AMBRA VERNUCCIO
Photographer and Creative Visual Artist

Kayole workshop - Kenya

Born in Rome, Italy.

She currently works as a creative commercial photographer in a number of areas, including fashion, music and film photography in London.

Throughout her time working as a freelance photographer, she has shot commercials, portraits and events for clients such as L'Oreal, IdeasTap, Secret Cinema, Supperclub, Dikenga Films Production, Brightwide and StreetFest.
Her main interest lies in documentary and portrait photography, since 2009 she has been travelling around the world focusing on documenting street life in different countries.

She holds a strong motivation to self-initiate and structure projects of personal interest and an ability to work to strict deadlines and briefs for commissioned work.

She has recently been selected as a winner of the Hoppe Street Portraits competition at the National Portrait Gallery. Her work from the series "Nairobi: Face to Face" was selected as part of the Foto8 - Summershow 2011 at the Host Gallery in London.

Her images have been featured on a variety of publications, such as the Guardian, L’Espresso, Arise magazine, African Digital Art and Ribbed magazine.

Exhibitions:

Photomonth ~ Photo-Open 2011 - 3rd Nov to 26th Nov 2011 - London

Capture Tower Hamlets - 10th Nov to Jan 2012 - London

Islington Art Fair - 13th Oct to 16th Oct 2012 - London

Foto8 ~ Summershow 2011 - 8th July to 12th August 2011 - London

Fringes: Images from the Street - 6th July to 22nd July 2011 - London

National Portrait Gallery ~ Hoppe' Street Portraits Competition winner 2011 - 15th May to 30th May 2011 - London