Emanuele Pagni (Florence, March 14, 1980) is a professional photographer, art historian, and lecturer. He graduated from the University of Florence with a degree in Film History and Criticism and Art History, with a thesis in Cultural Anthropology. His artistic and academic path bridges visual arts, research, and education.

A student of Michael Margotta—actor, collaborator of Jack Nicholson, and lifetime member of the Actor’s Studio in New York—he gave several lectures at the Metropolitan University of London as a guest lecturer for the Performing Arts program.

From 2010  to 2022, he has lived between Florence and Berlin. He has taught art history in Berlin’s most renowned museums: the Alte Nationalgalerie, the Jüdisches Museum, and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. In 2015, he was the only official Italian-speaking art historian for the international exhibition “Wanderlust” at the Alte Nationalgalerie, dedicated to the theme of travel, featuring works by Caspar David Friedrich, Courbet, Gauguin, and Renoir.

He currently teaches art history and fine art at various universities in Florence and leads photography workshops with an interdisciplinary approach that merges theoretical and practical knowledge.

He has exhibited his work in numerous solo exhibitions in Italy and Germany, including:

• Bodies in Light: Dream and Reality
• The Bohemian and the Light
• Images from the Underground
• Engraved Souls (Calenzano, 2014)
• Sister Solitude – Schwester Einsamkeit (IGEL Gallery, Berlin, 2015)

He has also been photographed as an artist in various international projects.

His professional collaborations include work with HY!Berlin, Muret la Barba, and the promotional campaign for the Mobile Social Game NOCK. In Berlin, he partnered with painter Wojtek Scherp on the project Im Mantel des Determinismus, exhibited at FzKke Euskirchen, Prisco Haus München, and Museum Fluxus Potsdam. He also worked at the studio of renowned fashion photographer Magnus Reed (The Apartment).

He refined his skills in portraiture, lighting, and editing under Gildardo Gallo (VOGUE) and Sandro Bini (Deaphoto). He is the co-founder of Ianus Art, a project that merges photography, painting, and graphic design using innovative materials.

In 2013, he was selected by Nikon for the I’m Nikon campaign and named Photographer of the Month by Fotografolio Germany. His photographs have been featured in international guides such as Analogue Guides.

From 2022 to 2025, he was awarded Best Wedding Photographer for four consecutive years by Matrimonio.com, establishing himself as a leading figure in international wedding reportage.