In March 2012, with "The Death Of Italian Horseracing", won the Leica Talent 24x36 contest. In April '12 was selected for the Hasselblad/Y’art Association Photo Workshop in St. Petersburg scholarship. Also in 2012, was nominated as the first ambassdor for Leica Camera in Italy. In the same year he founded the commercial agency Made In Milan. In 2014 was nominated as candidate for the annual Joop Swart Masterclass from World Press Photo. In the same period his train surfing project has been shortlisted in the 30 Under 30 competition between IdeasTap and Magnum Photos, won the first place of Best Short Feature in the 2014 World Press Photo Multimedia contest and was selected as recipient of the Lucie Foundation Emergering Scholarship grant. He is 27 and currently based between Milan and Turin, Italy.