Honorable Mention / 2023 / Press / War

Cristo velato /Veiled christ

A couple finds rest in a private gym (Bronx FitnessHub) transformed into a center for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the city of Lviv after escaping shelling by the Russian armed forces on the city of Kiev. More than 80 beds have been made available by the owners of the gym, with the consent of their customers, who have taxed themselves to provide everything necessary for the displaced. People here have their first shower, food and clothes. Most of them after a couple of days will move to Poland. The title "Cristo velato" is given for the similarity of the famous statue in Naples.

He became a professional photographer in 1985, in London. In 1991 was in Thailand and then Cambodia for a reportage on refugee camps. Since then he's been ceaselessly journeying around the world as photographer of people and events: a professional and social commitment. He has lived and worked as a freelance in UK, Asia, Latina America, The Balkans, and Africa. He has worked together with national and International photographic agencies: AFP,AP,Reuters,Frank Spooner Pictures, Contrasto, Grazia Neri; with various UN organizations: UNICEF,UNMAS,UNHCR,UNMAO,UNDP,WHO. Works for Corriere della Sera

Awards Special Award of the Jury (single images) "THE ALFRED FRIED PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD".
RUNNING TOWARDS PEACE. Libya 2018
World Lung Foundation: International Photography Contest - category: air pollution (2008)
 One Vision 2006: European Photography Competition - National Award (2006) 
Art Director Club Italiano: Gold in photography in collaboration with Saatchi & Saatchi agency (2002) 
Il Mosaico della Solidarietà: Journalist Award, Italy (2001).
W. Eugene Smith Memorial Fund: finalist (1999). "Legacy of Landmine in the Balkans".