On July 17, 2018 a rescue boat operated by Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms saved a Cameroonian woman and found the bodies of a child and another woman in the Mediterranean Sea. The aid group accused Libya’s coast guards of abandoning the three on Tuesday after intercepting some 160 migrants. Proactiva Open Arms director Oscar Camps said the two women and the child had refused to board Libyan vessels with the rest of the migrants and had been left behind. They had been at sea for two days and two nights.
Born and currently based in Naples, Italy. I studied at the “Université Paris VII – Denis Diderot” in Paris thanks to a one-year scholarship. In 2007 I started working as a contributor and a photographer for several Italian newspapers. In 2009 I graduated in Sociology at the “Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II”. In 2010 I started the MA in photojournalism at the “Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli”, where I got my degree with honors. I regularly publish in the National and International magazines, including Internazionale, la Repubblica, Time, Stern, Newsweek, etc.
Awards 2019
POY Picture of the Year – Impact 2018-Immigration Status – 1st place
2018
Krzysztofa Millera Prize – Finalist
The Alfred Fried Photography Award – Shortlisted
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – Silver winner
Tokyo International Foto Awards – 1st place – General News category
2017
TIME’s Top 100 Photos of the Year
IPOTY International Photographer of the Year – 2nd place – Architecture
2016
ND Photography Awards – Editorial – 1st – Gold Star Award
Siena International Photo Awards – Finalist
No-fee slide show contest – Finalist
2015
InTarget Photolux Award – Winner
MIFA-Moscow International Foto Awards – 1st prize – General News category
