About Marco Di Marco
Visual journalist, photographer, videographer, tour guide documenting active volcanic regions and the people around them
Who’s Marco
Marco Di Marco is a Sicilian visual journalist and photographer based in Iceland
His Mission
Marco brings together geoscience and visual storytelling, documenting volcanic activity, environmental change, human adaptation and wider social and community stories in some of the planet’s most dynamic regions. He works close to active areas and follows how eruptions and changing landscapes affect the communities, infrastructures, and ecosystems around them.
His assignments have been published through Associated Press distribution and direct collaborations with major international media outlets, where his work is used to explain complex events in a clear, grounded, and visually engaging way.
It’s very nice to feel you’re nothing… when you’re near a volcano.
Katia & Maurice Krafft, volcanologists
HOW EVERYTHING STARTED
Origins
Raised at the foot of Mount Etna, Marco experienced volcanic eruptions not as distant events but as part of daily life.
He first stood near active lava flows as a child (see photo), early encounters that shaped his instinct for reading the Earth’s signals and respecting its scale.
Trained in geology and field interpretation, he developed a practical understanding of how landscapes evolve, later combining that knowledge with the discipline of visual documentation.
By his late teens, he was spending day and nights on volcanic slopes on Mt. Etna observing eruptions first-hand, guided more by curiosity than by career ambition.
Those years built the observational foundation that would later define his reporting style: precise, patient, and grounded in evidence.
HOW IT DEVELOPED
Professional Path
What began as personal field exploration gradually evolved into professional reporting.
In 2021, with the onset of Iceland’s Reykjanes volcanic sequence, Marco began collaborating with the Associated Press, producing imagery and footage that circulated globally across television, digital, and print news outlets.
His coverage of successive eruptions and national events has since established him among the key visual witnesses of Iceland’s modern geological chapter.
While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.
Lewis Hine, documentary photographer
CORE VALUES
Work Approach
Marco’s work moves between photojournalism, documentary film, and field science. He often operates in remote or hazardous conditions, relying on careful preparation and close coordination with local authorities and scientific teams. His practice values clarity over spectacle, with composition and tone serving the story rather than the photographer.
He sees visual journalism as a form of long-term observation, a way to build a record of how the planet behaves and how we respond to it.
Whether documenting volcanic activity, earth’s movements, or wider social and community stories, his objective remains consistent: to record evidence rather than opinion and to interpret reality without bending it to fit a narrative.
To know ahead of time what you’re looking for means you’re only photographing your own preconceptions
Dorothea Lange, documentary photographer & photojournalist
current focus
Present Work & Outlook
Now based in Iceland, Marco continues to report on geological, environmental, and national events for international media.
His work also extends to documentary production, aerial cinematography, and field support for scientific and media teams.
He remains connected to Sicily and southern Italy, frequently returning to document Etna, Stromboli, and other Mediterranean volcanic systems.
Available for assignments worldwide, he collaborates with media outlets, research institutions, and film productions requiring field knowledge and visual precision.
His current focus includes developing long-form documentary projects that follow how people adapt to changing landscapes.
Perspective
A picture is a secret about a secret; the more it tells you, the less you know.
Diane Arbus, photographer
To Marco, photography and film are extensions of patient observation, tools he uses to measure, explain, and at times confront the power of nature. The camera is never the protagonist. It is a witness that allows events to speak for themselves.
Every eruption, storm, or modification in the landscape reinforces a simple idea: human life unfolds inside a much larger system that is indifferent to us, yet deeply influential. His work is a way to pay attention to that system, to show its scale with honesty, and to treat it with the respect it demands.
For collaborations, editorial assignments, or speaking engagements, visit the Contact Page
High-resolution images and film materials are available on request.
Sicilian visual journalist based in Iceland, documenting volcanic activity, nature phenomena, environmental change, and field science since 2018.
Contributor to the Associated Press and international media, available for assignments and documentary collaborations worldwide.