Alessandro Penso was born in a small town near Rome thirty years ago. During the university years he began to study as a photographer in one of the most prestigious schools of phography in Rome, "Scuola Romana di Fotografia", where thanks to the award "San Lorenzo fotofestival" he obtained his first prize and won a scholarship. He travelled and worked in Tibet to the make "New Tibet". After his travel in Ethiopia he publishes "ethiopian tribal enviroments" on pdn magazine winning the first prize in “Pdn Photo Student”. This pictures were published in PDNnedu and distributed in a school with photography programs in the USA. The images were also on display at the conference of the Society for Photographers Education, in Dallas, Texas. In 2008 he attends a workshop with Francesco Zizola. He also obtained a mention of honour by i.p.a. In the same year he was marked by tau “associazione nazionale fotografi italiani” and wins a medal of bronze at “fotoleggendo 2008” Also in 2008 his work about Drag Kings was screened in Lucca Digital Photo, in the gala evening. In honour of Alex Webb. In 2009 he will participate in “Descubrimientos” at PhotoEspaña. Now he is working in two differents projects about the gender identity and the rule of the body in differents forme d'arte.