Fausta Riva was born in Brianza, nearly Lecco, on November 7, 1990. In 2015 she graduated in Geography (L-6) at the University of Milan. Degree thesis: noise pollution focused on neighboring countries of Malpensa airport. In 2018 she specialized in photography during the biennale course at Cfp Bauer in Milan. He concludes the course with a training internship with Prospekt photo agency. Now she collaborates with geographers, urban planners, architects, art collectors, sculptors and private individuals. Since 2015 she has been writing in the online magazine Frammenti. In 2016 she's exhibited a photographic project at the Milan Triennale dell'Arte and in 2018 a video installation at the Stelline Foundation. In 2018 the last photographic exhibition at the "soglia magica" of Malpensa Terminal 1. Her personal research is located between geography and photography.