"Obroni wa wu" (dead white man's clothes)

• Prize
  Gold in Special/AI Generated Images
• Photographer
  Giuseppe Santangeli, Italy
• Website
  https://santangeligiuseppe.myportfolio.com/
• Instagram
  @giuseppesantangeliphoto

This Ghanese Akan language expression encapsulates the fast fashion’s dark side. It refers to the mass of used clothes coming from Western nations and cheaply sold in African markets. What we consume has a huge impact on our lives, on the planet, on millions of people working in the garments industry in miserable conditions. Every year more than 150 billion new clothes arrive on the market, which once discarded pollute the beaches of Ghana, the deserts of Chile, or which we literally eat in the form of microplastics. And on top of all, a scandalous plundering of human beings.

My name is Giuseppe Santangeli (1970, Italy). I am a father, an engineer and a photography enthusiast. I am not a pro, but I have been exploring photography for over twenty years. I prefer performing arts, reportage and black and white, but I always try to challenge myself in different ways.

Awards I have been recently awarded with Silver award at PX3 2024 and honorable mentions at the IPA 2024, reFocus World Photography Awards, London Photography Awards in the “special - diptychs” and “travel” categories, and the Monovisions Awards in the “photojournalism” category. In 2022 I was awarded 2nd place at the Monochrome Awards in the “photojournalism” category, and got an honorable mention at the Annual Photography Awards in the “fine art” category.
I received national recognitions and exhibited at the prize “the shape of the sacred today” in Milan Design Week, with maestro Oliviero Toscani. My work has been featured in Photo Project Pro “Shots to tell” and “Spoleto Calling” (2021), among others.