Steve Bisson
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Exhibition:
'Zero Fotografia'

December, 2013

In early December 2012 Steve Bisson, curator and founder of Urbanautica and Benetton Foundation brought together photographers Luca Capuano, Laura De Marco, Giuseppe De Mattia, Cristian Guizzo, Milo Montelli, Corrado Piccoli, David Wilson, Mitch Karunaratne, David Pollock, Kirsten Trippaers and the Spanish researcher Ruben Alonso in a workshop at Casa Luisa and Gaetano Cozzi of Zero Branco (Treviso) to investigate the neighboring agricultural landscape. This intensive one week’s work has its first public exposure through images and videos in the exhibition Zero Fotografia, designed by architect Massimiliano Foytik. The exhibition is open at ‘spazi Bomben’ of Benetton Foundation from Sunday 1 December 2013 through Sunday, January 12, 2014. The title almost provocatively invites the visitor to question the contribution that photography can give to the reading of the landscape and, more generally, to what surrounds us. Each author has developed a theme through a process of personal investigation: the relationship between the types of housing and the environment in which they are placed, memories and traces, the impact of the infrastructure of the highway “Passante”, trees and vegetation, the industrial area, livestock and agricultural crops, fields, water and infrastructure, and finally the roads. These were the threads of research of the ten photographers. Each was called upon to make a contribution as a reflection on the modifications of the landscape between past, present and future with their own style and sensitivity.

Urbanautica Journal (review)
Domus (review)
Benetton Foundation (review)

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Exhibition:
'Zero Fotografia'

December, 2013

In early December 2012 Steve Bisson, curator and founder of Urbanautica and Benetton Foundation brought together photographers Luca Capuano, Laura De Marco, Giuseppe De Mattia, Cristian Guizzo, Milo Montelli, Corrado Piccoli, David Wilson, Mitch Karunaratne, David Pollock, Kirsten Trippaers and the Spanish researcher Ruben Alonso in a workshop at Casa Luisa and Gaetano Cozzi of Zero Branco (Treviso) to investigate the neighboring agricultural landscape. This intensive one week’s work has its first public exposure through images and videos in the exhibition Zero Fotografia, designed by architect Massimiliano Foytik. The exhibition is open at ‘spazi Bomben’ of Benetton Foundation from Sunday 1 December 2013 through Sunday, January 12, 2014. The title almost provocatively invites the visitor to question the contribution that photography can give to the reading of the landscape and, more generally, to what surrounds us. Each author has developed a theme through a process of personal investigation: the relationship between the types of housing and the environment in which they are placed, memories and traces, the impact of the infrastructure of the highway “Passante”, trees and vegetation, the industrial area, livestock and agricultural crops, fields, water and infrastructure, and finally the roads. These were the threads of research of the ten photographers. Each was called upon to make a contribution as a reflection on the modifications of the landscape between past, present and future with their own style and sensitivity.

Urbanautica Journal (review)
Domus (review)
Benetton Foundation (review)

Steve Bisson

Hi! I am Steve, a professional in the field of photography and visual arts, with a background as a curator, art director, and educator.

I’m a “mestizo,” as they say—Venetian on my father’s side, with a French surname that dates back to Napoleon’s campaigns, and a soldier from around Montpellier. My mother was born in Belgium to a Dutch family. My grandfather from Hoboken, New Jersey, on the Hudson River. I grew up a bit here and there; I currently live in Paris.

I have known the world before smartphones, computers, and the internet. Before low-cost flights. The backseat of my father's car was my window. Studies pushed me to embrace complexity, a quite observation. A gaze that "touches," that dares in some way, that strives to forge a connection.

I spent the past 20 years questioning the role of images in society.

 

• Coaching and Portfolio Review

Go to Coaching and Portfolio Review page

 

• Contacts

Facebook / Instagram / info@stevebisson.com

• Teaching
As an educator, Steve Bisson taught photography and visual arts at various academic institutions. His teaching style is characterized by a combination of practical and theoretical approaches, aiming to stimulate creativity in students and deepen their understanding of the cultural and social dynamics associated with photography. In 2016, in collaboration with Klaus Fruchtnis, he co-founded Blurring the Lines, an academic network that fosters talent and dialogue in the visual realm. In 2018, Steve Bisson joined Paris College of Art as adjunct faculty and has since then taught in different courses in the Masters of Art (MA) / Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography and Image Making, Masters of Art (MA) in Fashion Film & Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography. In 2022 he was appointed Chair of  Photography Department.

