Andrea Ratto, a documentarist street photographer

I have been attracted to photography since I was a kid

I was born in Genova (Italy) in 1976, but I am based in A Coruña (Spain) since 2005.

I have been attracted to photography since I was a kid. I remember taking pictures with my grandfather's camera over the family summer holidays. The camera has accompanied me on my trips across the world. In recent years I have been drawn to the street photography, which to me now means a way of documenting society with a critical view.

In 2017 I walked the streets of 26 European countries with my camera in a fully independent journey, taking about 85,000 photos.

At first sight, this may seem insane, but actually, it was just my personal attempt to the answer to two primary questions that I have been asking myself in the light of the current economic, political and social evolution we are facing: Does the European society exist as a whole? And if it does, how does it work?

In April 2018 I complete a Crowdfunding in the Kickstarter platforme to rise the funds to print the photobook of my project “Europa”.

Europa the photobook

The book was released in September 2018 and was presented in A Coruña, Genova and Madrid. The first edition of 150 photobook is now sold out. A second edition is available from November 2018. In November 2018 I also started my new project about Gentrification in Lavapiés, Madrid.