During her university studies where she obtains a degree in Mathematics, Patrizia Bonanzinga discovers her passion for photography. She has worked in several fields including education, training and scientific research. She used to live in Mexico, in Algeria, in USA, in France and in China. It's in Beijing (1995-1998) where she focuses her work in photography, dedicating to this country several projects. Her photos are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Modern Art, the MAXXI National Museum of Arts of XXI century of Rome, the House of Photography of Moscow, the Training and Documentation Centre Ricardo Rangel of Maputo (Mozambique) and also in private collections. May 2003, she's the curator of three exhibitions at the gallery Officina Arte al Borghetto within the framework of the FotoGrafia, 2nd International Festival of Photography, Rome, Italy: Made in China from Rhodri Jones, Shi Ma? from Bertrand Meunier, Chinese collectivities from Gao Brothers, Han Lei, Tie Uing, Zhang Da Li and Xing Danwen.