Portfolio reviews

Ulteriore’s portfolio reviews offer an opportunity to receive direct feedback on your work and your photographic practice.

You’ll have the opportunity to present your portfolio, talk about your project and receive feedback and advice from photo editors, curators and other professionals in the field.

The sessions take place over three weekends. Each session lasts 20 minutes and takes place online. You can choose one or more reviewers, gaining different perspectives on your work.

Calendar

28–29 November
10 am – 1 pm

Available reviewers

BENEDETTA DONATO
ROBERTA FUORVIA
CLAUDIA PALADINI
DARIO VEREB (28.11 only)
NICCOLO HEBEL

12–13 December
10 am – 1 pm

Available reviewers

ROBERTA FUORVIA
SARA EMMA CERVO
CLAUDIA PALADINI
ROSY SANTELLA
TEODORA MALAVENDA

19–20 December
10 am – 1 pm

Available reviewers

ROBERTA FUORVIA
DARIO VERÉB (20.12 only)
NICCOLÒ HÉBEL
TIZIANA FARAONI

How to apply

The portfolio reviews take place online over three weekends, between 10 am and 1 pm. Each session lasts 20 minutes, and you can choose from a range of reviewers.

To take part, email portfolioreview@progettoulteriore.com, indicating which reviewers you’d like to meet and your preferred day for each session.

We’ll get back to you by email to confirm availability and provide payment details. Your booking is confirmed upon receipt of payment.

FEES

  • 1 portfolio review (20 minutes): 30 €
  • 2 portfolio reviews (20 minutes each): 50 €
  • 3 portfolio reviews (20 minutes each): 70 €

Meet the Reviewers

Independent Photography Curator and Critic 
Curator and photography critic, she handles exhibitions and editorial projects, collaborating with various organizations in the sector. Director of the Romano Cagnoni Award and board member of the Romano Cagnoni Foundation. Curator of ARCHIVIOFUTURO / Bosca Foundation. Portfolio reviewer and jury member for international events, she is among the nominators for the LOBA – Leica Oskar Barnack Award. She writes for IL FOTOGRAFO Magazine and STYLE Magazine (RCS Group). She is also a member of GRIN – National Group of Picture Editors.

Photo Editor and Production Manager at GOST Books
Claudia Paladini, photo editor and production manager for GOST Books since 2015. As freelance she curates photography books, exhibitions, and long-term projects. Founded in 2012, GOST Books is an independent visual arts and photography publisher based in London.

Chief Photo Editor at NZZ am Sonntag
Dario Veréb is Chief Photo Editor of NZZ am Sonntag and Deputy Head of the Photo Desk at Neue Zürcher Zeitung in Zurich. He commissions photographers, develops visual concepts and writes about photography. As a curator and workshop host, he works with photographers on editing, sequencing and visibility, with a particular interest in Chinese photography. He was a 2025 GenA Fellow of Asia Society Switzerland.

Artistic director, curator
Curator, artistic director, set designer and producer, Niccolò is the co-founder and co-director of Club Mopasa, a cultural centre based in Mexico City. In 2026, he is a guest curator for the FOTOSEPTIEMBRE Biennial, and in 2027 he will serve as co-artistic director of the Rencontres Internationales d’Art Contemporain in Brazzaville. He has collaborated with international institutions and festivals, including Planches Contact and CAMERA Torino. In 2017, he created How Far Now, a participatory project that uses photography as a tool for encounter and dialogue.

 

Curator and Founder of THE DOCKS
Roberta Fuorvia is a curator specializing in contemporary photography, exploring the relationship between images, visual culture, and narrative contexts. She is co-founder of THE DOCKS, an association dedicated to promoting photographic events and workshops, and THE DOCKS PUBLISHING, an independent publisher specialising in photographic fanzines. Her first book, Behind the Icons (Martin Eden, 2024), represented Campania at the 2025 Turin International Book Fair. She has curated the international Passepartout Photo Prize since 2020 and has collaborated with the Natural History Museum of Oman as an iconographic researcher since 2023.

Visual Editor at Vanity Fair
After graduating in Contemporary Art History, she moved to Milan to study photo editing at CFP Bauer. She is now Visual Editor at Vanity Fair, having previously worked for Cosmopolitan, Gioia, Playboy, The Collectible Dry and Lampoon. She writes about photography for Vanity Fair and updates her Instagram profile, volevofaresololaphotoeditor, less and less frequently. She collects cameras she never uses and buys lots of vintage photographs on eBay.

Photo Editor at Internazionale
After a brief stint as a journalist at the Associated Press, she began collaborating with Internazionale in 2010. She contributes to the weekly magazine’s website, covering exhibitions, festivals and books, and coordinates photographic assignments documenting current affairs in Italy. Since 2016, she has been editing the magazine’s Portfolio section, selecting Italian and international photographic projects that document current events around the world, as well as long-term work and personal projects. She teaches photo editing and project development, collaborating with various schools and associations across Italy. She regularly participates in portfolio reviews and serves on the juries of Italian and international photography competitions.

Photo Editor at L’Espresso
Tiziana Faraoni is Photo Editor at L’Espresso, with an extensive career in photography and photo editing. She began her career at the Grazia Neri photo agency (1996–2004), specialising in editing and production for Italian and international projects. She has worked for major publications, including D – La Repubblica delle Donne, and collaborates with TOFM, Ferrari’s official magazine. Former Artistic Director of the photography festival Fotoleggendo, she is also involved in teaching, curates contemporary photography books and exhibitions, and serves on the juries of photography awards and festivals.

Visual Editor, Curator and Creative Consultant
She has worked in photography and visual culture for over fifteen years, developing editorial and exhibition projects. She works with companies, cultural institutions and non-profit organisations, providing creative consultancy and visual communication services. From 2018 to January 2026, she was Photo Editor at WE World Energy, Eni’s international magazine. She is the founder and Artistic Director of Ulteriore, a platform dedicated to photography and the visual arts.