in Barcelona, Museo San Telmo in San Sebastian), schools (ISSP in Latvia, D.O.O.R. and Ofcine Fotografche in Rome) and universities (Leeds University, Universidad de Navarra).