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| 10-12 XII 2011 On assignment for Vanity Fair between Naples and Rome. 27 XI 2011 In Kosovo for a week, working for the italian Department of Foreign Affairs, filming a short docu-movie on the italian development cooperation support to the national disability action plan. 1 XI 2011 Featured on Wired with a commissioned portrait. 28 X 2011 Documenting the aftermath of the flood which hit northern Italy, roaming between Liguria and Tuscany. Part of the work was published on l'Espresso. 6-9 X 2011 On assignment for Via in Marseille, France. 03 X 2011 On assignment for I C O N in London, UK. 10 IX 2011 On assignment for Vanity Fair on Garda Lake. 2-3 IX 2011 On assignment for l'Espresso in Milan, illustrating an article by Nobel Prize in Literature Dario Fo. 1 IX 2011 En route to the Venice Film Festival. Some pictures were published by Internazionale. Tearsheet will be available on the Publications section of this website soon. 25 VIII 2011 On assignment for I C O N in Reims, France. 1 VIII 2011 Featured on GQ (italian edition), illustrating an article by Paolo Sorrentino. The tearsheet can be found in the Publications section of this website. 23-26 VII 2011 On assignment in Madrid for Flair. 8 VII 2011 Some of my pictures were shown during the Nuits Photographiques des Rencontres d'Arles, along with other picture of fellow photographers from Luz Photo agency. You can see the projection clicking at the following link. [ link ] 6 VII 2011 A picture of mine was chosen as cover of E - il mensile, a monthly magazine by Emergency humanitarian NGO. The tearsheet can be found in the Publications section of this website. 1 VI 2011 Featured on L'Europeo with a selection of photographs from the series Copenhagen, the sustainable city, illustrating an article comparing costs of politics in Italy and Denmark, chosen as virtuous model of comparison. The tearsheet can be found in the Publications section of this website. 19 VI 2011 On assignment for Vanity Fair in Pontida, documenting the yearly meeting of Northern League party, together with writer and novelist Fabio Genovesi. 9-11 VI 2011 On assignment for l'Espresso in Val Susa, following No Tav nimby movement, fighting against a high speed railway between Turin and Lyon. 1 VI 2011 A picture of mine made the cover of L'Europeo monthly magazine, june issue, a monograph focusing on youngsters in Italy. The tearsheet can be found in the Publications section of this website. 25 - V - 2011 I'm amongst some sixty photographers saying no to the privatization of water in Italy, supporting the committee for the open water which is making great efforts to communicate clearly and strongly the importance of voting in the referendum, next June. Fotografi per l'acqua pubblica will take place in Milan. Further info at the following link. [ link ] 14-15 V 2011 On assignment for Vanity Fair in Milan. 2 V 2011 On assignment for l'Espresso in Milan. 15-18 IV 2011 Going corporate for DB Schenker in various locations in Northern Italy. 14 IV 2011 On assignment for l'Espresso in Venice. 6 IV 2011 The series Casta Diva has been featured on GUP magazine, as a part of issue n° 29, devoted to the specific theme "women". Besides this, you can check the on-line platform of the magazine to view a selection of the work clicking the following link. [ link ] 28 III 2011 On assignment for l'Espresso in Venice. 21 III 2011 I'm now contributing to Reportage Italia, a collective project involving journalists, photographers and videomakers willing to record the history of our country, against all the odds that would paint a former cheerful, currently depressed Italy. A project that lives only on the web and adheres to the "slow journalism" criteria: a new way of doing journalism and telling stories that relies on the tradition of in-depth reportage but, at the same time, does experience new communication languages. [ link ] 13 III 2011 En route to Ventimiglia, documenting northern african clandestine immigrants' attempt to cross the last border between Italy and France. The story has then been published by Vanity Fair. 10 III 2011 A couple of blog dedicate some attention to the feature Casta Diva. Visit Joerg Colberg's Conscientious and french Un oeil sur la photo for further details. [ link ] [ link ] 28 II 2011 En route to Lampedusa, the southernmost point in Europe, first landing point for thousands of northern african migrants who flee their homeland after the recent wakes of change in regime in the area. 22 II 2011 Shooting on assignment for Wired in Bologna. 