Michelangelo Cao was born in Cagliari (Italy) in 1984. He completed his university studies and medical training in Padua, where he lived until 2015. A keen photographer since he was a teenager, he has developed and refined his photographic skills working and learning together with several Italian and British photographers including Moreno Segafredo, Ferdinando Fasolo, Giampaolo Romagnosi and Simon Murison-Bowie.
Since 2010 he has actively collaborated with mignon presenting his work in both solo and collective exhibitions. A selection of his photographs was included in 20 mignon, an anthology commemorating the first twenty years of the group’s activities in 2016. Some of his pictures from the project on the Camino de Santiago were published in the 25th issue of The Mays anthology. After moving to the UK for his postgraduate studies in 2016, Michelangelo has engaged with the vibrant Oxford photographic scene, taking an active part in the Oxford Photographers’ Group, participating in and helping to organise exhibitions.
Michelangelo works exclusively with black and white film cameras. His photography projects focus on street and documentary topics, portraits and landscapes. He has a deep interest in analogue techniques, developing and printing his photographs in his own darkroom.