Francesco Capasso nasce a Napoli nel 2001. Si avvicina all’arte visiva e alla fotografia durante l’adolescenza, sviluppando una ricerca incentrata sulle forme e sul paesaggio periferico. Nel tempo, la sua indagine evolve in una riflessione personale: il suo lavoro nasce da un processo di sottrazione, volto a rimuovere dal reale il nome, la funzione e la narrazione, per far emergere una dimensione silenziosa e potenziale dell’immagine.

Spazi marginali ed elementi residuali diventano così materia di osservazione e analisi, luoghi in cui il paesaggio si fa strumento di pensiero. Si forma all’Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, dove consegue con lode la laurea in Storia della Fotografia e successivamente la laurea di secondo livello in Fotografia come linguaggio d’arte, approfondendo il tema del paesaggio tra realtà e possibilità.

Nel 2025 fonda The Slow Archive, una piattaforma digitale dedicata alla fotografia contemporanea e alla valorizzazione di autori emergenti, con un’attenzione particolare alle pratiche visive lente, riflessive e di ricerca legate al paesaggio e alla memoria.

I suoi lavori sono stati pubblicati su riviste di settore e presentati in festival di fotografia e arte visiva.


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Francesco Capasso was born in Naples in 2001. He began approaching visual art and photography during his adolescence, developing a research-based practice focused on peripheral landscapes and minimal forms. Over time, his work evolved into a personal reflection grounded in a process of subtraction: removing names, functions, and narratives from reality to reveal a silent, potential dimension of the image.

Marginal spaces and residual elements become sites of observation and inquiry, where the landscape functions as a tool for thought. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he graduated with honors in History of Photography and later obtained a second-level degree in Photography as an Art Language, deepening his research on landscape between reality and possibility.

In 2025, he founded The Slow Archive, a digital platform dedicated to contemporary photography and the promotion of emerging artists, with a focus on slow, reflective, and research-oriented visual practices connected to landscape and memory.

His work has been published in photography magazines and presented at photography and visual art festivals.

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Education

Academy of Fine Arts, Naples
BA in Photography with honors, with a thesis in the History of Photography.
Currently enrolled in the second-level specialization program in Photography as an artistic language.

Internship
Participant in the Casa degli Archivi Fotografici project, working on the digitization of the Somma del Colle photographic collection at the State Archive of Naples.

SISF
Training workshop organized by the Italian Society for the Study of Photography (SISF).
"O Vero? When Photography Is Staged"
A theoretical and practical workshop on the performative potential of contemporary photography, in collaboration with Antonio Biasiucci.

A collaborative Project with Emilio Vavarella

Vertical Imaginary with Emilio Vavarella, a collaborative project that investigates verticality as a new visual grammar of the digital era. In a world where vertical smartphone screens have redefined our way of seeing and producing images. audiovisual content through their mobile devices. Between practice and theory, the laboratory promotes the creation of a shared imaginary, culminating in a collective video essay. With the Accademia Di Belle Arti Di Napoli and P+ARTS.

Publications-Awards-Exhibitions

2022 Broad Magazine - Inner Emptinnes Visit Online
2022 ArtDoc Magazine - Inner Emptinnes Visit Online
2022 Aesthetica Magazine - ISSUE 108 Visit Online
2022 The Pupil Sphere - Between The best academic students of the 2022 with Inner Emptinness Visit Online
2022 Minimalist Photography Awards - Honorable Mention, A16 MPA Awards
2022 International Photography Awards - Official Selection A16 IPA Awards
2022 Conceptual Project - Inner Emptinness - Visit Online
2022 Neutral Density Photography Awards - Honorable Mention, A16 Visit Online
2022 Budapest Photography Awards - Bronze Winner, A16 Visit Online
2022 Tokyo Photography Awards - Official Selection, A16
2023 Prize Eliana Lissoni - Exhibition with Inner Emptinness -
2023 Annecy Festival Photographique - Prix meillieure série étrangère - Exhibition Inner Emptinness
2023 Belgrade Photo Month - Finalist - Exhibition A16
2023 MoleArt - Interview - N 10/23 - MoleArt
2023 Arsenali Fotografici - Exhibition - Staunen - Oltre I Miei Occhi Visit Online
2023 Segni Festival Della Fotografia - Exhibition - Silenzi Isolani
2023 Fondazione Capri - Festival Della Fotografia Capri- Exhibition - Silenzi Isolani
2023 Y'O Centro cultural digital - Publication - Beyond My Eyes
2023 AmparoemFoco - Focus Photography Festival - Amparo,Sao Paulo, Brasil - Exhibition - Inner Emptiness - A16
2023 Stirling Photography festival - publication - Inner Emptiness.
2023 Noorderlicht Photofestival - Regenerate Exhibition - Inner Emptiness.
2023 Randagio Edizioni - selection - Metafisica Dell'immenso.
2024 Associazione Circuiti Dinamici, Milano - Microbo - Exhibition - Our landscape.
2024 Contemporary Identities - Publication - Issue 21
2024 La Mecha Contemporay Texas, U.S.A. - Exhibition - Landscape identity.
2024 Format Festival, Leicester UK, LCB Depot- Future Now - Exhibition - Your Landscape.
2024 Fumo Magazine - Publication - Beyond my eyes
2024 UniquePhoto Philadelphia, U.S.A. - Exhibition - Island Silences.
2024 Gulf stream magazine - Publication - Landscape Identity.
2024 Festival de Fotografia de Paranapiacaba, Brasil - Collective Exhibition.
2024 Dieci Decimi festival - Exhibition - Le Forme Dell'abitare - Island Silences.
2024 Exhibit Around - Publication - The Double City - Island Silences.
2024 Rush Magazine - Publication - Landscape Identity.
2024 Photolux Festival - Exhibition - La Chimera.
2025 ImmemoryMag - publication - Inner Emptiness.
2025 AnalogForever Magazine - Publication.
2025 Villa Sublime Roma, Visual Art DadaEvents - Exhibition - Inner Emptiness
2025 Magazzini Fotografici - SpazioFotocopia - Landscape Identity
2025 Hemera Festival - Exhibition - Inner Emptiness
2025 Germinale Monferrato Art Fest - Exhibition
2025 Exposure Photo Gallery - Finalist
2025 Yap Festival, Amarsi Oltre le Ombre - Exhibition
2025 Luci & Ombre - Arti Visive Piacenza - Bellezza Collaterale - Exhibition
2025 Accamadora Art Call - Roccalumera (ME) - Exhibition
2025 Premio Raffaele Pezzuti -Edizione V - Finalista - Exhibition
2025 Prix de la Photographie Paris - Honorable Mention - The Chimera
2026 Rigenera, Oltre il degrado. Tracce di rigenerazione - mostra collettiva.
2026 Cantiere Giovani, Riscrivere la città - mostra collettiva.
2026 Apricity Magazine - publication - Island Silences
2026 Red Ogre Review Issue: Poetry, Music & Visual Art - Island Silences