15 II 2011 Cruising the Mediterranean Sea for a week on assignment for Condé Nast Traveller, reporting the daily life on board of the Costa Pacifica cruise ship. 5 II 2011 Shooting on assignment for Vanity Fair in Milan. 27 I 2011 Opening of Prima Visione, a collective exhibition hosted by Galleria Bel Vedere in partnership with GRIN, showcasing a selection of recent images taken by forty-six photographers who chose Milan as a field of reflection and discovery. The exhibition will be open until march, 12th. You can preview a photogallery on la Repubblica's website clicking here. For further details, download the flyer at the following link. [ link ] 22 I 2011 The blog Not Only Photography features a post on my essay Casta Diva. Italian readers can find it at the following link. [ link ] 19 I 2011 Published on Vanity Fair (italian issue) with a commissioned portrait of italian singer and songwriter Cristina Donà, illustrating an article by Andrea Scarpa. 16 I 2011 I uploaded Fiatnam on my Vimeo page. This is my very first attempt of a short video reportage, filmed in Turin, in front of the gates of the Fiat Mirafiori plant and narrating a night spent with the blue collar workers waiting for the results of the referendum on the agreement which is supposed to boost the productiveness of the factory from one side, victimizing some workers' rights to the other. [ link ] 14 I 2011 Featured on L'espresso with an assigned report from the inside of the electoral base of the Lega Nord (Northern League) party, illustrating an article by Roberto di Caro. 5-7 I 2011 Shooting on assignment for Cosmopolitan in Milan. 27 XII 2010 The brand new LUZphoto website is now online. You can browse through the agency's archive, the photographers' general portfolios, the latest features and stories or the main and freshest productions of the agency straight from the mosaic - alike homepage. [ link ] 23 XII 2010 Shooting on assignment for Wired in Modena. 8 XII 2010 I will take part to a sale of photographs in support of a charity, once again organized by GRIN, the group that brings together researchers and iconographic photo editors of the main italian magazines and photo agencies. The money raised will help the Friends of the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Cinisello Balsamo, an association born a few months ago to maintain this cultural heritage. The event is on Sunday, december 12th, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. @ Polifemo / Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan. [ link ] 29 XI 2010 Shooting on assignment for Wired in Trieste, then for Vanity Fair in Milan. 14 XI 2010 The essay White Milano Sud Est featured on bite! magazine, an online magazine dedicated to documentary and conceptual photography promoting young photography talent. [ link ] 5 XI 2010 Featured on Wired with a commissioned still life photograph in the Start section of the magazine. 3 XI 2010 You can preview some of the features that are going to be exhibited in Foiano from Nov. 6th to 28th on National Geographic Italia and on L'espresso's websites. [ link ] [ link ] 30 X 2010 One week left to the opening of the 12th edition of Foianofotografia. This year's topic is the dream as desire. A desire of growth, of rebirth, of a better future, of the chance of having a better future. The themes of dream and desire will be shown in their various meanings and nuances by the participant photographers; among them, I will exhibit for the first time Casta Diva, a recent and unpublished feature telling the stories of italian women of any age whose dream is to step into the showbiz system. For further informations and for a full list of exhibitions and other related events, check the press release out at the following link. [ link ] 23 X 2010 After Santa Monica and Washington D.C., the Save L'Aquila Project is planning its third collective exhibition in Milan in 2011. It will also include part of my work 03:32 A.M. - 6.3 Richter on the Abruzzo earthquake. Further details will be posted soon. [ link ] 14 X 2010 On assignment for L'espresso in Verona. 9 X 2010 Featured on Wired with a commissioned portrait in The Next Big Thing section of the magazine. 