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ABOUT

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Stefano Balma (Turin, 1988) is a landscape photographer based in Genoa.

Active since 2019, he approaches digital photography through travel, drawn to remote environments such as the Arctic, deserts, and forests.

His work combines contemplation and aesthetic research, developing spiritual and philosophical themes through photographs of natural landscape elements.
His works, carefully curated and printed by the artist himself, are collected both in Italy and abroad.

Since 2023, he has been collaborating with FotoCorsi School as a guide and tutor for photography trips.
He has received numerous awards in international photography competitions, and his work has been published in various industry magazines.

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ARTIST STATEMENT

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My work grows out of a search for liminal experiences within natural landscapes.

I explore conditions in which nature becomes a threshold between perception and imagination — a space where the landscape surfaces, speaks, and then withdraws.

My photographs often portray intimate scenes, details and particulars of natural elements that suggest moments of transformation and transition.

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Alongside fieldwork, I study the territory and the traditions of those who inhabit it, observing how a place is perceived and lived. These two dimensions nourish one another, shaping photographic projects rooted in specific territories or bound to broader, more conceptual imaginaries — opening onto new possibilities of perception and interpretation.