Today one of the most frightening threat are nuclear weapons. Many countries are on the verge of gaining nuclear weapons. The consequences of nuclear weapons tests are under our eyes: The Semipalatinsk Polygon, where 456 nuclear warheads were tested.
What happened it is one of the greatest crimes planned against humanity. The local population was used specifically as guinea pigs to understand the consequences of radiation on people.
Today the life for the local people goes on, struggling among the legacy of contamination that will remains, with its tremendous consequences, for millennia.
Italian humanist and environmental photographer/filmmaker, is an award - winning photographer based in Italy.
His photographs have been exhibited all over Europe, United States and China, and published in Italian and international newspapers and magazines among them: l'Espresso, Internazionale, Alias del Manifesto, Vogue Italia, Corriere della Sera
Repubblica, Panorama, Il Sole 24 ore, Oggi, Le Scienze, Daylight Magazine, Days Japan International, Asahi Shinbum, The Telegraph, The Guardian, Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Spiegel, Wired USA, Asian Geo, China Newsweek, National Geographic USA
Awards 2013 Special Prize by Juries “Days Japan international Photojournalism Awards”
2013 Honorable mention "Fotovisura Grant 2013"
2013 Finalist "Eugene Smith Grant 2013"
2013 Honorable Mention "PX3 Prix de la Photographie 2013"
2014 Public Prize "Days Japan International Photojournalism Awards 2014"
2014 Finalist "Leica Oskar Barnack Awards"
2014 Honorable Mention "PX3 Prix de la Photographie 2014"
2014 Finalist "Pictures of the Year international" category Environmental Vision Award
2015 Finalist "Pictures of the Year international" category best photography book award
2015 Finalist "Gomma Grant 2015"
2015 Honorable Mention "PX3 Prix de la Photographie 2015"
2015 Honorable Mention "SIPA Awards"
2015 Finalist "Travel Photographer of the year 2015"
2016 Remarkable Awards "SIPA awards"
2016 Honorable mention "SDN visual stories exploring global themes"
2016 Finalist POY Pictures of the year international, category "Environmental Vision Award"
2017 "Earth Reporter of the year 2017" from Earth Day Italia, Bologna, Italy 2017
2017 Highly Commended "Travel Photographer of the Year 2017"
2018 Finalist "Gomma Grant 2018"
2019 Shortlisted "Alexia Foundation Grant 2019"
2020 Shortlisted "Sony World Photography Awards 2020" Environmental category
2020 Finalist "Pictures of The Year International" Environmental Vision Award category
2020 Award of Excellence "Pictures of The Year International" Science & Natural History—Picture Story category
