Francesca Todde is an Italian photographer and publisher.
Her photography work is represented by the Italian agency Contrasto. She is particularly interested in the invisible elements in relationships, also into interactions with the animal world. Her work has been published in newspapers and magazines (Le Monde, 6Mois, DLui Magazine / La Repubblica, British Journal of Photography, Fisheye, etc.) and exhibited in various places and festivals, especially in Italy and France (Cortona on the Move, Circulation(s), Le Boutographies, etc.)
In 2018, she co-founded with artist Luca Reffo the publishing house Départ Pour l'Image. In 2020, she publishes her first photobook "A Sensitive Education" through Départ Pour l'Image.
© Portrait (uncredited) taken from the website of the Swiss festival Arcoop Wall Project
A Sensitive Education (*1st printing /...
Presentation by Départ Pour l'Image: " With A Sensitive Education, the photographer Francesca Todde explores, through the figure of bird educator Tristan Plot, the possibilities of empathy between different natural species. The narrative, far from being a naturalist documentation, is rather focused on the emotional sphere and sensitivity of birds and...