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Project on hangars new way of living in the Northeast of Italy. From the ’60s to today’s so-called “locomotive of Italy” based his well-being on the small and medium companies, whose capillary diffusion, however, did Veneto one big sprawling metropolis. At the time of economic crisis, the model of the Veneto region has been challenged(…)
According to the Census held on 21 March 2011, there were 27.1% of Portuguese living from pension reforms, the official unemployment rate is already 15.8% (it is estimated that the actual rate is 23%) and the active population represents only 42% of the total. In 2012 the crisis has hit everyone and everything: the youth(…)
People detained for over a year with little or no information on their future. Blankets never washed for water shortage. Bread and jam for breakfast, every day! For lunch, rice; for dinner, rice with tomato sauce. Evident signs of malnutrition. Anaemia is a common diagnosis. Blocked toilets. Water scarcity. Smell. In a few centres there(…)
Many are in Mali the Studio Photo where many young professional men and women interpret the lives of the people of Mali, also taking advantage of the social and human aspects of the country. The images show photographers, heirs of the great Malick Sidibé and Seidou Keita, as if they were customers of their own(…)
Portugal is undergoing one of the worst crises of his most recent history. Unemployment reaches levels never seen before, stores close, services are reduced, social assistance get increasingly part of everyday life for many families, the population ages, the younger generation, the most qualified ever, leaves the country by need and unwilling to return. One(…)
We often perceive slums as dark dens of poverty and despair, where criminals, juvenile delinquents, and squatters wander aimlessly amongst makeshift structures. This is how slums across the world have long been portrayed in popular discourse. In 2007, for the first time in history, the earth’s population was more urban than rural. One out three(…)
This voyage is about existence chronicles of present absentee immigrants and refugees in Israel . The present situation is characterized by diversity and complexity of the Israeli society including several waves of immigration. In the past few years there was a constant growth of immigration from different African countries. Only very few are eligible for(…)
Ireland has found an answer to the crisis into the clean energy, reaching very high levels of exploitation and now becoming the greenest nation in Europe. In the last three years it has initiated a process of exploitation of renewable energy sources that is still growing. Today we are beginning to see the first results(…)
When she was 14 Alimatou was forced to get married to a 72 years old man, he was a witch doctor from a little village in Côte d’Ivoire. He was looking for a young girl to sacrifice in order to satisfy his client’s desire of wealth in exchange of an amount of money. One night(…)
Orlando: Incredibile… Grazie per questa testimonianza :(
Following North African riots of the 2011 spring, thousands of refugees landed in Lampedusa from disparate regions of Africa and Asia. Now, after more than a year, what happened? Many of them still live in family-homes where they were brought once left the CIE. Rarely was granted them political asylum. Everyone has a different kind(…)
Eastern market Every week-end in Milan at the parking lot close to the Cascina Gobba metro station, there’s a changing city, a city that breathes new air and new tastes from Eastern Europe. The area outside the parking lot of Cascina Gobba turns into a market and a place to exchange objects and food. This(…)
AzumaCenterFukushima (2011) We arrived to Fukushima at 9.47. A colleague from Ryo Abe was waiting for us and came with us to the Azuma Evacuation Center, where friend and architecture’s students arranged a workshop in order to gladden the kids hosts in the center. It’s a big matter, that nobody is dealing with: the future of these kids(…)
Mahir Vranac is a photojournalist from Visoko, BiH. He was born in 1985. He work as a freelance photojournalist, recording daily events in the territory of BiH. At the moment he is working on personal projects in BiH and continuing his photojournalist work. > Personal website: mahirvara.wordpress.com East Bosnia (2009) This story is about raising(…)
If the real estate and debt disaster in Ireland have filled the front pages of the most important news papers around the world, another unexpected consequence of the economic recession is the abandonment of horses.
Miriam O’ Connor was born in Cork, Ireland and currently lives and works in Dublin. She studied a 4-year Honors Degree in Photography at Dublin Institute of Technology and is currently completing a Research Masters at the Institute of Art, Design & Technology, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. Personal website: www.miriamoconnor.com Attention Seekers (2011) Produced over a(…)
Filippo Zambon, born 1981 in Florence, Italy. Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland. Personal website: www.filippozambon.com The state of things (Burkina Faso, 2010) One night the telephone rings. My friend Antonio, the only pediatrician of the hospital answers. I can see from his expression that something has happened. We run to the pediatric department. A kid(…)
Ville Andersson: Great Works!
Francesco Tattini: Intense e drammatiche, bravo!
Elisa Figoli was born in Italy in 1979. Based in London since 2008 she works on long term documentary projects. Personal website: www.elisafigoli.com L’Aquila: fragments from the aftermath (March-April 2011) At 3:32 am of the 6th of April 2009 a violent earthquake struck L’Aquila (Italy) killing 309 people and leaving 65,000 homeless but also(…)
Alexander Sayenko is a photographer based in Grodno, Belarus, where he was born in 1986. The professional photojournalism has begun in November 2006. He work as the press photographer in the regional newspaper now. In September 2008 stringer Reuters. In October 2008 in agency Photoxpress. Personal website: www.asayenko.com Trolleybus Depot (2010) These people are simple(…)
Paris Visone is a documentary photographer based out of Boston. She graduated from the Art Institute of Boston where she currently teaches. Paris was chosen as a 2010 Getty Images Editorial Photography Grant recipient for her series “Gender Roles and Appearance”. She recently finished touring with and photographing the legendary punk/new wave band, Blondie. Visone(…)
Lloyd Meintjes: Well done...looks like you 'pretty much nailed it' (forgive the expression). I particularly enjoy the slice of life feel the…
David: Great work!
I was born in Milan in 1961 but when I was still a young boy my family moved to Florence. For this reason I love Florence more than any other place in the world. I attended the Istituto d’Arte di Firenze until 1980 and graduated in Graphical Design. I went into cinematographic documentation and later(…)
Natalia Mazo: Pity I'm not a photographer. We have pictures like this regularly, only very few people come to demonstrate, and there…
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