SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2019 

Documenting the Italian Mafia, Martinique, Elena, Widewalls, CH, March 2019 

2017    

Arte, Sky. Valerio Spada e Magnum a Camera, Centro Nazionale per la Fotografia.

Internazionale. La mafia raccontata da Valerio Spada in mostra a Torino.

Vogue Italia. Italian Panorama. 15 best italian potographers shoots A/W 17/18.

GAP Worldwide Summer Campaign

2016    

Seymour, Tom. The Italian Renaissance of Photography. British Journal of Photography, UK

O’Hagan, Sean. The DIY Saviours of Photography. The Guardian, UK

Ritter, Andrea. Es sind doch noch kinder – Valerio Spada. Stern Crime, Germany

2015    

Christiansen, Anne. The most exciting new photography books, The Guardian, UK 

Self Publish, Be Happy by Ceschel featuring Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada in the best photobooks self-published will launch at Foam Amsterdam and New York Book Art Fair. Dazed & Confused, London, UK

Laranjeira, Marta. An interview with Valerio Spada. Lomography, London, UK, 2015

Attinger, Irène. April selection best books Maison Européenne de la Photographie, L’Oeil de la Photo, Paris, France 

SVA, NY. New books: Focus on Photography featuring Vivian Maier, Valerio Spada, Larry Fink, Larry Sultan, La Toya Ruby Frazier.

2014    

La Fotografia ad Artissima, Vogue Italia, Italy, Nov 2014   

Tripoli, Gaia. Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada. Page 2. The New York Times IE, USA

Muñoz, Alba. Gomorra Girl: así viven y mueren las adolescentes de la mafia, Playground, Brasil October 2014

Le ragazze di Gomorrah, Il Post, Italy October 2014  

Avedon, Elizabeth. Gomorrah Girl Valerio Spada Twin Palms edition, USA August 

An unfullfilled dream of escape, The New York Times International Ed., USA July 2014   

TIME Magazine, Lightbox, Best Spring/Summer 2014 PhotoBooks,    

The Huffington Post, USA March 2014   

2013    

Gomorrah Girl at Galeria Cero. TV Interview for La Aventura del Saber, TVE2, Spain, Feb 2013

Lorenzo, Áurea. Valerio Spada, Gomorrah Girl, TV Interview for TeleDiario on TVE1, Feb 2013   

Segura Albert, Luisa. Hacerse mayor conviviendo con la Camorra, RTVE, Spain, Feb 2013

2012    

Leinen, Lisa. Berlusconis Vermachtnis, Interview with Valerio Spada, Fraulen Magazine, Germany, Feb 2012

Ladd, Jeffrey. On Gomorrah Girl with Syb, The Photobook Review, Issue One, Aperture Foundation, USA, Jan 2012   

Yue, Geng. On the strees in Naples, Valerio Spada interview, Lens Magazine, China Feb 2012

Evtushenko, Yan. Valerio Spada interview on Gomorrah Girl, Hoolingan Magazine, Russia, May 2012   

Cheung, SGH. Valerio Spada – Peanut Butter Thoughts, United Kingdom, Jan 2012   

Rickard, Doug, Himes, Darius. Gomorrah Girl, ASX, American Suburb X, USA, Jan 2012

2011    

Moakley, Paul. Gomorrah Girl: Best in Show, TIME Magazine, USA, Sept 2011   

IMSO, The land of the Camorrah, Five Award-Winning Photobooks 2011, IMSO, USA, Dec 2011   

Gomorrah Girl, 2nd edition, Photo Eye, Curated Selection, Santa Fe, USA, Dec 2011  

Himes, Darius. PBN 2011 Winner: Gomorrah Girl, video, PBN 2011, USA, Sept 2011

Coignet, Rémy. Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada, Le Monde, France, March 2011   

Mutti, Roberto. Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada, La Repubblica, Italia, March 2011  

Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada, Esquire, Russia, March 2011

SELECTED RECOGNITIONS AND AWARDS

LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS, ARTIST TALKS

2019    Scuola Holden, Torino, Italia "Nicola LaGioia incontra Valerio Spada, Mar 2019

2017    Camera, Centro Nazionale per la Fotografia, Torino, Italia, “La mafia come opera d’arte”, Valerio Spada, Serena Uccello, Marzia Sabella, Mar 2017

2015    School of Visual Arts, New York, i3 Lecture Series, Valerio Spada, Jan 2015   

Scuola Holden, Turin, Italy, Jan 2015

2014    ‘Mafia as a work of art’, Valerio Spada and Nando Dalla Chiesa invited by curator Francesco Zanot and Lorenza Bravetta, Head of Continental Europe at Magnum Photos, Artissima, Torino, Italy  

2013    California College of the Arts, San Francisco, USA, on Jim Golbderg invitation, Sept 2013    

Ramapo Liberal Arts College, New Jersey, USA, Sept 2013

Galeria Cero, Madrid, Spain , On the process of creativity with Valerio Spada, Jan 2013 

2012    Magnum Lugano Photo Days, Lugano, Switzerland, Valerio Spada on self-publishing, Sept 2012    

Visual Studies Workshops Photo-Bookworks Symposium, Rochester, NY, USA, June 2012   

PhotoShow Roma 2012, Corso con Valerio Spada, Roma, Italia, Apr 2012

2011    Gomorrah Girl: Extensive lectures, panel discussions and artist talks throughout Europe and USA. 

The future of photography and newspapers, Panel discussion at Münchner StädtMuseum, Munich, Germany, Sept 2011

Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada, Parsons School of Arts and Design, Paris, France, Oct 2011   

COLLECTIONS & REVIEWS

‘Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada, this is a book that I can really learn something from.’ 

Jim Goldberg, Magnum Photos

‘Spada’s book – self-published, stapled together, a brilliant combination of the roughhewn with the exquisite – is a memorial for a dead girl, a cri de coeur for vulnerable young women and a penetrating examination of the social ills resulting from a corrupt and rotten political system.’ Martin Parr / Gerry Badger, The Photobook: A History, Vol.III – Phaidon

Darius Himes, International Head of Photographs at Christie's and lead juror of Photography Book Now (PBN) 2011, announcing the Grand Prize winner Valerio Spada Link