Steve Bisson has also been giving lectures, mentoring, and collaborating with cultural and educational institutions worldwide such as: Lasalle College of Arts (Singapore) | Novia University, Master of Culture and Arts, Entrepreneurship in the Arts, and Photography (Finland) | FotoDepartment (Russia) | Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina (Serbia) | FAAP – Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (Brazil) | Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche (Italy) and multiple other academies and institutions.

• Curator
Steve Bisson has curated numerous exhibitions, festivals, workshop and photographic events both in Italy and internationally. His expertise in selecting and presenting visual has allowed him to collaborate with emerging and established artists, contributing to significant exhibition projects that explore contemporary social and cultural themes, as much as exploring civic participatory approaches. He is currently art director of Lab27 cultural centre in Italy.

• Publications
Steve Bisson is the chief-editor of Urbanautica Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes, and the founder of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni. Urbanautica is an international editorial platform focused on contemporary photography and visual research, serving as a space for dialogue and reflection with a strong emphasis on themes related to visual anthropology, urbanism, and social sciences. Bisson also contributed to countless texts, books, studies, magazines, juries.

• Education
Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura – IUAV of Venice, Italy (2002), and MBA from Kansas University, USA (2004).

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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico

Steve Bisson

Hi! I am Steve, a professional in the field of photography and visual arts, with a background as a curator, art director, and educator.

I’m a “mestizo,” as they say—Venetian on my father’s side, with a French surname that dates back to Napoleon’s campaigns, and a soldier from around Montpellier. My mother was born in Belgium to a Dutch family. My grandfather from Hoboken, New Jersey, on the Hudson River. I grew up a bit here and there; I currently live in Paris.

I have known the world before smartphones, computers, and the internet. Before low-cost flights. The backseat of my father's car was my window. Studies pushed me to embrace complexity, a quite observation. A gaze that "touches," that dares in some way, that strives to forge a connection.

I spent the past 20 years questioning the role of images in society.

 

• Coaching and Portfolio Review

Go to Coaching and Portfolio Review page

 

• Contacts

Facebook / Instagram / info@stevebisson.com

• Teaching
As an educator, Steve Bisson taught photography and visual arts at various academic institutions. His teaching style is characterized by a combination of practical and theoretical approaches, aiming to stimulate creativity in students and deepen their understanding of the cultural and social dynamics associated with photography. In 2016, in collaboration with Klaus Fruchtnis, he co-founded Blurring the Lines, an academic network that fosters talent and dialogue in the visual realm. In 2018, Steve Bisson joined Paris College of Art as adjunct faculty and has since then taught in different courses in the Masters of Art (MA) / Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) in Photography and Image Making, Masters of Art (MA) in Fashion Film & Photography, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Photography. In 2022 he was appointed Chair of  Photography Department.

Steve Bisson has also been giving lectures, mentoring, and collaborating with cultural and educational institutions worldwide such as: Lasalle College of Arts (Singapore) | Novia University, Master of Culture and Arts, Entrepreneurship in the Arts, and Photography (Finland) | FotoDepartment (Russia) | Museum of Contemporary Art of Vojvodina (Serbia) | FAAP – Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado (Brazil) | Fondazione Benetton Studi e Ricerche (Italy) and multiple other academies and institutions.

• Curator
Steve Bisson has curated numerous exhibitions, festivals, workshop and photographic events both in Italy and internationally. His expertise in selecting and presenting visual has allowed him to collaborate with emerging and established artists, contributing to significant exhibition projects that explore contemporary social and cultural themes, as much as exploring civic participatory approaches. He is currently art director of Lab27 cultural centre in Italy.

• Publications
Steve Bisson is the chief-editor of Urbanautica Journal of Visual Anthropology and Cultural Landscapes, and the founder of the publishing house Penisola Edizioni. Urbanautica is an international editorial platform focused on contemporary photography and visual research, serving as a space for dialogue and reflection with a strong emphasis on themes related to visual anthropology, urbanism, and social sciences. Bisson also contributed to countless texts, books, studies, magazines, juries.

• Education
Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning from the Istituto Universitario di Architettura – IUAV of Venice, Italy (2002), and MBA from Kansas University, USA (2004).

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Design by Roberto Vito D'Amico

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