ABOUT
Claudio Majorana was born in 1986 in Catania, Italy, where he still lives. From his earliest age, he experienced the intertwined influence of art and science as he grew up spending time after school in his father’s radiology darkroom and his mother’s painting atelier. His interest in photography bloomed during efforts to document the Sicilian skateboard scene in which he was deeply involved. After completing a degree in medicine with a thesis on social cognition and brain development during adolescence, he chose to dedicate himself to photography, focusing on the coming of age years. Drawing from this research, in 2018 he published Head of the Lion, his first monograph exploring the transition to adulthood. During the same year, he started with photographer Arianna Arcara the ongoing project Ciao vita mia, set in Librino, a suburban neighbourhood of Catania. He recently pursued postgraduate studies in psychotherapy, moved by the desire to deepen his understanding of himself and others. In his latest book, Mal de Mer, out with Cesura Publish, Majorana portrayed of nuanced coming-of-age experiences between youth summer camps, forests, cemeteries, and other arbitrary settings in Vilnius and on the outskirts of Lithuania.
Since 2020, he has been a member of the photo collective CESURA.

BOOKS
Mal de Mer, Cesura Publish 2024
Head of the Lion, Cesura Publish 2018
The Recent History of Sicilian Skateboard Tours, 2015


AWARDS
Refocus #2 Open Call 2020: All the things that seemed so important
Premio Marco Pesaresi 2019: Ciao Vita Mia
British Journal of Photography Ones to Watch 2018: Head of the Lion


SELECTED SOLO AND TWO PEOPLE EXHIBITIONS
Ciao vita mia, SiFest (Savignano Immagini Festival), Italy 2020
Head of the Lion, Collateral Milan, Italy 2019
The Lost Generation (La Repubblica), Riaperture Festival, Ferrara, Italy 2019
The Recent History of Sicilian Skateboard Tours, Ritmo, Catania, Italy 2015


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Rovinj Photodays, OMNE/NATURE, Rovinj Croatia, 2024
Parco Belloluogo, OMNEFEST, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy 2023
L’Italia è un desiderio. Fotografie, paesaggi e visoni 1842-2022 (Fondazione Alinari e MuFoco), Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome, 2023
Coming of Age, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris 2022
Refocus, Archivio Visivo della Pandemia. Triennale Milano 2021
Interludio, SiFest (Savignano Immagini Festival), Italy 2020
Head of the Lion, Looking On “Sguardi e prospettive sulla nuova fotografia italiana”, Mar (Museo d’Arte della Città di Ravenna), Italy 2019
Head of the Lion, Skate & Surf Film Festival, Milan Italy, 2019
The Lost Generation (La Repubblica), Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan, France 2018

COMMISSIONS
WeWorld Onlus 2020: Forgotten Youth
Louis Vuitton 2019: Men’s Pre Collection SS20 by Virgil Abloh
La Repubblica 2018: The Lost Generation 2018
Julipet 2018: Seen by teenagers
Diesel 2018: Art is Tee