GILDARDO GALLO

Photographer & Dreamer

Born in Mexico in 1970, Gildardo Gallo began his creative journey in graphic design before discovering photography — a passion that would soon become his life’s work.

In the early 1990s, he moved to Mexico City to study at Escuela Activa, where he focused on creative and documentary photography. During those years, he explored different photographic languages, gradually developing a personal vision characterized by imagination, atmosphere, and a dreamlike approach to storytelling.

In the late 1990s, he moved to Italy and, in 2003, founded ZONA-X, a creative space dedicated to the research, development, and promotion of photography as an artistic language.

Portraiture has always been at the heart of his work. Alongside personal projects, he has built a long-standing career in commercial and fashion photography, where technical precision and creative experimentation continuously enrich one another.

Over the years, his work has been exhibited in both solo and group exhibitions across Mexico, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Greece.

Today, his photography moves between reality and imagination, exploring the subtle space where memory, identity, and dreams converge.