Bronze in Portraiture/Family / 2022 / Portraiture / Family

REFUGEES GENERATIONS

  • Prize
    Bronze in Portraiture/Family
  • Photographer
    ANDREA LAVARIA, Italy
  • Date of Photograph
    NOVEMBER 2020
  • Website

Thu Thu(center)with mother Em and eldest daughter Rossana in their home in Veneto Italy.
Le Thi Thu Thu and her family lived in Saigon until 1983, arriving in Italy on December 24,1983 with the youngest children thanks to the possibility of family reunification, as her husband and his sons had escaped from the Vietnam in 1980 as "boat people"- as they have been baptized since 1979 people who sought escape across the sea to Hong Kong or Malaysia. For Her husband, arrested and tortured by the regime of the time in Saigon the only solution for the safety of the family was escaping from VietNam.

After being for a long time an hobby passed on from his father, the profession of photography began on cruise ships.
Professional career began in 2001 working with various companies for events and commercial photography. Meeting with a non-profit organization determines the passage to the testimony of more serious issues, documenting humanitarian projects in Africa and Sri Lanka.
he deals with corporate events and the business world by collaborating with companies for corporate communication at national level.
The social reportage it's a great starting point and a continuous research to date.

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