Biography

Aran Cosentino is an artist and photographer from Udine, Italy.

Raised in a house surrounded by the woods of the Natisone Valleys, since childhood he has developed a deep passion for art and beauty, inherited from his father and paternal grandfather.

At six years old, during elementary school and driven by an interest in photography and cinema, he made his debut as a co-star in the short film TG Natale, the first of a series.

At fourteen, he started a campaign to protect the Alberone stream, opposing the construction of an unsustainable hydroelectric plant. In 2018, the project was definitively rejected, thus contributing to the preservation of a stretch of pristine stream.

At sixteen, he won the award for best photography at the national competition TuttoMondo Contest 2018 by Save the Children Italia, presented to him by Letizia Battaglia in Palermo.

In 2021, he graduated from the Giovanni Sello Art School in Udine, specializing in audiovisual and multimedia. For his high school diploma, he made the short film TUTTO e NIENTE, obtaining an excellent evaluation.

In addition to collaborating with the renowned cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger, he participated in the Venice International Photo Festival as a photographer’s assistant. In 2023 he supported Arthur Hubert Legrand in a workshop on the female nude, in 2024 he supported the photojournalist Reza Deghati in a workshop dedicated to portraiture and in 2025 he assisted Stefan Rappo, focusing on intimate portraiture.

During his artistic journey, he met internationally renowned masters of photography, including Steve McCurry, Sebastião Salgado, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Michael Kenna and Oliviero Toscani.

In 2025, he obtained the First Level Academic Diploma in Multimedia Arts with 110 cum laude at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.