Marco Vernaschi is an Italian visual artist and producer known for his thought-provoking visuals and impactful campaigns. His diverse projects span documentary, advocacy, and contemporary art, with his work featured in prominent private and public collections, museums, and respected media outlets.
In 2025, he introduced ANTIDOTE, a conceptual framework that counters the narcissistic paradigms underpinning today’s authoritarian and techno-centric culture by foregrounding the relational ethics and wisdom found in Indigenous and ancestral knowledge systems. Encompassing five series created between 2018 and 2025 — The Land of Never After, Macondo, Las Ciénagas, Ahícito Nomás, and In Limbo — ANTIDOTE advances a long-term investigation into climate resilience, social justice, and gender equality.
Between 2015 and 2019, Marco served as an external advisor to Argentina’s Chief of Staff Office, helping to foster social development and positioning of the Northwestern region, particularly the Quebrada of Humahuaca in Jujuy.
In 2015, he launched SEEDS for LIFE, an awareness campaign addressing the impact of pesticide abuse in Argentina, which garnered support from Coldpay’s Chris Martin, contributing to improve local regulations on use of agrochemicals.
In 2011, Vernaschi participated in the 54th Venice Biennale. His project PLACEBO, consisting of two series investigating sexual energy as a core element of human experience, was then exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome (MACRO), Paris Photo and the Karl Bulla Museum in St. Petersburg, among other venues.
In 2012, Marco presented BIOPHILIA at Noordelicht’s Festival, Terra Cognita. The project, exploring humanity’s need to reconnect with nature, was then showcased at the Tokyo Institute of Photography, Paris Photo and the Festival Internacional de Fotografia de Belo Horizonte.
As a Pulitzer Center grantee, Marco produced NARCO STATE, an investigation on narco-terrorism in Guinea-Bissau; DYING for TREATMENT, a campaign on maternal health in West Africa; and CHILD SACRIFICE, an investigation on organ trafficking in Uganda. Early in his career, Marco produced an investigation on the aftermath of cocaine production in Bolivia and conducted wildlife crime and conservation investigations in Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Indonesia, and India in collaboration with CITES (United Nations).
Throughout his career, Marco has received numerous accolades, including the World Press Photo award. He joined The Photo Society in 2015, where he remains an active member.
World Press Photo Involvement:
2010 World Press Photo Contest winner
Marco Vernaschi on Social Media:
Instagram: @marcovenaschi
