
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