Francesco Gioia (b.1991) is a self-taught photographer whose work blends different genres and photographic styles, from avant-garde to documentary, from street photography to cinematic surrealism.
Gioia’s work covers a wide spectrum and takes inspiration from the great colourists such as Ernst Haas and Saul Leiter, expressionism and film noir.
Born and raised in Florence, he worked for a few years at one of Italy’s most prestigious photo agencies, Torrini Fotogiornalismo.
At the age of 24 he moved to London and concentrated full-time on photography.
Winner of numerous international awards and published in several photography magazines and newspapers such as The Guardian, his work has been exhibited in the UK, USA and Europe.

1st place winner of the 2020 The Independent Photographer Open Call Awards
1st place winner of the 2020 Street Photographers Foundation Street Photography Awards
1st place winner of the 2020 All-About-Photo Street Competition
Jurors’ Picks of the 2020 Lensculture Street Photography Awards selected by Joel Meyerowitz
3rd place winner of the 2020 The Independent Photographer Street Photography Awards
Finalist of the 2022 The Independent Photographer Open Call Awards
Finalist of the 2021 The Independent Photographer Color Awards
Finalist of the 2020 Miami Street Photography Festival
Finalist of the 2020 Fujifilm Moment Street Photo Awards
Finalist of the 2020 Italian Street Photo Festival
Finalist of the 2019 Miami Street Photography Festival

The Independent Photographer
Fisheye Magazine
The Street Rover
The Independent Photographer
The Washington Post
The Guardian
Noice Magazine
Eyeshot Magazine
The Photographic Bandwidth
Docu Magazine
All About Photo
Street Sweeper Magazine
StreetPhotography.com
Urban Street Diving
Street Photography Foundation

‘SuperTalents’ Collection

London, UK
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