Patrizia Genovesi
Patrizia Genovesi (born 1962) is an Italian photographer, video artist and lecturer. Her works include portraits of Nobel Prize laureates published by the Nobel Prize Organization. Genovesi teaches Photography at the Free University of Cinema in Rome and holds seminars and lectures at different venues on a variety of visual art topics. Career. Genovesi studied photography with Leonard Freed, Richard Kalvar, Abbas and Moises Saman of Magnum Photos Agency. Genovesi takes inspiration from other arts as well as from technology, benefitting from scientific education coupled with studies of drawing and painting from the Italian tradition, music execution and  composition, and other abilities like screenwriting with Mario Monicelli, writing with Domenico Starnone, and theater direction with Argentinian Renzo Casali. Genovesi's production can hardly be classified within any given artistic trend in photography and video art. It covers a variety of styles and subjects, ranging from black-and-white to over-saturated color and includes portraits, landscapes, architecture, street photography, light painting, and others. Genovesi is also active as a lecturer in conferences and seminars, both in-presence and online, on topics related to visual arts including photography, painting, and film photography. Genovesi's photographs of Nobel Prize laureates  have been published by the Nobel Prize Organization. Her portrait of Mrs. Levi-Montalcini was exhibited in Kamienna Gora, Poland, during the celebrations for Nobel Prize laureate Viktor Hamburger. Genovesi's portraits of Magnum Photo Agency photographer Leonard Freed are part of the permanent collection of the Charleroi Museum of Photography in Charleroi Belgium.