ABOUT
Tommaso Sacconi is an Italian-Swiss photographer and documentary filmmaker based in Brooklyn, NY.
His work focuses on long-term photographic research, developing serial projects that examine everyday objects and urban environments through repetition and systematic observation.
Between 2017 and 2021, he co-directed the feature documentary Grain: Analog Renaissance (81 min), which premiered at DOC NYC in 2021.
In parallel, he collaborates as an architectural photographer with international clients in the fields of architecture and design.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 FOTOFOCUS – Big Tent – Curated by Kevin Moore – Cincinnati (US)
2025 COMBAT PRIZE – Contemporary Art – Museo Civico Giovanni Fattori, Livorno (IT)
2024 ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY – IPE 165 – Selected by Àsìkò, Louise Fedotov-Clements, Siqi Li, Raquel Villar-Pérez and Dr Michael Pritchard – Bristol (UK)
2023 PARATISSIMA – Time Capsule – Curated by Francesca Calzà, Greta De Marchi, Martina Ghignatti – Cavallerizza, Turin (IT)
2023 PAST & PRESENT / Der Greif – Pavillon 333 at Pinakothek der Moderne – Munich (DE)
2023 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – Creative – Curated by Monica Allende – Somerset House, London (UK)
2022 ROTTERDAM PHOTO FAIR – Planet Human – Rotterdam (NL)
2021 ARTE LAGUNA PRIZE 15 – Curated by Igor Zanti and Matteo Galbiati – Arsenale di Venezia, Venice (IT)
2020 LENZBURG Fotofestival – Times under pressure – Lenzburg (CH)
2019 FONDAZIONE FRANCESCO FABBRI – Curated by Carlo Sala – Villa Brandolini, Pieve di Soligo (IT)
2019 COPENHAGEN PHOTO FESTIVAL – Censored Exhibition, Copenhagen (DK)
2019 CENTRO STUDI Giorgio Muratore – Portinerie Romane – Rome (IT)
2016 TAG Gallery / Darkroom Project – Sons of Rome – Rome (IT)
PUBLICATIONS
Books, Catalogues & Zines
2026 Portinerie Romane – Silvana Editoriale – Texts by Franco Purini and Marvin Heiferman – Monograph
2023 NEXT NEW YORK (Next Cities Series)
by Mona El Khafif and Seth McDowell – Applied Research & Design – Photographic Essay
2022 Shooting FILM: Everything You Need to Know About Analogue Photography
By Ben Hawkins and Liza Kanaeva-Hunsicker – Ilex Press – Case Study
2021 Marco Anelli: Portraits in the Presence of Marina Abramović
By Marco Anelli – Damiani – Editor and Book Design
2020 Small Victories
By Jeff Hamada – BOOOOOOOM – Photography Contribution
2020 Confini Aperti – Racconti sulla quarantena / Open Borders – Stories about quarantine
By Nicola Brucoli, Carlo Settimio Battisti and Nicola Aprile – TWM Factory – Photographic Essay
2019 – Portinerie Romane (zine) – Edition of 200
2018 – New York (zine) – Edition of 33 / Signed
Magazines & Press
2024 URBANAUTICA – Images as Conceptual Building Blocks – Holding On
2020 PERIMETRO MAGAZINE – Delivery Bikers
2020 SHOTS MAGAZINE – Issue No. 148
2019 SHOTS MAGAZINE – Issue No. 143
2019 ELLE DECOR – Portinerie Romane
2019 ARTRIBUNE – Portinerie Romane
2018 HAMBURGER EYES ZINE – N.34
2018 EYESHOT MAGAZINE – Street Photography
2017 WJ Witness Journal #86 – Bushwick
2016 il POST – Portinerie Romane
2016 DIVISARE Atlas of Architecture – Portinerie Romane
2016 Repubblica – Figli di Roma
FILM
Grain: Analog Renaissance (2021)
Official Trailer / grainthemovie.com / lilianfilms.com
Available on: Amazon Prime / TUBI / ROKU / FILMIN
Selected Festivals
2025 TAFF The Art Film Fest – Rome (IT)
2023 DART Film Festival – Barcelona (ES)
2022 DART Film Festival – Santiago (CL)
2022 Brooklyn Film Festival – Brooklyn (US)
2022 CIFF 46 International Film Festival – Cleveland (US)
2022 International Center of photography ICP – New York (US)
2021 DOC NYC – World Premiere – New York (US)
Lite Feet / Starting Point (2015)
Official Trailer
Selected Festivals
2016 SSF2016 – Sapporo International Short Film Festival – Sapporo (JP)
2016 KUKI FESTIVAL – Berlin (DE)
2015 CINE RAIL FESTIVAL – International Festival trains on Film – Paris (FR)
2015 Arcipelago Film Festival – Rome (IT)
2015 INTERFILM – International Shorts Film Festival – Berlin (DE)
2015 Premio Libero Bizzarri – DOC Film Festival – San Benedetto del Tronto (IT)
2015 SEEYOUSOUND Festival – World Premiere – Turin (IT)
SELECTED RECOGNITION
2025 TAFF The Art Film Fest – GRAIN: Analog Renaissance – 3rd Prize
2023 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD – Creative – Shortlist
2022 URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARD – Architecture – Special Mention
2021 LIFE FRAMER – URBAN LIFE – Honorable Mention
2021 PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS – Fine Art – Bronze
2020 URBANAUTICA INSTITUTE AWARD – Memories and Traditions – Special Mention
2018 LIFE FRAMER – YOUTHHOOD – Editors' Pick
2017 DAYLIGHT Photo Awards – Juror’s Pick
2017 MONOVISIONS Photography Awards – Street photography – 3rd Place
2017 IPOTY International Photographer of the Year – Honorable Mention
2017 FAPA Fine Art Photography Awards – Nominee
2016 TIFA Tokyo International Foto Awards – Honorable Mention
2015 IPA International Photography Awards – Honorable Mention