Fabio Germinario (Rome, 1987) is an independent photoreporter.
Through travel, he has shaped his identity and found in documentary photography the language to explore the connection between people and their environment.
His work focuses on social and cultural narratives, told with an intimate and respectful gaze that reveals the authenticity and complexity of the stories he encounters.
He has developed projects in several countries: In Japan, documenting capsule hotels and their social role since the 70s (Single Portion Life), as well as the centuries-old tradition of sumo (Training Sumo); and in the Philippines, portraying life in marginalized urban areas (Barangay Happy Land-Tenement Town) and the underground world of cockfighting (Topada).
In Italy, since 2010, he has been working on a long-term project about Rome’s nightlife, a visual exploration of the night as a refuge, a mirror, and a stage for human relationships (Night Train, 2010–ongoing).
Between 2021 and 2024, he followed Måneskin during their international rise, a journey that deeply influenced his way of depicting the connection between artists, stage, and audience.
Alongside his documentary work, he continues possopagareconcarta (2021–ongoing), a more diaristic and instinctive project, a visual flow collecting fragments of everyday life without judgment.
His work has appeared in Vogue Italia and Japan, Billboard, Rolling Stone, The Big Issue, NME, Kerrang!, V Magazine, IQ, Cosmopolitan, The Guardian, Inrock, and Rockin’On Japan.
His photographs have been shown in group exhibitions and recognized in international awards such as the Moscow International Photo Awards, Annual Photography Awards, Monovisions Photography Awards, and the Italian Street Photo Festival.
In 2025, he embarked on a research journey in India, focusing on the dynamics between communities, spirituality, and contemporary daily life, developing new documentary projects exploring these intersections, still in progress.
