and a founding member of NOOR photo agency.
Francesco's Story
Born in 1962,
since 1980's he has documented the world's major conflicts and their hidden
crisis, focusing on the social and humanitarian issues that define life in the
developing world as well as in western countries. A strong ethical commitment
and a distinctive aesthetic eye are specific features of his pictures. His
assignments and personal projects have taken him around the world, giving him
the opportunity to carefully portray conflicts and crisis often disregarded by
the mainstream media. In 2008 he founded 10b Photography (Rome, Italy),
a multipurpose centre for digital photography promoting photography culture
through exhibitions, workshops and lectures. He received several awards over
the years, including nine awards in World Press Photo contests and four Picture
of the Year International awards (POYi). In 2003 Henri Cartier Bresson included
one of Francesco's pictures among his 100 favourites. This collection was made
into an exhibition - Les Choix d'Henri Cartier Bresson - and a book. Francesco published
five books, among which Iraq
(Ega/Amnesty International, 2007) and Born Somewhere (Delpire/Fusi Orari,
2004), an extensive work on the living conditions of children from 27 different
countries. Francesco lives in Rome,
Italy.
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