BIOGRAPHY
Eolo Perfido is an Italian portrait photographer and creative director based in Rome, Italy. He runs one of the biggest photo studios in Italy and the last decades he collaborated with several international advertising and communication agencies such as JWT, Saatchi & Saatchi, Leo Burnett, Young & Rubicam, BBDO, United 1861, Grey and Blossom Communication.
Rome, 2023
Eolo Perfido photography has been featured in magazines such as NY Times, Communication Arts, Panorama First, Vision, Vogue Russia, GQ Russia, Communication Arts, L’Espresso, and Computer Arts and he worked for several international clients like Pepsi Cola, Samsung, Pirelli, Kraft, Gatorade, Sky Television, Novartis and Opel.
At the beginning of his career, he was honored to assist on the field photographers like Steve McCurry, Elliott Erwitt, Eugene Richards, and James Nachtwey in several of their shootings in Europe, Africa, Asia, and South America.
His creative path has allowed him to win several major awards in the field of creative photography. In 2009 he was awarded the first prize of the National Association of Italian Professional Photographers Tau Visual for the artistic quality of its images.
In 2010 he was awarded the "Best International Portrait Photographer" during the fine art photography exhibition “Photo Vernissage” which was held at the Manege Museum in St. Petersburg, which saw the participation of hundreds of photographers from around the world.
In 2011, the Italian magazine L'Espresso chose along with other nine young Italians creatives who have been asked to tell through a picture the 150th anniversary of the Unification of Italy.
In 2019 he won the prestigious Luce Iblea award for his street photography.
In 2021 he won the bronze medal @ the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity with a campaign by TBWA\PARIS for Leica Camera.
In 2022 he won the prestigious Amedeo Modigliani Foundation Award for his career as a portrait photographer and his contribution to the world of culture.
Eolo also follows a personal artistic journey that leads him to exhibit his fine art photography series in numerous private galleries. Among his most successful fine art projects is the photographic series Clownville, recently presented in two solo shows at Galleria Janet Coast of Recife in Brazil and the Leica Galerie in Milano.
Eolo is also an educator, and over the last 10 years, he has created a series of very successful worldwide photography seminars focused on Portrait Photography, Travel Portraits, Street Photography, and Post Production.
It is possible to find more information, calendars and registration forms on the dedicated website Eolo Perfido Workshops:
www.eoloperfidoworkshops.com
In 2016 he created with Fabio Timpanaro and Antonella Catanese a Digital Artists collective named Storm Studio, specialized in Creative Retouching, Digital Imaging, Digital Illustration, Advertising Still Visuals, Post Production, and 3D CGI.
One of the best known Italian Street Photographers, Leica Ambassador between 2013 and 2018, today Eolo is a Leica Certified Photographer and Leica Akademie instructor.
Since 2022 Eolo is a Profoto Illuminati Ambassador.
Since January 2019 he is the Editorial Director of ExibartStreet Magazine, a new editorial platform dedicated to street photography and part the Exibart Magazine, the most important Italian editorial network dedicated to contemporary art.
Since 2020 he is the Studio Director of the LineaB Photographic Studios in Rome.
Since 2021 he is the artistic director of Molinchrom: Festival of Nomad Photography an international Photographic Festival held in Molise.
Since 2023 he is a Master Instructor for the Xiaomi Imagery Online Master Class
supported by Leica.
Clients
Advertising Agencies
Magazines
Eolo Perfido is represented by the international photo agency SUDEST57.
You can contact him writing to his agent Biba Giacchetti at biba@sudest57.com or directly to his studio at info@eoloperfido.com