“Vision is the art of seeing things invisible” Jonathan Swift

Nata a Roma. Fotografare per me rappresenta l’atto conoscitivo principale, il modo di entrare in relazione profonda con le realtà umane che suscitano il mio interesse, sia quelle mutuate dal mio lavoro come medico, come il rapporto con la morte, la malattia e il corpo, sia quelle che nascono da altre passioni, come l’arte. La scelta del reportage come linguaggio fotografico prevalente origina dalla necessità di una prassi che si nutra delle relazioni, nei tempi che sono necessari per svilupparle. L’attenzione ai dettagli, uno sguardo spesso obliquo e mai didascalico sono il fulcro della mia ricerca di una cifra fotografica.

Born in Rome. To me, photographing is the principal way to establish a deep relationship with the human realities that arouse my interest, whether those borrowed from my work as a doctor, such as the relationship with death, illness, and the body, or those born from other passions, such as art. The choice of reportage as the prevailing photographic language originates from the needing of an operative way based on relationships, respectful of the times that are necessary to develop them. The attention to detail, a look often oblique and never didactic are the focus of my own photographic style research.

Exhibitions/Awards
Inside a story, Foiano Fotografia (collective exhibition) – Foiano, Italy, 2019
Out From The Mist, Photographic Representation of Mental Health – Brisbane, Australia, 2019
The Time Left, Solo exhibition - Roma, Italy, 2020
The Time Left - Exhibition - The Festival of Ethical Photography OFF Circuit, Lodi, Italy, 2020
World Report Award, Oct 2020, shortlisted in Single Shot Award
Out From The Mist, Photographic Representation of Mental Health – Brisbane, Australia, 2020
IPIC - Imago Photo International Contest 2020, shortlisted in Shotdown – Storytelling
World Report Award, 2021, shortlisted in Single Shot Award

Publications/Online galleries
The Guardian.com – The Festival of Ethical Photography – Single shots entry. 28 July 2020
LFI Magazine 7/2020, 108 Festival
PICKS 2020 PH Museum https://phmuseum.com/mpittaluga/story/the-time-left-abcb704000
LFI Gallery 2020 – Portrait section
Witness Journal #129 July 2022 The Time Left - Witness Journal
Internazionale extra - Parole dell’anno - Inverno 2022, pp 122,123
Discorsi Fotografici April 2023 https://magazine.discorsifotografici.it/il-tempo-che-ci-resta-intervista-a-monica-pittaluga/
Witness Journal #136 May 2023 https://witnessjournal.com/storie/still/