“Per essere potente, una fotografia deve parlarci di un aspetto della condizione umana, farci sentire l’emozione che il fotografo ha provato di fronte al suo soggetto”.
Sabine Weiss
“A powerful photograph whispers the essence of the human condition, carrying the very emotion the photographer felt—an unspoken dialogue between subject and soul.”.
Sabine Weiss
Anna Marzia Soria conosciuta come Biba, vive e lavora a Bari. La sua esplorazione fotografica si concentra sulla relazione tra l’uomo, il territorio e il tempo.
Attraverso il suo obiettivo, cattura il mondo con uno sguardo curioso e contemplativo, dando vita a un vero e proprio diario visivo, in cui le scene urbane dialogano — talvolta animate dalla presenza umana — in un delicato equilibrio di colori e sfumature di luce, e talvolta attraverso gli elementi geometrici dell'architettura, in un intreccio di forme e linee.
La sua fotografia è un invito a cogliere la bellezza della quotidianità, elevandola a momenti unici e onirici, in una narrazione per immagini, capace di raccontare le parti più nascoste della coscienza di ciascuno.
Anna Marzia Soria alias Biba, lives and works in Bari. Her photographic exploration focuses on the relationship between man, territory, and time. Through her lens, she captures the world with a curious and contemplative eye, creating a true visual diary where urban scenes engage, sometimes with human presence, in a delicate balance of colors and light nuances, and sometimes with the geometric elements of architecture in a combination of shapes and lines.
Her photography is an invitation to capture the beauty of everyday life, elevating it to unique and dreamlike moments, in a narrative through images, capable of revealing the most hidden parts of each person's conscience.
Exhibitions
2026 Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, India, collective exhibition.
2025 “Scatti per Bene” asta benefica di fotografie d’autore, Triennale, Milano.
2025 Ecos Cardinales 2025, Mexico
2025 Pure Street Photography, Villa Altieri Museo, Roma.
2025 “Mare Nostrum”, Ex Palazzo delle Poste, Bari.
2025 Reset, Brussel.
2025 Knap Gallery at Regent’s University’s, London.
2025 “Geometrie” un dialogo visionario tra architetture e fotografie, Paralleli Gallery, Ostuni.
2025 The Oslo Street Photo Festival, Oslo, collective exhibition.
2025 Knap Gallery at Regent’s University’s, London, collective exhibition.
2024 Visioni Urbane: dialoghi tra architettura e vita, Palazzo della Provincia, Frosinone, Italy
2024 Bari PhotoContest, “sguardo periferico”, Teatro Margherita, Bari, Italy
2024 Familiar Strangers, portrait photography, Ephemere. gallery, Honcho, Konganei, Tokyo.
2024 Xposure photo festival, street photography, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
2023 Dis/Harmony, contemporary photography, PH21 gallery, Budapest.
2023 A Wall of Women by Women, street photography, BIFB, Ballart International Foto Biennale, Australia.
2023 Travelgram by CPL, travel photography, Colorno Photo Life Festival, Colorno, Italy.
2023 Luci e ombre - un percorso tra arte e ricerca, architectural and contemporary photography, Sala dei Templari, Molfetta, Italy.
2023 Design Shooting, architectural photography, Sala Murat, Bari, Italy.
2022 Lightland, contemporary photography, Casa degli Artisti, Milano, Italy.
2022 Trieste Photo Days, street photography, Aeroporto Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
2021 Fotografie per Ferlinghetti, street photography, Cantieri alla Zisa, Centro Internazionale di fotografia, Palermo, Italy.
2021 Si Fest Off-Covisioni, documentary and street photography, Savignano Immagini Festival, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy.
2021 Oltre l’Immagine, documentary and street photography, PAM – Parete Art Museum, Parete, Italy.
2021 Cronache Quaranteniche, diario fotografico di un anno di pandemia, CIFA - Centro Italiano per la Fotografia d’ Autore, Bibbiena, Italy.
