Born in Milan in 1980, after graduating in Arabic in 2004, she began her career in the international cooperation sector, living and traveling between the Middle East and Africa. At the same time, in order to document the realities with which she comes into contact thanks to his work, she begins her professional commitment in photography. The training in the photographic field arrived after a few years: the technical training (Fondazione Forma / NABA, Milan) is followed by that on reportage (IIF, Milan) and participatory photography (Photovoice, London). In 2013 she created, together with Davide Montenovi, Il Maestro & Margherita - Ethical and sustainable photography, a photographic studio project inspired by social enterprises principles.
She works both in commercial photography and to develop photo reportage - commissioned and personal - also using participatory photography techniques.
Since 2017 she has been head of the Programs and Research department of Lensational, a social enterprise that uses photography to empower women in the most vulnerable communities in Asia and Africa. Since 2018 she has been part of the Italian Women Photographers' association.
In 2019 she started collaborating with the Photography group of the Women's House Association in Milan.

http://www.margheritadametti.com/