Draft:Stefano Azario

Stefano Azario (born July 31, 1966) is an Italian photographer and filmmaker. He is a renowned children's photographer and has been creating advertising campaigns for the past 30 years.

Early Life & Education
He was born to Brenda Tandy and Vittorio Azario in Paris. Azario went to the University of Arts London, where he graduated in 1987 with a B.A. (Hons) in Photography, Film, and T.V. Before which, from 1980 to 1983, he studied at Holland Park School  and Scuola Europa, Milano.

Career
Azario is a photographer who has resided in Indonesia, the U.S.A., the U.K., and Italy. He is known for his extensive work with children for clients like Benetton, The Gap, and Vogue Bambini.

He began receiving regular commissions from Vogue Bambini in 1992. In 1994, he started working for Gap Kids and BabyGap. Stefano collaborated with Vogue Bambini from 1993 to 2019 for Fashion stories for the magazine. He participated in Gap Kids and Baby Gap advertising campaigns from 1996 to 2019 and worked on Benetton Kids advertising campaigns from 2010 to 2016.

EthicHub collaborated with him to support the creation of 10 prints of the artist's photographs in NFT format.

He was also the director of photography on Lydzia Englert's film "I said so little" in 2006.

Awards
Azario has been honored with many awards, such as:

2022 The Agent's Club Photography Awards: Winner "Documentary" Category

2021 Documentary Family Awards, Judges' Choice

2010 Communication Arts Award Winner Fashion Editorial

Publications
His work has been published in various books, including:

1000by2000: Photographing the future.

2000: Museum of Childhood

2002 M.I.L.K.: Moments of Intimacy Laughter Kinship: Family in 2002.

He also conducted a very famous photo shoot called "Nightmares," which was featured in a book in 2015.

Personal Life
He is married to Lydzia Englert Azario and parents to five children;  Lilly, Phoebe, Verity, Italo, and Esme. The family resides in a large house in the small city of Parma.