chiarafrancescarizzuti@gmail.com @paraseleeniumChiara (she/they/he) is a human being living in Bologna, Italy.
After completing several courses and studies in visual arts, cinema, photography, and semiotics, they graduated with a Master's Degree in Cultural Anthropology, enabling them to delve into contemporary dynamics and acquire the skills and tools necessary to complement their photographic research. She has worked as a photographer and digital retoucher, primarily in the fashion industry, as a freelancer, and for various communication agencies and companies.

They have a deep passion for independent publishing, not only in photography but also in illustration and essays. As a queer and transfeminist person, they are particularly sensitive to gender issues, as well as being vegan, to issues related to the environment and anti-speciesist philosophy.

Currently, her research focuses on psychedelic substances as a tool for personal healing and collective care, exploring this subject in her Master's thesis in Medical Anthropology, particularly regarding psilocybin in mushrooms and truffles in the Netherlands, with the support of facilitators, alongside visual research. 
Their personal research focuses on the unknown, especially as the future, as they contemplate new ways of studying the world and living on this planet.

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For job inquiries, thoughts, or to share emotions or say hi, feel free to contact me via email. If you prefer to keep navigating my existence, click here.




✶ EDUCATION ✶














✐ selected workshop
2025


2018/2024


2016/2018


2015/2016

2011/2015



2024





2019


2018

2016
Summer School of Psychedelic Research, BCN, UMCG, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

MA in Medical Anthropology with honours, Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, University of Bologna

Master on contemporary imagery, Scholarship, FMAV, Modena

Annual photography course at Spazio Labò, Bologna

BA in Semiotics at DAMS, Drama, Arts and Music Studies, University of Bologna


Rustling Papers, Masterclass with Mattia Micheli,  Scholarship, Sugar Paper, Modena

Masterclass with Marina Caneve, Scholarship, FMAV, Modena

Workshop with Tommaso Parrillo, Witty Books, Libri Finti Clandestini, JEST, Turin

Lab “Giorni Sospesi”, Yogurt Magazine, Rome

Workshop with Michael Ackerman, PhotoWorkshop New York, Pratt Institute, New York




✶ EMPLOY ✶

















since 2021



2023

2021-2023



2019-2021
freelance since 2017

educator at Spazio Labò, Bologna
teaching digital retouching and post-production (Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge) and InDesign

photographer at YOOX NET-A-PORTER, Bologna

collaboration with the creative agency Garage Raw, mainly for postproduction and digital retouching, but also for content creation

educator at Spazio Labò, Bologna
teaching digital retouching and post-production (Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge) and InDesign




✶ SELECTED CLIENTS ✶
• photography •

Arte Fiera
Ateliersi
Broccoli Magazine
Fruit Exhibition (Associazione crudo)
Ikea
Numero Cromatico
Ombre Lunghe | habitat
Le Monde
Michelangelo
Samichay Festival
Sexy Young Producers
Vice
7 Chakras Festival
2501

w/ Garage Raw:
Aimo e Nadia
Cantina Puiatti
Leonardo da Vinci wines (Gruppo Caviro)

to see more, click ✒︎here





• postproduction and digital retouching •

W/ Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management: 
Borbonese
Fiorucci
HydraInk
La Perla
Le Silla
Luisaviaroma
Missoni
NoidìNotte
Paris Texas
The Corner

W/ Garage Raw:
Aimo e Nadia
Armani Beauty
Bottega Verde
Cantina Mesa
Cantina Puiatti
Casa Brera
Diego Dalla Palma
Gruppo Caviro (Tavernello, Leonardo da Vinci wines)
Iceplay
Local Venezia
Merchant of Venice
Micromega
Ritual Club
Roberto Coin
Rocco Forte Hotels Group
Rosewood
St. Regis Venice
Tavernello

W/ Vins Baratta | Parallel Milano: 
The Attico
Guess
Marciano
MET

W/ Mimmo Lanzafame, Alessandro Fabbro, Danilo Garcia Di Meo, Rossella Roncarati:
Antonio Croce
Dondup
Erika Cavallini
Falconeri
John Hardy
L'Agence
Liviana Conti
Pespow
Semicouture
Woolrich

Houbigant
Intima Moda
Verdissima

to see more, click ✒︎here




Numero Cromatico x Arte Fiera
Bologna






2501
Museo della Musica
Bologna







Adelaide Cioni x Arte Fiera
Padiglione de L’Esprit Nouveau
Bologna




Maurizio Nannucci x Arte Fiera
Bologna





Fruit Exhibition
Parco della Montagnola, Bologna
2021







Fruit Exhibition
DUMBO, Bologna
2022





Arte Fiera
Bologna




Ikea
Garage Raw





Aimo e Nadia, Milano
Garage Raw




Cantina Puiatti
Garage Raw





Vito Di Battista,
novelist





Francesca Papa,
nutritionist biologist





Giovanni Peparello,
novelist





Simo,
author





Michelangelo,
producer, musician







Sexy Young Producers,
musicians




7 Chakras Festival






Samichay Festival






Ombre Lunghe | Habitat
2019-2025
Ateliersi | Teatro San Leonardo, Bologna
to see more, click ✒︎here






Fiorucci
Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management
digital retouching






Luisa Via Roma
Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management
digital retouching






Armani Beauty
Venice Film Festival
Garage Raw
digital retouching




La Perla
Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management
digital retouching





The Corner
Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management
digital retouching





Le Silla
Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management





Paris Texas
Zoe Natale Mannella | Atomo Management





Diego Della Palma
Garage Raw





ICE PLAY
Garage Raw





Guess
Vins Baratta | Parallel Milano




Kappa C3





Intima Moda





The Attico
Vins Baratta | Parallel Milano




Verdissima





Houbigant






Roberto Coin
Garage Raw




Micromega
Garage Raw





Cantina Puiatti
Garage Raw





Cantina Mesa
Garage Raw





Local, Venezia
Garage Raw






Aimo e Nadia, Milano
Garage Raw





St. Regis Venezia
Garage Raw




Casa Brera
Garage Raw





Ritual Club
Garage Raw





Rosewood
Garage Raw





Nicolao Atelier, Venice
Merchant of Venice
Garage Raw





Sartoria La Fenice, Venice
Merchant of Venice
Garage Raw





Laboratorio Mario Berta Battiloro, Venice
Merchant of Venice
Garage Raw



✶ DIGITAL RETOUCHING & POST PRODUCTION ✶
✶ PHOTOGRAPHY ✶
✶ CHIARA FRANCESCA RIZZUTI ✶