Marco Anelli is a Roman-born, New York-based photographer. After specializing in black-and-white photography and learning advanced printing techniques in Paris, he started working on projects that evolve over long periods of time. His publications include works on sculpture, architecture, sports, and classical music. In 2010, Anelli took portraits of 1,545 participants in Marina Abramović’s performance at the MoMA in New York City (Portraits in the Presence of Marina Abramović, Damiani Publisher 2010). In 2015, he completed A Simple Story, his project on the construction of the new Whitney Museum of American Art; and in 2017 he released Building Magazzino, which documents the construction of Magazzino Italian Art. Since 2018, “First American Portrait” has portrayed immigrants at their Oath Ceremony in major US cities.
Anelli’s recent work, Artist Studios New York (Damiani, 2020), explores the artist’s character and work within their studios, featuring major New York-based artists like Alex Katz, Cecily Brown, and Julian Schnabel, Kiki Smith.
TINO, Nivola in America, published in 2021 by Silvana Editoriale and Magazzino, focuses on Costantino Nivola’s sculptures in the US, providing deeper insights into his work.