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Daniele Mele (b. 1990) is an Italian photographer whose work explores the human condition through themes of solitude, memory, and our relationship with the present.

He discovered photography at a young age, driven by a curiosity that gradually evolved into a way of observing and understanding the world around him. At twenty, he began a formal education in photography, delving into the visual language and its narrative potential.

His work is rooted in the everyday and in personal experience, serving as a starting point to investigate the intimacy of human experience and the connection between physical and emotional space.

EXHIBITIONS

Festival Impulse (Arles, FR) – Group exhibition, Spleen / 2026
Black Light Gallery (Padua, IT) – Group exhibition, Spleen / 2026
Festival della Fotografia Italiana (Bibbiena, IT) – Book exhibition, Spleen / 2025
Officine Fotografiche (Rome, IT) – Group exhibition, Spleen / 2024
Tevere Art Gallery (Rome, IT) – Group exhibition / 2023

PUBLICATIONS

Lucida Photo Magazine –  Interview / 2026
MaledettoCane Perceptual Vista #2 – Spleen / 2026
Gente di Fotografia #86 – Spleen / 2026
Perimetro – Spleen / 2025
Kamira Institute – Spleen / 2025
Immemory Mag – Spleen / 2025
Gomma Black & White Awards Book – Spleen / 2024
Witness Journal Issue 95 – Una storia di amore e di perdita / 2018
Eyes Open #11/20217 – Una storia di amore e di perdita / 2017

AWARDS

Gomma Black & White Awards – Finalist, Spleen / 2024
Photography Critique with Jacob Aue Sobol, Squarespace Collection & Magnum Photos – Selected, Spleen / 2023
Closer / Dentro il Reportage – Honorable mention, Una storia di amore e di perdita / 2018