Lorenzo Tonti was born in Italy and grew up in Switzerland, living in Bern, Zurich, and Lausanne. He studied graphic design and photography, initially in Strasbourg and Lille in France, and completed his formal education in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He has lived in Ireland since 1984 when he came to work  at Kilkenny Design Workshops, a government agency for the development of design in Ireland. He has always used photography to record daily life. He currently lectures in both photography and graphic design at Technological University of the South East, Ireland. He has always taken photographs as a means of documenting daily life. A longterm, keen supporter of the slow food movement, food is a passion and constant subject of daily image making, feeding (himself, and) his Instagram posts with deliciousness.

As part of his ongoing research, he is currently working on a series of images documenting plant matter. 

Awards  

Four Silver and one Bronze Award in the European-chapter of the WPE International Photographers Awards 2020, 2021, 2022 in the Food Category.