[3] In 2011, the Italian magazine, L'espresso, selected Perfido as one of 9 photographers to capture the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy through photo.
[1][12][13] The photos, which he began taking as early as 2012,[14] depicted "grotesque" clowns in full makeup and dress.
[15] In 2016, another series of Perfido's photos, Tokyoites, was put on display at the Leica Gallery in Milan, Italy.
[2][16] The following year, Perfido's work was featured in an exhibition entitled 4 Icons at the ONO Contemporary Art Gallery in Bologna.
His work was featured alongside three other photography "icons," Steve McCurry, Gian Paolo Barbieri, and Christian Cravo.
[23] He also received a bronze medal at the 2021 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity for his work on The World Deserves Witness, a campaign with Leica Camera.