Daria Addabbo is an Italian documentary photographer and photojournalist with over fifteen years of experience, whose work has been published internationally in The Washington Post, El País, and leading Italian magazines.

She has worked extensively on editorial assignments for newspapers and magazines, covering stories on current affairs, culture, and society. This background has shaped her ability to respond quickly and precisely to editorial needs — often condensing an entire narrative into a single, resonant image. Her strong visual storytelling and editorial sensibility emerge from the intersection between daily journalistic work and long-term independent research projects.

In recent years, Addabbo has expanded her documentary practice through international residencies and collaborations. In 2024–2025, she completed a two-month artistic residency at Princeton University (New Jersey and Pittsburgh), developing new chapters of her ongoing project This Hard Land — a photographic exploration of the American working class inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s songs.

Her projects often examine the social, symbolic, and environmental dimensions of place. 

In 2024–2025, she produced a major commission for Acea S.p.A., Italy’s leading utility company in the water, energy, and environment sectors. The work, focused on the waters of Rome and their historical and urban significance, culminated in the photographic book La Via Acquea (2025).

Since 2022, she has maintained an ongoing collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP), photographing the organization’s Executive Board and producing institutional photography for events and official communications.

Her publications include This Hard Land (Jaca Book, 2018), a photographic book inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s music and the social and political themes it evokes; Un Altro Giorno è Andato (Jaca Book, 2020); Acque d’America (Jaca Book, 2023), a visual reflection on the American landscape and the symbolism of water; and La Via Acquea (2025).

Her work has received international recognition, including selections for American Photography 2023 and 2025, and Honorable Mentions at the International Photography Awards (IPA) in both 2023 and 2025 — the latter specifically for This Hard Land.