Marco Grassi

How it started.

Marco grew up in Italy and spent part of his childhood in a small Alpine village. A year in New Zealand made him want to keep traveling. On the way home, he spent his savings on a professional camera and lenses. He taught himself while working during the day and studying and practicing photography at night.

Finding his path.

His 2015–2016 round-the-world trip helped him build a body of work, especially mountain landscapes. He shared his photographs online and built relationships with other photographers on the road. His early photography tours became a turning point, giving him a way to make travel, teaching and photography his livelihood.

The images fans know.

His collections move from the closely packed houses of Larung Gar to aerial views of Utah in Space Oddity. For The Unperceived, made in Patagonia in 2019, he turned his camera toward the less familiar peaks around Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre.

A wider audience.

In 2018, his photograph of the Earth Pyramids of Platten in South Tyrol earned third place in the National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest. His work has also appeared in outlets including BBC, CNN and GEO.