Following the domino effect of the riots taking place in Tunisia and Egipt, in early february in Libya starts what later will be mostly known as the 17th February Revolution. Soon the people's revolt turns into a civil war between the loyalist army of Muammar Gaddafi and the rebels army gathered in the National Transitional Council. The rebels are composed primarily of civilians but most of them are young people between 20 and 30 years old, others are not even of age. They are young men, they are students, they are workers, they are fighters, they are rebels or just onlookers. They are an entire young generation who is waiting, praying and fighting for freedom.
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Libya, Benghazi. Moussa is a young boy just recruited at the Barracks 7 April. Now called Katiba Shuhada, the Barracks was used by Ligian Thaurya the Qaddafi's special militia until the 17 February.***
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Libya, Benghazi. Boys attending courses of knowledge of military army. Most of them are university students coming from the Gar Youris University.***
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Libia, Benghazi. The military camp where Qaddafi's forces was bombed it's just 20 kilometres far from the town.***
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Libya, Benghazi. Words and sentences written on the wall of the media centre of the revolution.***
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Libia, Ajdabya. A stretcher covered in blood after leaving a rebel.
Alfredo Bini is a free-lance photographer and has found his own personal form of expression in social reportage photography. He concentrates on stories of social relevance and hopes that his images contribute to the enhancement of public awareness of unbalanced situations. His work has been on show in exhibitions and photography festivals in Europe and the USA. His reportages won national and international awards such as Travel Photo Of The Year, IPA Awards, PX3-Prix de la Photographie, Fotoweek DC Washington, Bruce Chatwin Award, Days Japan award and are used as debating material for presentations and conferences in public venues, Universities and on tv news programs. He is represented by the agency Cosmos since 2010.
Awards Alfredo Bini is an Italian photographer and photojournalist living and working in New York City.
His journalistic perspective combined with his artist eye produce memorable and noteworthy images that have been published in globally recognized publications. He has worked worldwide with newspapers, magazines, and television, reporting on war, social and political issues and is frequently a guest lecturer in different educational institutions. His work has also been published in academic publications, including Harvard University and DePaul University. He works on editorial, corporate and advertising projects and has been a contributor and consultant for films and documentaries including Sundance awarded and Academy Award nominated motion pictures.
He is also a project researcher at UC Berkeley for the Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management and their Ecohydrology and Water & Society Lab.
