Angela Poggioni  GMPSA, EFIAP/s  Country:  USA / Italy “Starting out as a painter and spending hours in museums, time flew admiring the thin and thick lines, the single brush strokes, the seemingly messy impasto that from a distance created a masterpiece. Perfection does not exist in Art. Beauty has nothing to do with perfection. But those paintings were perfect. In fact not one stroke could have been changed to my eyes or the balance of the whole could have fallen apart. This is also what I aim to in my wildlife photography, to give a sense of inevitability to the image as a whole, to project the perception that it could not be any other way. But wildlife photography is more than taking the perfect shot. It’s about spending time in nature, and enjoying the magic moments of meeting animals in their habitat, to witness struggles for survival, love of mothers for their offspring, endurance, resilience and strength. It teaches patience, respect and to appreciate life as it is in the present moment. This is why I became a Wildlife Photographer.”

Ms. Angela Poggioni is an Italian born, American Visual Artist and Photographer. After having earned an MA in Philosophy at the University of Florence, Italy, she studied Fine Arts and Photography at The Art Students League and The International Center of Photography in New York. 
As she grew into a widely exhibited painter also her passion for photography and nature eventually came together. Today Ms. Poggioni is a multiple award-winning photographer and has earned recognition in prominent Int’l contests. She has been a Finalist at The Nature Conservancy Global Photo Contest (USA 2023), The Nature Photographer of the Year (Netherlands 2023), The Siena International Photo Awards in the category “Animals in their Environment” (Italy 2020, 2022) and The Golden Turtle International Wildlife Festival (Russia 2022) with her work exhibited at the Union of Artists of Russia in Moscow. Some of her shows also include Soho Photo Gallery, New York, London Photo Festival, UK, Toronto City Hall-Rotunda Gallery, Canada, Toscana Expo and Pontremoli Photo Festival, Italy. She wrote for the FIAP News and has been the subject of several publications and reviews, including The New York Times, American Photographer and Wild Planet Photo Magazine. 
Ms. Poggioni is also a Nature and Wildlife Photography Mentor for the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and an experienced judge who is regularly invited in the judging panels of many international photo competitions.