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Rome by Antonio Zambardino on Max
Friday, 27 February 2009
The Eternal City and its hot neighborhoods: Testaccio, San Lorenzo, Garbatella. Rome as seen by Antonio Zambardino, for Max.
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Violante Placido by Fabio Lovino on Playboy
Friday, 27 February 2009
An hot, undressed Violante Placido. The cover story has been shot by Fabio Lovino for Playboy.
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The Republic of South Africa by Martino Lombezzi on First
Monday, 23 February 2009
The Republic of South Africa as it is nowadays, between luxury hotels and wild landscapes. The images of the reportage have been shot by Martino Lombezzi for First.
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Don Verzé by Marcello Bonfanti on Wired
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Don Luigi Verzé, founder of the San Raffaele Hospital, and chancellor of the Life-Health San Raffaele University, show us the San Raffaele facility. The images of the reportage have been shot by Marcello Bonfanti for Wired.
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Simone Perrotta by Riccardo Venturi on Sportweek
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Born in England, the footballer Simone Perrotta has been playing at Roma F.C. since 2004. The images have been shot by Riccardo Venturi for Sportweek.
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Chavez' Venezuela di Fabio Cuttica on L'Espresso
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Chavez' Venezuela, after he won a referendum to scrap term limits in the country. The images of the reportage, published on L'Espresso, have been shot by Fabio Cuttica.
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The spots of Rita Atria by Simona Ghizzoni on Io Donna
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Rita Atria was 17 years old when she committed suicide in Rome, one week after the massacre of Via D'Amelio, when judge Paolo Borsellino was murdered. Rita was a supergrass, symbol of the fight against Mafia. Simona Ghizzoni has been in Sicily, in the village where Rita grew up, Partanna, for Io Donna.
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Desplazados by Fabio Cuttica on Io Donna
Saturday, 21 February 2009
There are more than 3 millions stories of sorrow and exodus. Unfortunately we can’t hear them. Their stories are about grief, death and poverty, in a country on war as Columbia is. The so called "desplazados", the Columbian refugees, are silent victims of violence. Victims forced to flee from their houses, from their lands, looking for a better life far from that hell. Fabio Cuttica's reportage has been published on Io Donna.
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Giovani attrici di Fabio Lovino sul Corriere della Sera Magazine
Friday, 20 February 2009
Fabio Lovino ha fotografato per il Corriere della Sera Magazine un gruppo di giovanissime attrici, tutte nate negli anni Ottanta, ovvero: Chiara Chiti, Gledis Cinque, Chiara Francini, Lavinia Longhi, Margareth Madè, Chiara Martegiani, Aurora Peres, Giulia Steigerwalt e Carlotta Tesconi.


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South Ossetia by Davide Monteleone on Muze
Thursday, 19 February 2009
August the 8th 2008: Georgia attacks and invades South Ossetia. The justification for such a behaviour is that Georgia strongly wants to restore the order in the separatist republic. Russia’s reaction doesn’t delay and in few days it consolidates its military post in Tskhinvali, while the Russian army breaks through the Georgian territory, all the way to the city of Gori. This is the beginning of new tensions in the Caucasus area.
This reportage, shot by Davide Monteleone and published by Muze, narrates the situation in South Ossetia after the Russian-Georgian conflict.
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Mara Carfagna by Fabio Lovino on First
Thursday, 19 February 2009
An interview to Mara Carfagna, Minister for Equal Opportunities, is illustrated by the images Fabio Lovino shot for First.
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Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini by Massimo Siragusa on GEO
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Villa Durazzo-Pallavicini is in Pegli, province of Genova. It's a nineteenth-century Romanticism treasure whose English garden is one of the most reknown all over Europe. The reportage, shot by Massimo Siragusa, has been published by GEO Italy.
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Davide Monteleone and Massimo Siragusa win the World Press Photo 2009
Friday, 13 February 2009
Today they announced the final results of the World Press Photo 2009 edition. Among the winners, two Contrasto photographers, Davide Monteleone, winner of the "General News: 1st prize stories", and Massimo Siragusa, winner of the "Contemporary Issues: 3rd prize stories".

 
c) Davide Monteleone                                 c) Massimo Siragusa
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Sexual violence in Congo by Alfredo Falvo on Io Donna
Sunday, 08 February 2009
In Congo, sexual violence is generally perpetrated by armed groups: superstition and fanatism are one of the main reasons of such behaviour. But most of all, sexual violence is used as weapon of war, causing the propagation of many sexually transmitted diseases. During the last months 4,500 cases of sexual violence have been officially denuonced, but they could be twice as much, because rarely women report rapes to UN forces. The reportage shot by Alfredo Falvo has been published by Io Donna.
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Bogotà di Fabio Cuttica su Io Donna
Saturday, 07 February 2009
Della grigia e triste capitale colombiana, considerata a lungo come una tra le città più insicure del mondo, resta ben poco. Nell’ultimo decennio l'aumento della sicurezza ha influito positivamente sul profilo e sull’essenza stessa del tessuto urbano, reso  più vivibile e architettonicamente armonioso grazie ai numerosi interventi che le varie amministrazioni pubbliche hanno apportato. Le immagini del reportage di Fabio Cuttica sono state pubblicate da Io Donna.



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8 Mile Road by Theo Volpatti on Le Monde 2
Friday, 06 February 2009
Theo Volpatti has visited and photographed two worlds neighbouring and opposing each other on the threshold of 8 Mile road, in Detroit, with the two districts summarizing the situation through U.S. architectures close but antithetical; the poor and the wealthy, all aspects in a globalised world that fails to be emancipated from racial differences. For the population of Detroit, 8 Mile road is the border of the city, a sort of line without customs or block posts: beyond that road there is the outskirts of marginalized people of color, as well as all the caucasians who didn’t make it.
The images shot by Theo Volpatti have been published on Le Monde Hors Serie.
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Sports in China by Lorenzo Cicconi Massi on Muze
Friday, 06 February 2009
Lorenzo Cicconi Massi shows us the photographs of the pupils of the Beijing Shichahai Sports School, founded in 1958. Children and young boys, living within the school, attend standard lessons in the morning, and they play several sports during the afternoon. Cicconi Massi's reportage has been published on Muze.
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Pony londinesi di Marcello Bonfanti su Riders
Thursday, 05 February 2009
I corrieri di Londra sono diversi da quelli italiani: non portano pacchi sugli scooter ma su moto di media e grossa cilindrata. Le immagini del servizio sono state realizzate da Marcello Bonfanti per Riders.
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De Estambul a El Cairo by
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
The book "De Estambul a El Cairo" is a story told through visions and words, by photographer Riccardo Venturi and Spanish writer and journalist Eduardo del Campo Cortes, during a 3,500 kilometres journey, from Istanbul to Cairo. This work is the result of a research assigned by Fundación Tres Culturas of Seville, directed by the Spanish Government, the Moroccan Government and by the Foundation of Israeli President Shimon Peres, with the aim to promote social and political dialogue and the artistic expressions of a cultural diversity in the Mediterranean. The illustrated book will be published in Spain by Editorial Almuzara on March 2009, and the related images are going to become a photographic exhibition housed in the prestigious building of Fundación Tres Culturas in Seville.
Istituto Italiano Sicurezza Giocattoli di Stefano G. Pavesi su XL Semanal
Sunday, 01 February 2009
Stefano G. Pavesi shot a reportage on the Italian Institute for Toys Safety, which inspects and certifies the safety of everything brought into the children market. Only when products pass the tests for CE marking total safety , the Institute issues the kite-marks “Safety Toys”.
The reportage has been published on the Spanish magazine XL Semanal.
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