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Biography
Antonio Busiello is an Italian American award-winning photographer known for his focus on the relationship between man and the natural world that surrounds him.
Life and work
A native of Italy, Busiello study anthropology at the University of Naples, where he developed a deep interest in mankind and its cultural differences. Soon after he started traveling the world, concentrating on photography. He lived in Central America for many years before moving to California and now to London.
In 2010 his passion and love for nature brought him to Africa where he shot "Storm Gathering", a photograph that captured first prize in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition in the black and white category. Later that same image was included in the "Best Wildlife Images of the Last 50 years", published by London's Natural History Museum in 2015.
By combining his interest in humankind and his passion for the natural world Antonio has created numerous photographic essays. For example, Pride from Atacama, Camp of Shame or "The Cullatore", the opening photograph in his anthropological project about the Festival of the Lilies in Italy, won the gold medal from the Royal Photographic Society.
More recently, the World Wildlife Fund hired him to shoot its 2016 global campaign.
In 2016, his photograph "Sinking Venice" was chosen as part of the CIWEM - Environmental Photographer of the Year exhibition held at the Royal Geographic Society in London, the third time his work was so honored. In the same year Busiello started freelancing for the renown Italian magazine DOVE, where his first assignments focus on Naples, his hometown.
Busiello's storytelling through photography has caught the interest of museums, including the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC and London's Natural History Museum which have featured his work. Additionally, his images have appeared in a wide variety of media such as National Geographic, World Wildlife Fund, Time, Discovery Channel, BBC Wildlife, Huffington Post and the Washington Post, among others.
In California Busiello is working on an ongoing extensive project about the Channel Islands. A number of his images are part of the permanent exhibition at the National Park Visitor Center in Ventura, California, including his famous "Anacapa Arch", which has become the Park's iconic image.
Awards
- 2016: ATKINS CIWEM Environmental photographer of the Year Exhibition.
- 2014: ATKINS CIWEM Environmental photographer of the Year Exhibition
- 2014: OCEAN VIEW - NATURE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
- 2014: INTERNATIONAL COLOR AWARDS
- 2013: THE ROYAL PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY - GOLD MEDAL
- 2013: THE CENTER FOR FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
- 2013: PHOTOGRAPHY MASTER CUP AWARD
- 2013: BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARD
- 2013: PHOTOGRAPHY MASTER CUP AWARD
- 2012: NATURE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD
- 2012: NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE AWARD
- 2012: BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARD
- 2011: NATIONAL WILDLIFE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST
- 2011: CIWEM ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
- 2011: CALIFORNIA ISLANDS SYMPOSIUM PHOTO CONTEST
- 2011: BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 2011: BLACK & WHITE SPIDER AWARD
- 2010: NATIONAL WILDLIFE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST
- 2010: BBC WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
- 2010: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTO CONTEST
- 2010; NATIONAL WILDLIFE INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST
- 2007: FESTIVAL MONDIAL DE L' IMAGE SOUS MARINE
- 2007: INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF PELAGOS
- 2007: INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST CITTA' DI FAENZA
- 2007: INTERNATIONAL PHOTO CONTEST UN OCCHIO NEL BLUE UDINE
- 2007: FESTIVAL MONDIAL DE L' IMAGE SOUS MARINE