Silva holds a Master of Science in Architecture from Politecnico di Milano and a Masters in Cultural Anthropology, Ethnology, Ethnolinguistics from Università Foscari, Venezia. Photographs are to Silva an instrument to build a narrative. Her work has been featured in numerous international exhibitions, including the International Architecture Exhibition (Venezia), Villa Romana in Firenze, NGBK in Berlin, MACRO, Rome, Louisiana Museum in Copenhagen and the Biennials of Istanbul and Thessaloniki. In 2012 Silva established her own publishing house, Humboldt Books and she is also founder of San Rocco magazine as well as part of the collectives Desertmed and 900 km Nile City. Silva teaches Photography at NABA Milano. giovannasilva.com