Alex majoli biography

Alex Majoli was born in Ravenna, Italy, in 1971. He attended the Art Institute in Ravenna. His work focuses on the human condition and the theater within our daily lives.

Majoli’s career began to develop after he photographed the closing of the notorious insane asylum on the island of Leros in Greece, which resulted in his first monograph, Leros.

This arose mainly because of his interest in the theories of Franco Basaglia, a pioneer of the modern concept of mental health, famous for having abolished psychiatric hospitals in Italy.

Majoli’s early interest in psychiatric care led him to go to Brazil, which marked the beginning of his twenty-year-long, ongoing project, “Tudo Bom,” a compelling body of work about the multi-layered country, and the extremes found in the darker side of its society.

Over many years, Majoli has worked as a photojournalist.

The experience of photographing people in all kinds of circumstances has led him to explore the idea that everyone is an actor in t