Vanessa Vettorello


Vanessa Vettorello is an Italian photographer based in Turin. With a background in Psychology, her practice investigates notions of identity, perception, and social structures through research projects and environmental portraiture. 
A Fujifilm Global Winner of the GFX Grant Project (2024) and an Eddie Adams Workshop alumna (2017), she currently teaches portrait photography at IED Turin. 
She is a member of Women Photograph and a co-founder of Freaks


vettorellovanessa@gmail.com 
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01.Wandering Star2019-2025 Project
Italy


        
Wandering Star is an investigation into strabismus, examining the relationship between a physical condition and the construction of identity, and how this visual divergence influences the experience of seeing and being seen. Rather than seeking a firm resolution, the project reflects on the social and psychological implications of a different gaze. A selection of the series is presented below.

Click here to visit the dedicated multimedia page including video and audio testimonies.
A young patient at Studio Oculistico Nucci in Milan
Dr. Zanasi poses with Bagolini red filter in her Modena studio
Archive material from the 1980s belonging to Dr. Zanasi
Detail of Vittoria’s eye during surgery
Angelica in her room
Vittoria in her room, March 2024
A drawing left at the hospital, "Thank you doctor, my eyes are wonderful."
Giulia practices gymnastics. Once afraid of the balance beam, she has now mastered it
Ayda with his mice
Vincenzo recalls the isolation of his strabismus, once, a girl he liked didn't respond to his greeting because she couldn't tell he was looking at her
Amanda was born with accommodative strabismus. Looking in the mirror is not always a simple act
02.Young Oman2019 Commission
Oman


        
This work explores contemporary Oman through the perspectives of its youth, who represent 65% of the population. It is a study in the delicate balance between deep-rooted tradition and a progressive outlook. These images are part of a broader collective project.

In collaboration with Parallelozero, AIGO, and the Oman Ministry of Tourism.
parallelozero.com/young-loman-di-domani
Oman, Muscat, Gutech University. Miriam (22) and Majida (22) are students in their final year of the degree course in International Business and Services Management. 80% of the students are female
Nadhira Alharthy, aged 41, is the first Omani woman to have climbed Everest and is the director of the Citizenship Department at the Ministry of Education
Muscat
A young Omani professional standing with his sports car on the Muscat shore
Wahiba Sands
A young man standing outside a mosque in Muscat
The courtyard of a traditional mosque, Muscat
Muscat, Fishmarket. Health Inspectors Haitham, 36, Zakareya, 31, and Balaes, Mohammed, 25
Jalan Bani Buhassan
Muscat. A pupil of a girls’ school in her uniform
Muscat, Gutech University. A workshop on Infrastructure Engineering. Students laugh during a team building activity related to environmental engineering: a
model bridge made of spaghetti has just collapsed
Muscat on Saturday evening
03.Bollywood Talkies
2013-2017
Story
Mumbai, India

India’s cinema landscape reflects its deep social divisions through three distinct types of theaters: dying single-screen halls, expanding modern multiplexes, and often unregulated video parlors. Frequented by specific audiences based on their socio-economic background, these venues serve as a tangible metaphor for a social fabric that remains profoundly fragmented.

Click here to hear some interviews

Interior of a video parlour in Dharavi, the biggest slum in the world. The number of video parlours increased a few years ago because single-screen cinemas were closing in some areas of the city. 
The ticket price is between 1 and 5 rupees
Maratha Mandir, Mumbai. Since 1995, this historic single-screen cinema has hosted a daily collective ritual: the uninterrupted screening of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
Edward Theatre in Mumbai, now closed
A projector in an old single-screen cinema in Pune, now closed
Audience in an illegal Dharavi video parlour. Video parlours change venue during the year due to their illegal status
This is the basement of the Edward Theatre. In the '70s and '80s, the manager's family and cinema employees used to live in the same building as the cinema. It was a large community. 
Edward Theatre has been closed since the Covid pandemic
New Roshan was one of the most famous single-screen theatres in South Mumbai. There were a lot of theatres until 2004 in the Grant Road area in Mumbai. New Roshan closed in 2021
A family inside Metro Big Cinemas on a Friday night. Metro is a beautiful Art Deco cinema that opened on 5 June 1938. It became one of Bollywood's most famous red-carpet theatres. Despite such achievements, Metro could not stand up to the multiplex invasion. The promoters decided to transform the old cinema into a multiplex
Interior of the Edward Theatre
New Roshan, Mumbai
A helper at the Edward Cinema paying attention to some odd sounds coming from the balcony. Some pigeons had entered the space again. 
When I interviewed the manager, Sanjay, he said: “There's no future for this place, I'm very sorry”
Bharatmata Cinema, one of the last cinemas still open after the Covid pandemic
04.Clients
2012-2026
Portfolio


My work focuses on people and their environment. Though this site highlights my personal projects, the exact same vision shapes my editorial and commercial practice. This section features collaborations developed for a variety of clients, ranging from corporate brands and institutions to magazines.