6 X 2010 The collective project Italian Party, realized together with fellow photographers Simone Donati and Martino Lombezzi, was chosen by journalist and curator Sandro Iovine to run for SurrauPhotoWin, an international photo award to promote the developement and circulation of projects realized by authors who know how to tell and how to represent contemporary world through different photographic languages. [ link ] 29 IX 2010 Download the invitation to the vernissage of Italian Party, a collective work focusing on italians' political passions, which will be opening next week in Rome on behalf of the sixth edition of the Fotoleggendo photojournalistic festival. See a slideshow on National Geographic website clicking here. [ link ] 13 IX 2010 Together with other photographers from LUZ photo agency, I'll take part to the collective exhibition Grande Venezia, opening on September 30th at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, the largest interdisciplinary exhibition area in the heart of Rome. The exhibition, on behalf of the Festival della Letteratura di Viaggio and in cooperation with the Italian Geographic Society, is featuring some sixty contemporary photographs regarding the area of influence of the Venice of the past: countries bordering the Mediterranean to Istanbul and beyond. See a slideshow on National Geographic website here. [ link ] 1 IX 2010 Featured on Wired with some commissioned portraits in the Start section of the magazine. 26 VIII 2010 On assignment for L'espresso in Reggio Calabria. 12 VIII 2010 I'm now represented by LUZ, a newly-born italian photo agency. It gathers the historical experience of Grazia Neri agency, offering a new home to photographers and representing the excellence in images in Italy and worldwide. For assignments, archival search and other inquiries please contact Mr. Federico Cattaruzza. [ link ] 2 VIII 2010 Featured on Wired with a commissioned portrait in the Open Source section. 29 VII 2010 The new website of Fotoleggendo is now online. The festival is celebrating its sixth edition and will take place in Rome in the next october. I and my fellow photographers Simone Donati and Martino Lombezzi will exhibit Italian Party, a collective work focusing on Italians' political passions. [ link ] 25 VII 2010 I was listed in the Photographers directory of the website of Rearviewmirror, the new quarterly magazine dedicated to documentary photography published by Postcart. [ link ] 16 VII 2010 I will be in Mezzolombardo/Südtirol attending a screening + public talk on my work Padania is not Italy. Then, I'll be back roaming about the Alps bringing on the project on the overbuilding of our mountains. 2 VII 2010 Featured on Wired with a commissioned portrait in The Next Big Thing section. 18 VI 2010 On assignment for L'espresso in Parma and Milan. 7 VI 2010 I began contributing to FACITY, an online photo project showcasing different portraits from cities all around the world. It's a good, funny way to keep trace of those I meet along the way, you know. If you'd like to get involved, drop me a line. [ link ] 27-29 V 2010 The motion 03:32 A.M. - 6.3 Richter on the earthquake in Abruzzo will be screened at the Palazzo del Ghiaccio in Milan during Audiovisiva, an international festival calling artists to investigate the creative and communicative potential of music, video art, sound design and electronic arts. 20 V 2010 Part of the work 03:32 A.M. - 6.3 Richter exhibited in the Italian Embassy in Washington D.C. commemorating the one-year anniversary of the devastating earthquake in L'Aquila. This exhibit features hundreds of images donated by award winning agencies, reporters and photographers showcasing L'Aquila and its surroundings taken before, during, and after the April 6, 2009 earthquake. 5-7 V 2010 On assignment for L'espresso in Bologna. 4 V 2010 Featured on Wired with a commissioned portrait in the Working Class Hero section. 27 IV 2010 Featured on Le Monde and Internazionale with some pictures from the series Padania is not Italy. 24 IV 2010 I will be in Rome to take part to Appunti sul fotogiornalismo: la questione italiana, a public meeting/lecture focusing on the current situation of italian photojournalism. [ link ] 17 IV 2010 Featured on Io Donna del Corriere della Sera with some pictures from the series Padania is not Italy. 16 IV 2010 Wandering along the italian Alps, beginning a new project on the overbuilding of our mountains. 18-29 III 2010 Featured on the french newspaper Le Monde with two portraits of italian politicians Luca Zaia and Pierluigi Bersani, illustrating two articles by Philippe Ridet. 4 III 2010 I just launched Wake up Italy, a tumblr/blog/journal/diary of sort, a bunch of chronicles and memories collected during my work (italian readers only, I'm sorry). 28 II 2010 On assignment for L'espresso in Milan. |