Tiziano Scarpa was born in Venice in 1963. A novelist, poet, and playwright, he won the 2009 Premio Strega and the 2009 Premio SuperMondello for his novel Stabat Mater.

Among his works are Occhi sulla graticola (Einaudi 1998 and 2005), Venezia è un pesce (Feltrinelli 2000, 2000), Le cose fondamentali (Einaudi 2010 and 2012), La vita, non il mondo (Laterza 2010), Il brevetto del geco (Einaudi 2016 and 2017), Il cipiglio del gufo (2018 and 2020), the poetry collection Le nuvole e i soldi (2018), Una libellula di città (minimum fax 2018), and La penultima magia (Einaudi 2020).

Since the early 1990s, he has written around fifteen works for theater and radio, all of which have been performed, including L'infinito (Einaudi 2011).
His books have been translated into numerous languages.

In Anna Zemella's photographic research, many of her projects focus on her special connection with Venice. Throughout her various photographic endeavors, the artist employs a plurality of styles that correspond to her diverse interests in the surrounding reality, which she approaches with a reflective but, above all, emotional perspective. Recently, her attention has been drawn to the relationship between landscapes and their inhabitants.

Her photographic activity began around 2009, when she attended courses and participated in various workshops, including those with Enrico Bossan, the Benetton Foundation, and Monika Bulaj.
Following her first group exhibitions between 2010 and 2011, which were dedicated to photographic reportage in India and Nepal, she presented themes tied to her unique bond with Venice—the city where she lives—in her solo exhibitions. Recently, her focus has shifted to the broader relationship between landscapes and their inhabitants, as well as between human figures and natural settings.