His artistic practice encompasses photography, film, and installation art, focusing on documenting aspects of Romanian post-communist reality. Bressan employs the photographic medium as a tool for artistic research, capturing his surroundings through series that resemble a subjective journal or adopting a more detached perspective to comment on societal transitions. Michele Bressan’s photography often explores themes of memory, everyday life, and the traces left by history. His style includes documentary-style images, subdued colors, and an emphasis on stillness and atmosphere. He frequently captures quiet, introspective moments, abandoned spaces, and objects with historical or personal significance.

Bressan earned a PhD in photography from the National University of Arts in Bucharest in 2023. His notable projects include “Waiting for the Drama,” “Familiar Views,” and “Geometries of Failure.” He has received recognition such as the Essl Prize and a nomination for the Henkel Prize for Art in 2009. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Bressan is a co-founder of Atelierele Scânteia, Scânteia Plus, and the Romanian Military Archeology NGO.

In more recent years, he curated several photography exhibition, both national and international, being actively involved in promoting artists working with photography in the post-2000 timeframe.