About & Press Credentials
Bio
I’m Emanuela, a professional photographer since 2012, currently based in Italy. I trained in Visual Arts at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera, even though my real education—like for many—happened on the ground.
What began as a thesis project in Uganda turned into a six-year journey documenting community life and developing reportage projects across the country. That experience—being deep into real stories, in real places—completely reshaped my DNA and style as a photographer.
When I later joined a local promoter of international events as lead photographer, I brought that same documentary instinct to international music stages. Whether it’s a dusty street or the biggest arenas in the Afrobeat scene, my approach doesn’t change: I’m there to document, not to decorate.
14 years in, the goal is still the same: tell the story as it happens.
Organizations I collaborated with with: Farnesina (Italian embassy UG), German Embassy UG, Talent Africa Group (covering various international artists such as Wizkid, Ne-Yo, Tiwa Savage and more as well as FC Barcelona and other corporate event), Saatchi and Saatchi UG, AVSI, Meeting Point Kitgum, Circolo Magnolia Milano and more. Highlights below.
Experience and credentials
Sean Paul production
Direct production and full access across Sean Paul’s Timeless European Tour dates (Bordeaux, Milan). Working alongside tour management and creative direction to capture high-impact stage visuals and on-stage performance moments.
These pictures are amazing as usual
Kieran Khan, Sean Paul creative direction
Features
Sean Paul, Milan, Kozel Carroponte
Sean Paul, Bordeaux, Arkèa Arena
Caribbean Life article
Kaboom magazine
RWC Reggaeword Costa Rica
Official contributor for Reggae World Costa Rica, one of the leading reggae and dancehall media platforms in Latin America. Selected work featured across their official channel, reaching an engaged international reggae audience.
If there’s a reggae or dancehall scene in your city, we’d love to see it through your eyes.
Franklin, founder
Features
Sean Paul, Milan, Kozel Carroponte
Alborosie & the Shengen Clan, Milan, Magnolia
Alborosie & the Shengen Clan, Milan, Magnolia
La Grosse radio
Ongoing press contributor for La Grosse Radio, a leading French independent media network dedicated to reggae, rock, and metal live culture across France. Focusing on the Paris live music scene, I deliver high-impact concert photography, festival features, and fast-tracked editorial edits under tight press deadlines. Key coverage includes official press documentation for Sean Paul’s Timeless Tour kickoff at the iconic Zénith Paris La Villette.
You got some great photos honestly. Your talent is huge
Vianney Akè, La grosse Radio Raggae editor
Features
Talent Africa Group
Six years of full production access and on-ground documentation for Talent Africa Group, East Africa’s premier entertainment, booking, and festival production entity. During my time based in Uganda, I provided comprehensive visual coverage for stadium-scale concerts and major festival mainstages. This body of work documents landmark performances by global heavyweights including Wizkid, Ne-Yo, Tiwa Savage, Patoranking, and Diamond Platnumz, capturing the rise of modern African pop royalty at its peak.
Editorial Standards & On-The-Road Workflow
Tailored for the rapid pace of modern live music production. Providing tour managers, record labels, and PR agencies with high-impact, press-ready visual assets engineered for immediate rollout.
Working in high-pressure arena environments requires a balance between absolute visual discretion on stage and rapid editorial delivery off stage. Every assignment is handled with press-ready rigor—delivering curated, color-graded visual selects within hours of show completion to meet tight media deadlines, tour PR requirements, and digital archive rollouts. Whether embedded with an international tour production or covering key European dates on press assignment, the approach remains strictly documentarian: capturing authentic backstage tension, mainstage production dynamics and visceral crowd reactions
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GET IN TOUCH
Direct inquiries for international tour coverage, press accreditation, and festival stage assignments.
Based in Milan, available worldwide.