Born in Milan, Salvo’s roots go back to the island of Ponza

Having had a passion for photography since childhood, Salvo he went on to obtain a master’s degree in photography from the Riccardo Bauer Institute in Milan

Salvo has lived and worked in London, New York and Milan, where he currently resides.

He has been correspondent and reporter for several Italian and international newspapers, worked for major brands in the field of advertising and published several books.

In 1998, based on his rainforest tribe project, he received a prestigious scholarship from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York, enabling him to produce and publish Sidewalk Stories, a book inspired by the Homeless in New York.

His works have been exhibited in Milan, New York, Amsterdam, Paris, Belgrade and he has created two underwater exhibits “The South-east Passage” in Ponza and “StarS” (supported by the Italian Red Cross, UNHCR, Fondazione Progetto Arca, and Emergency), an underwater photographic itinery to celebrate integration, in Lampedusa.

Those who are born on islands or whose roots are on one, whether large or small, know that the sea and water in general, are ancestral elements which have a profound influence on existence. My island, a place “governed“ by water has always been my starting point. I have lived in Milan, London, New York and continue to travel. But the urge to travel the world has always been there, and is contrary to what has always brought me home, as my attraction to water is so important