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Francesco Merlini is a photographer born in 1986 in Aosta, Italy. After obtaining a degree in industrial design at the Polytechnic University of Milan, he dedicated to photography. He then worked in the Italian news. He lives and works in Milan.

About his collection called "Farang", the artist explain his approach: "I have tried to see the extraordinary in generally quite ordinary moments". The camera has become a tool to break people's blindness, to show them the wonders of reality and make them feel my own fascination. I see analogies between this project and tarot cards: the fact of discovering and unveiling the luck or the future misfortune of an individual by reading cards is a bit like my conception of photography".

He currently works mainly in personal long term projects, press or corporations commissions. In 2012, his work was published in the book Mono vol. In 2015, his project Farang won the competition of "Conscientious Photography Portfolio", and in 2016 he was selected by the British Journal of Photography to join The Talents Number: Those to follow in 2016. His photographs have been published in international magazines and websites such as The Washington Post, Time Lightbox, Gup Magazine, Financial Times, Le Monde, Espresso, Wired, GQ, Die Welt, Internazionale, La Stampa and La Repubblica. He is represented by the photojournalism agency Prospekt.
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Francesco Merlini is a photographer born in 1986 in Aosta, Italy. After obtaining a degree in industrial design at the Polytechnic University of Milan, he dedicated to photography. He then worked in the Italian news. He lives and works in Milan.About his collection called "Farang", the artist explain his approach: "I have tried to see the extraordinary in generally quite ordinary moments". The camera has become a tool to break people's blindness, to show them the wonders of reality and make them feel my own fascination. I see analogies between this project and tarot cards: the fact of discovering and unveiling the luck or the future misfortune of an individual by reading cards is a bit like my conception of photography".He currently works mainly in personal long term projects, press or corporations commissions. In 2012, his work was published in the book Mono vol. In 2015, his project Farang won the competition of "Conscientious Photography Portfolio", and in 2016 he was selected by the British Journal of Photography to join The Talents Number: Those to follow in 2016. His photographs have been published in international magazines and websites such as The Washington Post, Time Lightbox, Gup Magazine, Financial Times, Le Monde, Espresso, Wired, GQ, Die Welt, Internazionale, La Stampa and La Repubblica. He is represented by the photojournalism agency Prospekt.

When was Francesco Merlini born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1986