Simona Bonanno, a photographer and multidisciplinary artist from Messina, Italy, specializes in photography, art, design, and communication. She studied at ESAG Penninghen, Université Paris 8, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Italy, exploring diverse artistic expressions.
She has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Lens Culture Street Photo (2022), the International Women in Photo Association (2022), the All About Photo(2016), the Grand Prix de Découverte (2013) and the Julia Margaret Cameron Award (2010).
Notable achievements include the acquisition of her works by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Her photography has been featured in renowned media outlets like CNN, RTS UN, Resource Magazine, Amateur Photographer, Fotografia Reflex, National Geographic and Digital Camera Magazine.
Currently based in Sicily, Bonanno works globally, with a particular focus on Germany and France.
Beneath the endless parade of buffets and lazy afternoon shuffleboard games, life on a cruise ship contains a mysterious anonymity, a unifying (defacing?) feeling of being lost in the crowd—”on this floating city, we become one.”
