Alma Bibolotti (Bari, 1964) is an Italian fine-art photographer whose practice explores the natural world as a space for emotional and imaginative discovery. After graduating in foreign languages, she lived and worked in Paris and Nice for six years. Her interest in photography began in the 1980s, influenced by photographers including Mimmo Jodice, Edward Weston, Mario Giacomelli and Lucien Clergue.
Initially working with analogue photography and darkroom printing, she later embraced digital processes as a way to experiment with forms, textures and perception. Her images move between observation and abstraction, using natural elements to suggest dreamlike spaces and an inner landscape.
Her series The Lilies Pond draws on Claude Monet’s water lilies and the Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi. Reflections, delicate colours and dissolving forms transform ponds into meditations on transience and imperfect beauty. The project received Gold at the Prix de la Photographie Paris in 2025 and won Scatti da Collezione – Un viaggio oltre il visibile in 2026, bringing it to Passage Arte Contemporanea for Trieste Photo Days.
