Federica Armstrong is a visual storyteller born in Italy and currently residing in Palo Alto, California.

Her storytelling practice includes documentary and fine art works focused on environmental and social issues as well as personal narratives related to intimacy and belonging.

Armstrong works as independent photographer on editorial assignments and has collaborated with many non-profits in the San Francisco Bay Area covering issues of homelessness, affordable housing and healthcare. 

During the pandemic years Armstrong has done extensive research on alternative processes to explore personal creative narratives that have led to her latest project ‘The Dowry’.

Her work has been exhibited in numerous venues in the US and Europe including the Harvard Art Museum, The Griffin Museum in Boston, and Filter Photo Gallery in Chicago, among others. Armstrong images have been featured on the New York Times Lens Blog, Corriere della Sera’s Sette Magazine, The Hand Magazine and several other books and publications.

Armstrong received a BA in tourism management in Italy and has studied photography at Foothills College in Los Altos, CA; she is an alumna of the 2014 Missouri Photo Workshop, the 15 Kalish Workshop and has attended numerous workshops in US and Europe.

A selection of her work is part of the Harvard Art Museum permanent collection.

In 2015 Federica has founded the Palo Alto Photography Forum, a lecture series showcasing distinguished photojournalists and promoting conversations on global and local issues through photography and visual storytelling. The Forum hosts 2-3 events per year with an average attendance of 150+ people per event. Previous speakers include: Matt Black, Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris, Jim Goldberg, Ed Kashi, Lynn Johnson, Stephanie Sinclair, Gideon Mendel among others.