Agencies: Bbdo, Creativa360, Fargo, Hub09, Mailander, Motion Pixel, Officina38, Parallelozero, Pomilio Blumm, Prodea, Wedoo, Zandegù.
Companies:
Bacardi, Borgo Sant'Anna, Coldiretti, Compagnia dei Caraibi, Domori, DPV, Fujifilm, GAJA Winery, Gucci, Lenti, Nerdo, Pt Torino, Salento Books, Sketchin, Slowfood, Tangoo, Timex Watches, Waycap, Zs Verlag.
Magazines:
Chora Media, Club Oenologique, Corriere della Sera, D di Repubblica, Editoriale Domus, Further Mag (Silver Sea), Grande Cucina, Haaretz, Icon, Internazionale Kids, Jesus, Le Monde, Robb Report, The Guardian, Vanity Fair.
Institutions & Organisations: Agenzia Piemonte Lavoro, Bjcem, Camera di Commercio Torino, Campus ILO, European Commission, Explora Lombardia, Refugees Welcome, Regione Piemonte, Tourist Board of Langhe, Monferrato e Roero, UNSSC.

Gaia Gaja - Newsletter Gaja
Gaja Family - Club Oenologique
Snow in Barbaresco - Newsletter Gaja
Architect Giovanni Bo - Newsletter Gaja
Barbaresco - Club Oenologique
Pieve Santa Restituta - Newsletter Gaja
Gaja vineyards in winter - Newsletter Gaja
Rialto Venice fish market - Further Mag
Rialto Venice fish market - Further Mag
Trieste - Further Mag
Trieste, Vud Design - Further Mag
View of the town Cividale del Friuli - Further Mag
 Fattoria Zoff in Cormons - Further Mag
Tourist Board of Langhe, Monferrato e Roero in collaboration with Parallelozero
Coldiretti Campaign: new Mercato del Corso
Coldiretti assignment - Barbaresco vineyards
Karime Lopez, Gucci Osteria for Gucci
La Limonaia - Grande Cucina
Vicciola and Condividere - Rfood
Borgo Sant’Anna
Borgo Sant’Anna
Progetto Baita, Varallo Sesia - Haaretz
Young pastors of Bergamo
La torre, reserach center
Maurizio Cheli for General Motors
Tangoo crew
Cinema Romano - Chora Media
Lorenzo Ventavoli, Cinema Nazionale - Chora Media
05.News
2018-2026
Portfolio


Recent updates on my photographic practice, including latest editorial features and press coverage.

Sguardi liberi dagli schemi - Mind (GEDI)
Wandering star - a photo essay 
The Guardian
A matter of elegance - Interni Magazine
Urbanautica Winner
Coldiretti campaign
Coldiretti campaign
Through wandering eyes - Women4women (FUJIFILM)
GFX CHALLENG GRANT - Global winner
Gambero Rosso
Essen, Trinken, Erleben - Piemont guide
(ZS VERLAG)
Progetto baita - Haaretz
Interview on AltreStorie -Mario Calabresi
(CHORA MEDIA)
PT Torino - Esquire
Robb Report
Una cronaca della pandemia - Il post
Covid 19 - Vanity Fair
Cesare Falletti - La vie (LE MONDE)
Le stagioni del cinema - AltreStorie
(CHORA MEDIA)
La palestra del sogno congelata dal virus - AltreStorie (CHORA MEDIA)
Italian Unification - Club Oenologique
The COVID-19 Visual Project “Invisibili”
Cortona on the move
Skytg24
Rfood
Rfood
Gucci Osteria - 50 best
Chili Magazine
Giovane Oman - Drepubblica (GEDI)
We World Energy (ENI)
Refugees Welcome campaign
Sultanato speciale - Internazionale Kids
Nuovo Cinema Mumbai - DRepubblica (GEDI)
Internazionale