Niccolò Rastrelli is a documentary and portrait photographer, born in Florence in 1977. His photographic journey began unexpectedly during his university years, when he won his first camera through a supermarket loyalty program. From that moment on, photography became a consuming passion, eventually leading him to study professionally at the Fondazione Studio Marangoni photography school in Florence.
In 2004, he moved to Milan, where he began working first as a photography assistant and later as a freelance photographer. His work has always focused on people and the expression of their identity, with an eye that blends artistic sensitivity, documentary realism.
He develops personal projects and takes on international assignments, collaborating with creative agencies, art directors, production companies, and clients in the editorial, advertising, and corporate sectors.
His current project, They Don’t Look Like Me, has taken him around the world and has been exhibited at Cortona On The Move, the Hamburg Portfolio Review, and was a finalist at the 2025 Sony Award and the Belfast Photo Festival. His accolades also include the Portrait of Humanity Award for Covid19 Face Wear and two mentions at the Premio Ponchielli.
Niccolò lives and works between Florence and Milan, continuing to explore through images the ways in which people live, appear, and tell their stories.
