UPOTY 2026 CURATOR
Alessandra Bello
🇮🇹Feltre
Architectural & Landscape Photographer
Professional biography
Alessandra Bello, from Friuli, graduated in Restoration and Conservation at the Experimental Art Institute of Udine. In Venice, she earned a degree in Architecture Sciences from IUAV while training in architectural and landscape photography under Guido Guidi and Alessandra Chemollo. She attended seminars with renowned photographers including John Davies and Giovanni Chiaramonte, focusing on modern landscape analysis.
In 2009, she founded [ab] Alessandra Bello Photography, working as a freelance architectural and landscape photographer while developing personal projects. Her work has appeared in Casabella, Domus, Bauwelt, and been exhibited at venues such as the Venice Architecture Biennale and Milan Triennale. In 2015, the first series of her Sight’s Blue Sense project ranked second at the Sony World Photography Awards.
She lectures on peripheral vision and the relationship between photography and architecture, collaborating with universities and institutions. Her research into Fascist-era Great War memorials led to a partnership with the Veneto Region.
Since 2016, her focus has shifted to metaphysical landscapes - conceived as alien or hostile - and the spectral dimension, seen as the horizon of all that, by not happening, made contingency possible. In 2024, she served on the jury of the Annual Photography Awards. Today, she balances commissioned work with personal exploration.