Andrea Alai is a Documentary Photographer based near Genova. He studied International Economics and his work is mainly focused on social and anthropological issues. He has worked in Italy, Ukraine and South America.
He also works with corporate clients to help them develop their digital storytelling strategy.
Available for assignments.

EDUCATION:
- 2016 - Workshop - La fotografia di Reportage - Valerio Bispuri @Albenga
- 2017 - Workshop - Transmission - Alice Gabriner, Darcy Padilla, Santiago Lyon, Christopher Morris, Joa Silva, Peter Bouckaert @Perpignan
- 2018 - Workshop - Editing - Marco Pinna - National Geographic @Milano2018 - Workshop - Transmission - MaryAnne Golon, Joa Silva, Patrick Chauvel, Veronique De Viguerie, Michael Kamber @Perpignan
- 2018 - Workshop - Nikon NOOR Academy - Kadir Van Lohuizen, Sebastian Lista, Tanya Habjouqa @Budapest
- 2019 - Mentorship with Darcy Padilla
- 2019 - Workshop - "How to tell a story" - Magdalena Herrera - Geo Magazine France @Ferrara
- 2019 - Eddie Adams Workshop XXXII @New York

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
- 2017 SIPA Finalist
- 2018 SIPA Finalist
- 2018 World Report Award (Festival Fotografia Etica di Lodi) - Finalist - Single Image
- 2018 Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest - Winner in Sport Stories with "Ultras" Series
- 2018 Member of the NikonNOOR Academy

- 2019 Belfast Photo Festival - Shortlisted
- 2019 World Report Award (Festival Fotografia Etica di Lodi) - Shortlisted between the 10 finalists in the "Master Award" - Si Se Puede Project
- 2019 World Report Award (Festival Fotografia Etica di Lodi) - Shortlisted between the 10 finalists in the "Short Story Award" - Of Wolves and Men Project
- 2019 Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest - Honorable Mention in the "Portrait: A hero of our times" Category
- 2019 Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest - Winner in the "Inspiration" Category
- 2019 Publication on "il Venerdì" di Repubblica - Ultras Reportage
- 2019 Selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXII
- 2019 LensCulture Black&White Photography Awards - Finalist

- 2020 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - Winner in the People Category
- 2020 PDN - Winner of the Emerging Photographer Contest

EXHIBITIONS :
- 2019 - Andrei Stenin Contest: series "Bravo Ruben" and single picture: "Mesmerized", Historical State Museum, Moscow
- 2019 - Andrei Stenin Contest: series "Bravo Ruben" and single picture: "Mesmerized", Russian Centre for Science and Culture, Budapest
- 2019 - Andrei Stenin Contest: series "Bravo Ruben" and single picture: "Mesmerized", Form, Cape Town
- 2019 - Andrei Stenin Contest: series "Bravo Ruben" and single picture: "Mesmerized", United Nations Headquarters, New York City
- 2019 - Andrei Stenin Contest: series "Bravo Ruben" and single picture: "Mesmerized", Cascina Roma, San Donato Milanese
- 2019 - Andrei Stenin Contest: series "Bravo Ruben" and single picture: "Mesmerized",Centro de Ciencia y Cultura, Buenos Aires