2020 Global Images for global Crisis, contemporary photography, ICP -International Center of Photography, New York.
2015 Fotogiornalismo e dintorni, documentary photography, Teatro Rossini, Gioia del Colle, Italy.
2015 Contorni/Outlines: Identità del paesaggio metropolitano, street photography, Sala Colonnato Palazzo della provincia, Bari, Italy.
Features
Books
2025 Photobook “In The Modern World”, Woofermagazine.
2025 8th Annual Chromatic Awards Photo Book.
2025 catalog Kaaf Photo Contes 2024, kaafphot.ir
2025 URBANVOID, Vol.1, Still Human Edition.
2025 The Bestselected project, ”Humans” 2024, Vol. II,Blurb Edition.
2024 Fifteen n. 2, Psicografici Editore.
2023 The Bestselected project, ”Street”, Vol. II,Blurb Edition.
2023 Half the Sky, Ephemere Edition.
2023 DocuMagazine, Vol 4 Issue 2, Blurb Edition.
2021 catalog Riflessioni n. 47 Cronache Quaranteniche Diario fotografico di un anno di pandemia.
2021 catalog #ICPConcerned: Global Images for Global Crisis G Editions (Glitterati Editions).
2020 Yogurt Magazine, Bad Taste Flavour. ISSN 27-24- 0657.
2016 catalog Contorni/Outlines: Identità del paesaggio metropolitano.
2008 catalog Flowersbyyou di Kenzo.
Features
Online
2025 the Best Rising Photographers of February 2025, all-about-photo.com
2024 -2025 'Photographer of the Week' , all-about-photo.com
2024 Vision of Love, the Luupe.
2024 Portraits, Everything.is.ephemere.
2024 RR_mybestoff, rroma street.
2024 Age pride, femLENS Documentary Photography.
2024 Unexp_flowerpower, unexp_collective.
2024 Gallery of the best street photo, storytelling_and_street_photos.
2024 SPG’s Daily Pick, streetphotography.gallery.
2023 Self Portrait by women, the Luupe.
2023 If makes you happy, Float Magazine.
2023 Protezione, Perimetro.
2022 Wildness, Yogurt.flavour.
2022 Today’s Pick, Womenstreetphotographer.
2022 Selection photo, Globalfotografia_streets.
2022 Protection, Float Magazine.
2022 Southern Family ; Protection, Seezeenphoto.
2021 Wpa takover, Womens' Photo Alliance NYC.
2021 TSVWednesday, The Smart View.
2021 Selection photo, Emc Magazine.
2021 Today’s Pick, Rewriters.
2020 Phest chiama terra, Phest.
2020 Corona Virus Visual Diary, Contrasto.
2020 Visioni, C41 magazine.
Nomination
2025 finalist Pure Street Photography Awards 2025
2025 TIFA, Tokyo foto Awards, gold winner, Architecture - Abstract category.
2025 ND Awards, honorable mention, Documentary category.
2025 Analog Sparks, International Film Photography Awards, silver winner, Photojournalism category.
2025 PX3 Awards, Prix de la Photographie Paris, honorable mention Architecture - Abstract category.
2025 Minimalist Photography Awards 7TH edition, honorable mention Abstract category.
2025 IPA, Int’l photography Awards, honorable mention Architectue-Abstract category.
2025 Eco Cardinales Street Photography, 2025, finalist, single shot.
2025 Urban Photo Awards 2025, finalist, single shot.
2025 BSPF, Brussel Street Photography Festival 2025, finalist, single shot.
2025 The Street Badass Photography festival 2025, London, finalist, single shot.
2025 OSP, Oslo Street Photo Festival 2025, finalist with two shots.
2025 PSP, Pure Street Photography, Grant 2025, finalist.
2025 BPA, Berlin Photo awards 2025, finalist, Street Photography category.
2025 B&W IPA 2025, honorable mention, Street Photography and Portrait category.
2025 BSPF, Brussel Street Photography Festival 2025, finalist, single shot
2025 OSP, Oslo Street Photo Festival, 2025
finalist with two shots.
