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Published in the November issue of National Geographic
It is with great emotion that I announce that my photographs are in this month's issue of National Geographic! My photographic story on...
Nov 8, 2021


Received the CICFF Golden Fox Award for Capuchin Culture!
I have no words to describe the happiness I feel in receiving so many awards and accolades. I am truly grateful for the appreciation and...
Apr 9, 2021


The statuette of the London Independent Film Awards
Capuchin Culture is the best short documentary.
Feb 16, 2021


Capuchin Culture on the newspaper!
Today on Il Granchio, an article about Capuchin Culture, winner of the award for the Best Nature Short Film at the International Nature...
Oct 31, 2020


The trophy of the International Nature Film Festival
Really happy to get this prestigious award! Capuchin Culture is the Best Nature Short Film!
Oct 23, 2020


Capuchin Culture Winner Best South America Film at the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
Capuchin Culture is the Best Film about South America of the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival! I am really happy to receive this award...
Oct 15, 2020


Monkey culture at risk
A new scientific documentary about the latest findings of the EthoCebus Project: the culture of capuchin monkeys is threatened by the...
Oct 3, 2020


Special Mention at the Nature inFocus Film Awards!
Another distinguished recognition for Capuchin Culture! Special Mention at Nature inFocus Film Awards!
Sep 28, 2020


Capuchin Culture wins Audience Choice Popular Vote at the Ireland Wildlife Film Festival
Capuchin Culture has won the Audience Choice Popular Vote at the Ireland Wildlife Film Festival! I am really happy about this award and I...
Sep 25, 2020


Capuchin Culture - Best Nature Short Film at the International Nature Film Festival!
Fantastic news! Capuchin Culture is the best Nature Short Film of the International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő!...
Sep 14, 2020


Ireland Wildlife Film Festival Nominee - Cast your vote!
Capuchin Culture is going great! It has been nominated for the best of its category at the Ireland Wildlife Film Festival and it will be...
Sep 10, 2020


International Nature Film Festival Gödöllő Final
Great news! My films "Capuchin Culture" and "Wild Rome" are both finalists at the International Nature Film Festival and they will be...
Sep 2, 2020


Capuchin monkeys on Superquark
I am really happy to announce that capuchin monkeys, the primate species that I studied and filmed in Brazil, will be the protagonists of...
Jul 27, 2020


Watch Capuchin Culture at the digital edition of the International Wildlife Film Festival!
April 18, 2020 "Capuchin Culture" and many other amazing films from this year's selection will be free to stream for the week of the...
Apr 18, 2020


ON AIR - Saturday, April 4 at 17.00 - on La7
"Qualcosa si è rotto", the short documentary shot in Kenya that I contributed to make."Qualcosa si è rotto", the short documentary shot...
Apr 4, 2020


Capuchin Culture is a finalist at the International Wildlife Film Festival!
My documentary "Capuchin Culture", about the remarkable skills of the Brazilian capuchin monkeys, is a finalist at the prestigious...
Feb 24, 2020


Capuchin monkeys on Superquark+
It is an honour for me to have taken part in the new Superquark project, the successful Rai branded program now with a dedicated series...
Dec 22, 2019


Exhibit at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa
Photo exposed at the Natural History Museum of the University of Pisa for the Eto-Click photo contest exhibition.
Jun 16, 2017


Special thanks!
A photograph is the representation of a moment. A single moment. Metter of hundredths of a second. The time needed to apply a little...
Oct 19, 2016


My photo is the opening image of "Wild Planet", volume of the collection published by New Scientist!
Cracking this nut will take strength, skill and a grasp of physics – and the capuchin is equal to the task. The monkeys choose nuts that...
Oct 14, 2016


Photo published on Nature journal
Worn rocks may have been used by Brazilian bearded capuchin monkeys hundreds of years ago, marking the earliest evidence for stone-tool...
Jul 13, 2016


Published on Science Illustrated
Double-page spread for my photo of the "smashing" capuchin on Science Illustrated magazine.
May 2, 2016


Interview on Canale 5 for the television program L'Arca di Noè
Interview on capuchin monkeys for the programme L'Arca di Noè of TG5. Broadcasted on Sunday 6 March, 1.40 pm, on Canale 5. Watch the clip
Mar 6, 2016


Published on Focus magazine
Focus magazine published an article about my winning photo at the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition.
Jan 23, 2016


Runner-up of the Behaviour Category at the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition
See the Gallery Published also on BBC and National Geographic Italia
Nov 26, 2015


Photo published on the cover of the issue of the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions B
In Fazenda Boa Vista (Piauí, Brazil), wild bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) habitually use percussive tools. This alpha...
Oct 19, 2015


Capuchin monkeys at the Expo 2015, Milan
"Odori e sapori: un viaggio sensoriale attraverso i prodotti alimentari" Il 26 Settembre all'EXPO di Milano si parlerà di mele ed...
Sep 26, 2015


Photographic exhibit - 6th European Federation for Primatology Meeting
A photo report documenting a 90 day long experience spent observing a group of bearded capuchin monkeys (Sapajus libidinosus) at Fazenda...
Aug 25, 2015


Capannina Aperitiff presenta "90 days" - Mostra fotografica
90 days, il mio reportage fotografico realizzato nella foresta brasiliana, finalmente arriva a Lavinio, il posto dove sono cresciuto e...
Jul 31, 2015


Festival Pint of Science Italy - Tra ricerca e fotografia
Pint of Science porta alcuni dei più brillanti ricercatori al tuo bar per discutere le loro ultime ricerche e scoperte direttamente con te.
May 19, 2015


90 days in the forest of the monkeys
Photographic exhibition at Roma Tre University
May 7, 2015


90 days in the forest of the monkeys
Photographic exhibition at FNUR - Fotografi Naturalisti Università di Roma
Dec 16, 2014


Piero Angela presents "The Bearded Capuchin Monkeys of Fazenda Boa Vista"
Screening of the documentary "The Bearded Capuchin Monkeys of Fazenda Boa Vista" by Elisabetta Visalberghi and Alessandro Albani,...
Dec 15, 2014
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