Landscape photographer Isabella Tabacchi is internationally recognized for her evocative, emotional, and dreamlike photographic style.
She is Hasselblad Heroine, has been part of the Grand Jury of the Hasselblad Masters 2021, Epson International Pano Awards, received the title of Photographer of the Year in Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA) , the third prize in the International Landscape Photographer of the year 2020 and several other awards since 2016 (see below).
Isabella Tabacchi ‘s landscape photography art started in the boundless sceneries in the Italian Dolomites in 2014, when she saw the moon-like landscapes in Catinaccio / Rosengarten (Garden of Roses) mountain group.
Isabella fell in love with the sharp and misty peaks of the Dolomites. She loves wandering to discover even very hard to reach places, often with several days hikes to create her works and get inspiration.
Isabella’s need to visit and discover new places and unknown environments brought her to the Far East of Russia, in the Kamchatka peninsula, where, together with two local guides, she ventured into pristine and dangerous nature of those territories, among forests and volcanoes.
Other destinations visited by Isabella include Lofoten Islands, Azores, Canary Islands, Iceland, Iran, Northern Chile , Northern Ireland, France, Switzerland and Namibia.
Since 2016 Isabella won many international competitions including Monochrome Awards, International Photographer of the Year awards (IPOTY), Outdoor Photographer of the Year (OPOTY), Fine Art Photography Awards, Moscow International Photo Awards, Epson International Pano Awards (Highest scoring Gigapixel Image), ND Awards, Tokyo Foto Awards, Creative Siena Photo Awards.
Awarded as Photographer of the Year 2020 in the Moscow International Photo Awards 2020 (MIFA) thanks to a serie from the project “Kamchatka: to the abyss of the Earth”. 3rd prize awarded in the International Landscape Photographer of the Year 2020 award, the most important landscape photography competition in the world. Her picture of Lut desert in Iran was selected in the Milky Way Photographer of the Year 2023 selection.
Judge in the Epson International Pano Awards (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021,2022 editions) one of the most important photo competitions in the world, Hasselblad X You and at the CIP International Photo Festival, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 editions. Judge in Annual Photo Awards (APA) in 2021 and expert Judge in two contests for the platform Photocrowd. In 2021 Isabella is judge in the photo contest “Uno scatto per la natura” organized by the italian Ministry of Environment. In 2021 she was part of the Hasselblad Master Grand Jury.
Cameras:
Hasselblad X1D II, Sony a7r5, Mavic 3 Pro.
Lenses:
Hasselblad XCD 21, XCD 30, XCD 45, XCD 45P, XCD 135, XCD teleconverter 1.7x, Laowa 15 macro, Sony 12-24 mm f/2.8 GM, Sony 200-600 mm f/5.6-6.3, Tamron 28-200 f/2.8-5.6.
Filters:
Haida Nano Pro Soft GND 0.9, Nano Pro ND 1000, Nano Pro C-POL, Red Diamond ND 1000, M10 holder, Kase magnetic round filters.
Tripods:
Gitzo Mountaineer Kit S-1, Gitzo Traveler kit S-1
Camera Bags:
f-stop Dyota Sling 11L, f-stop Ajna 40L, Lowepro Powder 500 AW.
