Marco Waldis is a visual artist, photographer, and film director born in Milan in 1987 and based in Rome. His work focuses primarily on long-term documentary projects that explore the social, political, and cultural complexities of territories in transition. Through a deeply research-driven approach and immersive engagement with local contexts, he creates visual narratives that challenge conventional perceptions and seek to reveal underrepresented realities.
For commissions, collaborations, or editorial requests
Marco is available for international projects, documentary productions, advertising campaigns, video and photography assignments.
Contacts
Email: info@marcowaldis.com
Instagram: @mwaldis
Education & Mentors
2025 – “Filling the Gap” – Master – Fondazione Studio Marangoni
2011–2015 – Personal Assistant to Giovanni Troilo
2005–2011 – Personal Assistant to Luisa Valieri
2007 – Diploma in Fine Arts (Restoration and Cataloging of Cultural Heritage)
Awards & Recognitions
2025 – Perimetro Awards December 2025 – Jury Award
2025 – Fondazione Studio Marangoni (Florence) – Scholarship
2024 – Urbanautica Institute awards – Shortlisted,2024
2024 – Radar Photo Festival Open Call, Trani – winner
2022 – The Psychedelic Film Festival, NYC – Best Short category – Official Selection
2022 – Serbest International Film Festival, Chișinău – Experimental Film category – Finalist
2022 – Paradise Film Festival, Budapest – Best Short – Official Selection
2022 – Festival del Cinema Zero, Trento – Short Film – Official Selection,
2021 – Trailers Film Fest, Milan – Pitch Trailer category – Shortlisted
2020 – Tokyo Foto Awards – People: Lifestyle – Bronze Winner
2020 – Moscow Foto Awards – Fine Art, Portrait, Lifestyle – Honorable Mentions
2020 – Annual Photography Awards – Street – Honorable Mention
2020 – ND Awards – Editorial – Honorable Mention
2020 – Prix de la Photographie Paris – State of the World – Winner
2020 – Px3 – Honorable Mentions – Advertising and Portraiture
2019 – IPA One Shot – Street Photography – Honorable Mention
2019 – One Eyeland Photography Awards – People Culture, Lifestyle – Finalist
2018 – IPA – Landscapes and Sport – Honorable Mentions
2018 – Moscow Foto Awards – Landscapes – Honorable Mention
2018 – IPA One Shot – Landscapes – Honorable Mentions
Exhibitions & Screenings
2025 – Filling The Gap – Fondazione Studio Marangoni | Collective Exhibition.
2025 – “Womeness” Documentary Film Premiere, directed by Yvonne Sciò, DoP Marco Waldis – Museo dell’Ara Pacis, Rome
2024 – Radar Photo Festival Group Exhibition, “Futuri Imperfetti”, Project: *Where the West Ends* – Ex Monastero di Santa Maria di Colonna, Trani
2023 – “Golestan” Documentary Film Premiere, directed by Marco Waldis, produced by Santa Bianca SSA – Il Cinemino, Milan
2022 – Screening of “The Awakening” at The Psychedelic Film and Music Festival, NYC
2022 – LoosenArt, “On Clothing – The Visible Self” Group Exhibition, Project: *Entangled*
2021 – Online Exhibition curated by COVISIONI via PhMuseum, “Relations During the Pandemic in Italy”
2021 – Px3 “State of the World” Winners Exhibition, Espace Beaurepaire, Paris
2021 – SI Fest OFF, Exhibition from the book *Covisioni*, Project: *Immurement*, curated by Jana Liskova
2021 – Grenze Arsenali Fotografici, Verona – Project *Immurement*, curated by Francesca Marra & Covisioni
2021 – Screening of “The Awakening” and installation with works by Alberto Di Fabio, Studio DFB, Rome
Publications
Perimetro – Where The West Ends – december 2025 – online
Urbanautica – Photography as a Living Archive by Steve Bisson – December 8, 2025
2021 – *Art Innovation* No.1: “Entangled – The Photographic Process as a Tool to Explore Quantum Mechanics”
2021 – *Covisioni* (Self-Published Collective Book)
2021 – *Al-Tiba9 Magazine*, Issue 08
2020 – *i-D Italy* – Interview and article by Benedetta Pini