Dr Federica Chiocchetti

Brief Biography

Writer, curator, editor and lecturer specialising in photography and literature. Appointed director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle (MBAL) in June 2022. Founding director of the platform Photocaptionist, collaborating since 2014 with international institutions such as Jeu de Paume, Foam and Fotomuseum Winterthur. PhD in Photo-Texts (University of Westminster, 2020), she was Art Fund Curatorial Fellow of Photographs at the V&A and Nottingham Castle Muesum. Her book 'Amore e Piombo' with The Archive of Modern Conflict won the 2015 Kraszna Krausz Best Photography Book Award.

Current Projects

Elles Circuit Paris Photo 2022; Word and Image Workshop Photocaptionist; editorial board member of PALM - Jeu de Paume magazine