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Grozny by Davide Monteleone on Internazionale
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, after years of war and devastation, is now boasting its new face: rock concerts, girls wearing miniskirts, the largest mosque in Europe, and new buildings and parks hiding city ruins. Author of this transformation is Ramzan Kadyrov, the new and controversial President of Chechnya, supported by Putin. The reportage shot by Davide Monteleone has been published by Internazionale.
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Neomelodic singers by Antonio Zambardino on Vice
Friday, 20 March 2009
The fashionable music in Naples, also know as “neo-melodic”, is a kind of “transversal pop”. It doesn’t belong only to a specific social class, instead it is related to the Parthenopean culture. Neomelodic music is referred to a series of status symbols, characterizing life on a daily dimension. This reportage, shot by Antonio Zambardino, has been published on Vice.
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Pierfrancesco Favino by Fabio Lovino on Gioia
Thursday, 19 March 2009
Actor Pierfrancesco Favino, whose films "Pane e Libertà", i.e. "Bread and Freedom" (a TV movie where he performs as Giuseppe Di Vittorio) and "Angels and Demons" are soon coming out, tells about himself. Cover and internal pictures have been shot by Fabio Lovino.
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Nollywood di Marcello Bonfanti su D
Saturday, 14 March 2009
The Nigerian video feature film industry is colloquially known as Nollywood: low cost movies, sets in the streets or filmed in the houses of friends. That's the way Nigerian immigrants produce gangster movies down the streets of Turin. The reportage shot by Marcello Bonfanti has been published on D - La Repubblica delle Donne.
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Broken Middle East by Venturi on Internazionale
Friday, 13 March 2009
A 3,500 kilometres journey, from Istanbul to Cairo. They went through Turkey, Kurdistan, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the Palestinian territories, Jordan and Egypt, in the so-called Fertile Crescent (a crescent-shaped region in the Near East), where Europe, Asia and Africa meet and melt. The images shot by Riccardo Venturi have been published by Internazionale.
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Alfredo Falvo and Angelo Turetta win the Cliciak
Thursday, 12 March 2009
In Cesena they held the 2008 edition of the Cliciak, the national competition for set photographers. Alfredo Falvo has won the award for the best black and white photographic series with the pictures of the movie "Il passato è una terra straniera", directed by Daniele Vicari.
Moreover Angelo Turetta has won his tenth CliCiak with a black and white shot on the set of the "Sanguepazzo" movie, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana.




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Violenza sulle donne di Simona Ghizzoni su Vanity Fair
Thursday, 12 March 2009
In Italia sono quasi 7 milioni le donne che hanno subito uno (o più insieme) dei tre tipi di violenza, psicologica, sessuale e fisica, nel corso della loro vita. Il vero problema è che le vittime restano quasi sempre in silenzio: il 96% delle violenze subite da un uomo diverso dal partner e il 93% di quelle subite dal proprio compagno, infatti, non sono denunciate. Il reportage di Simona Ghizzoni, realizzato in un centro di accoglienza per donne vittime di violenza domestica, è stato pubblicato da Vanity Fair.


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Journey along the Nile by Tommaso Bonaventura on Vanity Fair
Thursday, 12 March 2009
A journey by train from Cairo toward South Egypt, until Assuan. The reportage has been shot by Tommaso Bonaventura for Vanity Fair.
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Sebastian Vettel by Carlos Jones on Style
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Sebastian Vettel is a 21 years old German race car driver, the youngest to ever gain a pole position and to win a Grand Prix. He drives for Red Bull Racing. The photos have been shot by Carlos Jones for Style.
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Ghizzoni and Cuttica win the POY
Wednesday, 11 March 2009
POY is one of the oldest, largest and most highly respected photojournalism contests in the world. We wish to congratulate our photographers Simona Ghizzoni and Fabio Cuttica. Ghizzoni has won the second place in the Magazine Feature Picture Story category with his work named "Fantasmi" (ghosts), about Cambodia, while Fabio Cuttica has won the Award of Excellence in the "Magazine Issue Reporting Picture Story" category with his work about the long march of the Nasa.


c) Fabio Cuttica                                               c) Simona Ghizzoni
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Officina 83 by Massimo Siragusa su S+
Friday, 06 March 2009
The Officina 83, in Turin, is housed inside the FIAT Mirafiori plant. Here they do conceive FIAT, Lancia, Abarth and Maserati new car models. The average age of the twohundredfifty technicians is 36 years. The images of the reportage have been shot by Massimo Siragusa for S+.
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Hugo Enynnaya by Eligio Paoni on Sportweek
Friday, 06 March 2009
Born in 1981, Hugo Enynnaya is a Nigerian footballer who started his career at 16 in the Nigerian division. Enynnaya played in Bari (together with Cassano), then in Livorno and in Foggia. After playing in the Polish championship, on January 2009 Hugo returned in Italy, where he's currently playing with A.S.D. Anziolavinio. The images have been shot by Eligio Paoni for Sportweek.
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Roberto Cavalli di Simona Ghizzoni su Ventiquattro
Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Planned by architect Italo Rota, Roberto Cavalli's new villa has been photographerd by Simona Ghizzoni for Ventiquattro magazine.
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Workshop Contrasto - Reportage fotografico: dal progetto alla realizzazione
Monday, 02 March 2009
Contrasto propone un workshop in due momenti indirizzato ai fotografi che non solo vogliono lavorare sul reportage ma anche comprendere come poter costruire un progetto fotografico e quali siano le tappe e gli strumenti per accompagnarlo nella sua realizzazione. Dalla definizione di un progetto allo scatto, all’editing finale, alla sua possibile presentazione sul mercato dell’editoria, fino all’organizzazione in mostra e in libro.

Accanto alla guida di fotografi-masters Francesco Cocco e Davide Monteleone, l’intero staff dell’agenzia Contrasto e della casa editrice Contrasto due seguirà le diverse fasi del lavoro durante i giorni di workshop.

  
  c) Francesco Cocco                                  c) Davide Monteleone

I momenti di lavoro e di verifica con i fotografi si alterneranno così a visite all’agenzia e incontri con lo staff di Contrasto per comprendere quali siano le fasi e i meccanismi propri del mondo della fotografia.
Infine, un incontro con esperti del mondo della comunicazione chiuderà, in modo conviviale, il workshop.
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Isabella Ferrari by Lorenzo Pesce on Gioia
Sunday, 01 March 2009
One year after the hard scenes filmed for the movie "Caos Calmo" (Quiet Chaos), actress Isabella Ferrari says it all to Goia. The cover story images have been shot by Lorenzo Pesce.
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