Born in Naples in 1977. Upon becoming a professional journalist, she worked as an editor for the daily newspaper Il Manifesto, dealing mainly with photography and cinema. In 2009 she worked as an editor in D – La Repubblica delle Donne, the weekly magazine of the daily newspaper La Repubblica, where, along with work on current international issues, she continued writing about photography. Her features on current international issues, developed in conjunction with photographers, have been published on magazines such as Geo France, The Independent Magazine, L’Espresso, D – La Repubblica delle Donne, Il Venerdì, XL, Marie Claire and Riders. She’s also a contributor for the daily newspaper Il Sole24ore, for La Lettura, weekly cultural supplement to the daily Il Corriere della Sera, and for Pagina99. She has been curator of exhibitions and editorial photography projects for, among others, the Fotografia International Festival, Officine Fotografiche, Open Mind Gallery, Scuola Holden and Brighton Photo Fringe. From 2009 to 2014, Irene was Editor in chief of Rearviewmirror, a quarterly magazine devoted to documentary photography, published by the leading Italian photobook publisher Postcart. Her first book, My Generation – Ten under 40 Talents of Italian documentary Photography, has been just published in 2012 by Postcart. In 2014 Irene founded Doll’s Eye Reflex Laboratory, a consulting studio specialized in the field of documentary photography, based in Rome. In 2016 Irene is a jury member of Skin, 5th edition Visible White Photo Prize.

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