Mariacristina Vimercati, Photographer

Mariacristina Vimercati was born in 1959 in Milan, Italy, where she graduated in stage design from the High School of the Arts and the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera and earned a Masters degree in Fashion Design with G.F. Ferre' from the internationally renowned Domus Academy.

She worked as contributor and researcher for the publisher Electa and as collaborator for the florence superintendency of artistic and cultural goods for the following exhibitions: "Venezia '79 la fotografia", "Fotografia Italiana dell'800", and "Fotografia Pittorica 1889/1911. She also worked as guest stage photographer with the Italian film director Pupi Avati.

She collaborated for three years with G. Ferre' as a tutor at Domus Academy and as a collections archivist and set designer at Maison for the Uomo and Donna boutiques. During the same period, she is the official fashion show photographer for Milano Collezioni.

Her career as photographer started in Milan, at Giovanni Gastel Studio, where she worked as assistant photographer. Since 1990 she has been a free lance professional photographer for clients such as Loro Piana, Lario 1898, G.F. FERRE', Nannini, Carlos Osman, Lavazza, Ferrero, Inter Abbonamenti, Max Mara, and Geox Respira. Her work has been published, among the others, by DOMUS Contemporary Architecture Magazine, Elle Italia, Casa Vogue, Uomo Vogue, UOMO Ed. Futura, DDN Design International, GB progetti (ed.Progetti), Io Donna (Rizzoli), MAX (Rizzoli), Capital (Rizzoli), and Sportweek (Rizzoli).