2025 PSP, Pure Street Photography, Grant 2025, finalist.
2025 BPA, Berlin Photo awards 2025, finalist, Street Photography category.
2025 B&W IPA 2025, honorable
mention, Street Photography and Portrait category.
2025 “In The Modern World” Open Call
2025, selection.
2024 Chromatic Awards, Photo Contest 2024, Third place, street photography category.
2024 KAAF, Photo Contest 2024, Second place, street photography section.
2024 PISPA, Paris International Street Awards 2024, Grand winner in the Mobile Phone SP and Honorable mention: Street Humor/Unsual
2024 Bifa, Budapest International Photo Award 2024, Bronze winner, Architecture-Historic category
2024 Bestselected, Human Open Call 2024, selection, 2photo winners.
2024 Visioni Urbane: dialoghi tra architettura e vita, finalist.
2024 BariPhotoContest, “sguardo periferico”, finalist.
2024 B&W Awards, Black and white photo awards, Honorable Mention: documentary category.
2024 FAPA, 9° Fine Art Photography Awards 2024, nominee Professional Street category.
2024 The Luupe Magazine, winner "Vision of Love" 2024.
2023 B&W Awards, Black and white photo awards, Honorable Mention: streetphotography category.
2023 Urban Photo Awards 2022, semifinalist, People category.
2023 IPA, International photo awards, Official selction, Honorable Mention: architecture/abstract category.
2023 IPPAWARDS, I-Phone Photography Awards, Second place in the "still life" category and Honorable mention in the “lifestyle” category.
2023 BIFB, winner “Wall of Women by Women at Ballarat Foto Biennale 2023”
2023 TTA, winner “Travel Tales Awards 2023”
2023 Monovisions Awards, black and white photography awards, Honorable mention: Photojournalism series category.
2023 London Photography Awards 2023, Honorable mention: People category.
2023 FAPA, 9° Fine Art Photography Awards 2023, nominee Professional Street category.
2023 The Luupe Magazine, winner "Celebrating Yourself" 2023.
2023 ND Awards Photo Contest, Honorable mention: Editorial/documentary.
2022 "Dis/harmony" winner, photographic open call 2022, curator Zsolt Bátori , PH21 gallery.
2022 “Lightland” winner, photographic open call of “Perimetro magazine”, judge Vittorio Storaro.
2022 ISPF, Italian Street Photo 2022, finalist, Contest Street Photography by Phone.
2022 PISPA, Paris International Street Awards 2022, Honorable mention: Street Portrait.
2022 IPA, International photo awards, finalist Official selction: People/StreetPhotography.
2022 Monovisions Awards, black and white photography awards, Honorable mention: Photojournalism series category.
2022 Urban Photo Awards 2022, selection, People category.
2022 FAPA, 8° Fine Art Photography Awards 2022, finalist, Photojournalism series category.
2022 MIFA, Moscow International Photo Awards, Honorable mention: Documentary.
2022 Siena Awards, finalist, “travel and adventures” category.
2021 IPPAWARDS, i-Phone Photography Awards, Honorable mention in the “others” category.
2021 ND Awards Photo Contest, Honorable mention: Photojournalism/story.
2021 “Oltre l’Immagine” PAM - Parete Art Museum, Photo Contest 2021, finalist.
2021 "Fotografi per Ferlinghetti" Photo Contest 2021, finalist.
2021 “SifestOff”, Savignano Immagini Festival 2021, finalist.
2021 "CIFA" "Quarantine Chronicles", Photo Contest 2021, winner.
2020 “Global Images for global Crisis” #ICPconcerned 2020 president of the jury David Campany, winner.
2015 "ContorniOutlines – identità di paesaggio metropolitano" Photo Contest 2015, winner.
2008 "Flowers by you" Kenzo International Photo Contest 2008, president of the jury Patick Guedj, winner.