Maria Abbadessa, born in Messina, Sicily, is a photographer, visual artist and performer. Raised in Messina, she later moved to Milan where she graduated in painting from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. She then continued her studies in Milan,...
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Maria Abbadessa, born in Messina, Sicily, is a photographer, visual artist and performer. Raised in Messina, she later moved to Milan where she graduated in painting from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. She then continued her studies in Milan, where she obtained a diploma in photography from the C.F.P. Bauer school. To complete her training, she followed photographer Angelo Raffaele Turetta for an internship in film photography in Rome. In 2023, she attended a master's course at the Fondazione Studio Marangoni school in Florence. Her photography is a continuous exploration of nature, the places of Sicily, through autobiographical references and introspective analysis. She uses pictorial and photographic media, manipulating images using post-production software.
She currently lives and works as a photographer and post-producer in Milan.