/ 2025 / Press / Nature/Environmental

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Marioluca Bariona, Italy
• Website
  https://www.bariona.com
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/m.bariona/

After the industrial crisis, many European cities turned to tourism. Parks, meant for public enjoyment, are increasingly sold off for private-profit events, disrupting residents with noise and crowds.
When Turin moved the TOdays indie festival to a protected Po River area near Italy’s only urban grey heron nesting site, citizens protested.
Officials later admitted the environmental impact was excessive, leading to the event’s cancellation the following year. This time, the citizens rejected the exploitation of public assets for interests that bring no benefit to the community.

Marioluca Bariona lived in Turin, Ventimiglia, and Genoa, where he graduated in nursing.
As an activist, he uses photography as a medium to raise awareness around social and environmental issues.
He prefers a concrete photographic language aimed at revealing a collective, choral reality in which identities merge to show common values, demands, needs.

Awards Emergency Torino 2016: First place
Chromatic Awards 2021: Honorable Mention in Photojournalism
Black And White Photo Awards 2023: Honorable mention in Landscape
Chromatic Awards 2023: Honorable Mention in Photojournalism
Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2023: Bronze prize in Press
Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2023 State of the world: Shortlisted
International Photography Awards 2024: Honorable Mention in Press
Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2024: Bronze prize in Press
Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2024: Silver prize in Press
Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2024 State of the world: Winner
Tokyo Foto Awards 2025: Gold prize in Editorial-Political
Prix de la Photographie de Paris 2025: Honorable mention in Nature/Environmental