M23- Kivu, a region under siege

• Prize
• Photographer
  Marco Gualazzini, Italy
• Website
  http://www.marcogualazzini.com

R.D.C.- North Kivu: a region under siege April 2012: a mutiny on the part of group of colonels and soldiers from the Congolese government armed forces, FARDC, led to the creation of a political and military rebel force with the name of M23. In just 4 months their military strength allowed them to take control of the territory of Rutshuru, and Goma.

• Biography
  Born in Parma in 1976, Marco Gualazzini began his career as a photographer in 2004, with his home townâ��s local daily, La Gazzetta di Parma. �  Over the years he has begun working along with RCS Group and Espresso Group, to name but two. His recent works include reportage photography on microfinance in India, on the media in� Laos, on the discrimination of Christians in Pakistan, as well as on Myanmar and Somalia. He devised and took part in the creation of a documentary for the Italian national TV network RAI on the caste system in India.�  His photographs have been published in magazines such as M (Le Monde), Internazionale and Io Donna and Sette among the others. Marco Gualazzini is represented by LUZphoto agency