Massimo Stefanutti

Department of Heritage and Cinema and Photography
Board Member

Attorney in Photography Copyright, and Intellectual Property

Graduated in Law at the University of Ferrara, after classical studies and member of the Venice Bar since 1985, he is a patron of the Court of Cassation and current President of the Circolo Fotografico La Gondola of Venice.

Stefanutti has been photographing since the early 1970s with an old Rolleicord. In 2001, he discovered pinhole photography and, in a few years, became one of its leading exponents in the national and international field and member of the National Observatory for Pinhole Photography at the Museum of Art and Information (MUSINF) in Senigallia from 2008 to 2012 and curator of important Italian pinhole photography exhibitions.

A former member of the Scientific Committee of the Reflexions Masterclass held by photographer Giorgia Fiorio and currently board member of the Nino Migliori Foundation, Vice-President of the Romano Cagnoni Foundation, Visiting Professor at the Modena Photography Foundation, consultant to the Cà Foscari University in Venice, the CRAF in Spilimbergo, the Museo delle Storie Foundation in Bergamo, as well as numerous other public and private organisations. He is a trainer for copyright law (particularly photography law) for Sharecom and Wolter Kluwer, as part of the Altalex program, as in specific courses for photographers and lawyers.

Stefanutti has been involved in photography and intellectual property law for many years, advocating in numerous disputes in the sector and providing advice and assistance to photographer clients.