Born in 1964, Marco D'Anna began his career very early on as a photo-reporter in Lugano. He received the Federal Diploma of Photography in 1984 and continued to shape his professional career by following such important photographers as Gabriele Basilico, René Burri, René Groebli and Mario De Biasi.
In 1986 he opened his Studio in Lugano (Switzerland).
Numerous experiences of differentiating significance have been woven into the path of his artistic research and professional growth, from photo-reporting to the reproduction of art objects, from architectural photographs to advertising images.
He lives and works in Lugano.
Main Personal and Collective Exhibitions.
1985 Lugano Town Hall, «Ritratti di musicisti Jazz», personal
2004 Cons Arc Gallery, «Art Objects from the Municipality of Chiasso», Chiasso collective
2004 Swiss Cultural Center, «Il ritorno della memoria», Venice, personal
2004 Leica Gallery, «Odyssey», Nidau, collective
2004 Casa Rusca Museum, «Il ritorno della memoria», Locarno, personal
2005 Comic Strip Festival Angoulême, France. Ethiopia, The Track of the Scorpion», Hugo Pratt, Guilbert, Wazem, D'Anna, travelling exhibition to several European cities, the island of Reunion and at the Swiss Cultural Centre in Rome.
2006 Matasci Art Centre, «Merlot: the land, the people, the wine», Tenero, personal
2006 Italian Cultural Institute and Hyatt Hotel, New Delhi, India. «Merlot» - an exhibition organised by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, Centre responsible for foreign cultural policy, personal
2007 Church of San Stae, Venice, «Mnemosine for Venice», Pierre Casè sculptures, Angelo Casè poetry, Marco D'Anna photography, collective
2007 «L'Elac Gallery, «Teff», words and images. Hugo Pratt and Marco D'Anna, Lausanne, personal
2007 Cons Arc Gallery, « Black and White - Images Revealed»,Chiasso, collective
2008 Fabrik Raum 5 Gallery « … Oltre la trama», Melchnau, personal
Collections
1991 In the Collection of the Swiss Foundation for Photography
1992 In the Collection of the Gotthard Bank Foundation
1996 In the Collection of the Municipality of Chiasso
1998 In the American Polaroid Collection
2005 In the Ticino Cantonal Collection
2007 In the Banca Stato Collection
Since 1990, in numerous private collections.
Other significant experience
Since 1989, collaboration with Mario Botta, architect, Lugano
From 1990-2007 Swiss Television dedicated 7 portraits to him
From 1992 to 1997, collaboration with publisher Franco Maria Ricci, Milan
1996 Published the volume about the World Cycling Championships «Those days for everyone, the story of an idea that became global», Enrico Carpani, Buona Stampa publisher, Lugano
1997 Published the volume «Winds of Estival», Twenty years of Lugano Estival Jazz, Fontana publisher, Pregassona.
1998 «Best of Italy», prize at the Final European Polaroid Art Award competition
1999 A photograph of Miles Davis sold at auction to the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, Salle Gavot, Paris.
1999 Published the volume «La Svizzera Italiana 1999», RTSI publisher, Lugano, introduced by René Burri. Work also visible on the www.rtsi.ch website.
2000 Worked on the theme of political asylum in Switzerland, a documentary study commissioned for the first time from an independent photographer by the Swiss Federal Office for Refugees in Bern.
2001 The Leica Courrier magazine published the portfolio «Photos in movement in the biggest cities in the world»
2003 Represented in Italy by «Studio Immagine», Milan
2004 Published the volume «Il ritorno della memoria», Swiss General Consulate, Milan
2005 Published the volume «Ethiopia, The Track of the Scorpion», Casterman and Lizard publishers, Belgium, Rome, photographs also published in the prestigious National Geographic magazine
2006 Published the volume «Thank you - Danke», Portraits of the Gruppo Lantal Personnel, Renata and Urs Baumann, Langenthal
2006 Published the volume «Merlot», Matasci and Poncioni publishers, Losone, introduced by Mario De Biasi and Alberto Nessi.
2007 Publishes the volume «Teff», words and images, Hugo Pratt and Marco D'Anna, du Flon publishers, Lausanne
2008 Preface of the volume «La Giovinezza» of Hugo Pratt, with the writer Marco Steiner, Casterman publisher
2008 Published the volume «…Oltre la trama», Polaroid Transfer, introduced by Pierre Casé, Gruppo Lantal, Urs e Renata Baumann, Langenthal
