About the Artist: Mario Santoro-Woith
Born in 1968, Mario Santoro-Woith began photographing abstract still-life compositions at the age of fourteen. He earned advanced degrees in visual anthropology at universities in Rome, while also working at Studio Galletti, a well-known photographic studio in Rome. In the early 1990s, Santoro-Woith traveled for diverse humanitarian organizations to photograph emergency situations in Angola, the former Yugoslavia, Uganda, the Philippines and Peru. In the following years, Santoro has worked and exhibited in the field of experimental photography, gaining widespread recognition. His solo exhibitions have included a prestigious show at the Musée de l?Elysée in Lausanne, Wheaton College (MA), Galleria "Il Diaframma" in Milan, M.Y. Art Prospects Gallery in New York.
