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South Africa by Riccardo Venturi on Sportweek

Saturday, 28 November 2009
The local police minimizes the criminality issue supplying encouraging statistics. Yet the country that on June 2010 will host the Football World Championship is one of the most violent on earth. The reportage by Riccardo Venturi has been published on Sportweek.
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Odd Days by Simona Ghizzoni on OjodePez

Friday, 27 November 2009
Simona Ghizzoni keeps on working to "Odd Days", a project on eating disorders and the long and hard path to recovery. Thanks to her feature, Simona has won the PhotoEspaña OjodePez Human Values Award.
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Afghanistan by Francesco Cocco on OjodePez

Friday, 27 November 2009
In Afghanistan Emergency has started a network of 28 first aid posts and health posts to give prompt cures to patients. Besides to the health activity, Emergency has also been involved in social commitment: since 2001 in fact Emergency has been involved in a health assistance program in the major prisons of the country as well as into a work integration program for the women living in the Panshir Valley. Thanks to this reportage, Francesco Cocco was selected among the finalists to the PhotoEspaña OjodePez Human Values Award.
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Borders by Alessandro Cosmelli on OjodePez

Friday, 27 November 2009
The following body of work is a series of portraits- alternated to landscapes - of recently deported migrants taken on December 2008 in Nogales, Mexico, and the result of a few nights spent waiting for the buses to come at the port of entry to leave their load of people. The night, the darkness and the paradoxical violence of a deep silence precede the arrival of groups of migrants without anything left to lose. A backpack, a hat, a worn out jacket and shoes is what remains of their belongings. And with extreme dignity some of them have accepted to stand in front of the camera for a close-up look into the tragedy of deportation through the faces of the people taking their first step back to the place they are trying to escape from. All of them with one thing in common, a broken American dream. Thanks to this reportage, Alessandro Cosmelli was selected among the finalists to the PhotoEspaña OjodePez Human Values Award.
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IWP by Alessandro Imbriaco on D - La Repubblica delle Donne

Saturday, 21 November 2009
The IWP (International Writing Program) promoted by the Iowa University is the most important writing residence in USA as well as an important reference point for contemporary worldwide literature. Since 1967, over a thousand writers from more than one hundred countries have attended the IWP at the University of Iowa. The project is designed for established and emerging creative writers. In 2008, 30 writers have been selected by IWP and housed for three months in Iowa City to take part at the IWP. Italian writer Veronica Raimo was among the selectioned. The reportage shot by Alessandro Imbriaco has been published on D - La Repubblica delle Donne.
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MUBA by Stefano G. Pavesi on Io Donna

Saturday, 21 November 2009
MUBA was born in 1995 with the purpose of realizing in Milan a museum for children. It is the first organization that has successfully proposed, in Italy as well as abroad, important exhibitions for kids that are unique for width and number of visitors. Since 1998 MUBA's exhibitions open in Milan, at the Triennale, and are successively hosted in two other museums in Italy. The reportage by Stefano G. Pavesi has been published on Io Donna.
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Oltrenero by Alessandro Cosmelli on Il Venerdì

Friday, 20 November 2009
Closer encounters with the new Italian “camerata”, successors of the Roman far right of the Nineties and protagonists of the “far high-centre”, as they consider themselves, as opposed to far right. They keep the distance from post and new fascism. They look for solutions concerning the housing emergency issue. They claim sense of community. They are the new Italian fascists. In time of Berlusconi and internet, all the way to Rome, managed by right-wing Mayor Alemanno, and the capital’ social centers. OltreNero. Beyond the black. Alessandro Cosmelli's reportage has been published on Il Venerdì.
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Oltrenero by Alessandro Cosmelli on Visão

Thursday, 19 November 2009
Closer encounters with the new Italian “camerata”, successors of the Roman far right of the Nineties and protagonists of the “far high-centre”, as they consider themselves, as opposed to far right. They keep the distance from post and new fascism. They look for solutions concerning the housing emergency issue. They claim sense of community. They are the new Italian fascists. In time of Berlusconi and internet, all the way to Rome, managed by right-wing Mayor Alemanno, and the capital’ social centers. OltreNero. Beyond the black. Alessandro Cosmelli's reportage has been published on Portuguese magazine Visão.
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Pedron & Biaggi by Fabio Lovino on Chi

Wednesday, 18 November 2009
Eleonora Pedron and Max Biaggi introduce their newborn baby, Inés. The cover and related pictures have been shot by Fabio Lovino for Chi.
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Borders Haiti by Alessandro Cosmelli on D - La Repubblica delle Donne

Saturday, 14 November 2009
Dajabon region is at the northern border between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, the two countries sharing the same island, Hispaniola; the richest country of the Caribbean, and the poorest of the Western hemisphere. Most of the Haitians cross clandestinely the borders looking for opportunities Haiti can’t offer. The Dominican Republic doesn’t provide for any possibility of regularization, neither for Haitian children born on the Dominican territory.ì
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Marseilles by Simona Ghizzoni on Io Donna

Saturday, 14 November 2009
Marseilles has had enough with noir atmospheres and old clichés and is now open to an uncontainable modernity. The reportage focused on the French city has been shot by Simona Ghizzoni for Io Donna.
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Prehistory Museum of Celano by Stefano Dal Pozzolo on Panorama

Friday, 13 November 2009
Paintings, statues, reliquaries, frescoes, even fans: since April the 6th 2009, the date of the L'Aquila earthquake, the Prehistory Museum of Abruzzi in Celano-Paludi has turned into an extraordinary clinic where they treat wounded works of art. The reportage shot by Stefano Dal Pozzolo has been published by Panoram
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New York artists by Alessandro Cosmelli on Io Donna

Thursday, 12 November 2009
As the economic crisis goes on, New York shop owners turn to artists to temporary take care of their shops. The reportage was shot by Alessandro Cosmelli for Io Donna.
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Oltrenero by Alessandro Cosmelli on Epsilon

Thursday, 12 November 2009
Closer encounters with the new Italian “camerata”, successors of the Roman far right of the Nineties and protagonists of the “far high-centre”, as they consider themselves, as opposed to far right. They keep the distance from post and new fascism. They look for solutions concerning the housing emergency issue. They claim sense of community. They are the new Italian fascists. In time of Berlusconi and internet, all the way to Rome, managed by right-wing Mayor Alemanno, and the capital’ social centers. OltreNero. Beyond the black. Alessandro Cosmelli's reportage has been published on Greek magazine Epsilon.
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Lithium in Bolivia by Fabio Cuttica on Stern

Thursday, 12 November 2009
50% of exploitable reserves of lithium are located in Bolivia, in the drained salt lakes (salar) among the Ande, in particular in the secluded Salar de Uyuni (in the South-Western of Bolivian upland), the hugest salt expanse in the world, set at 3,650 metres of altitude. An high environmental protection area, considered one of the most important tourist attractions in the world, but also one of the poorest and isolated of the country. President Mr. Evo Morales has launched a plan for the extraction of lithium, that is a soft alkali metal found in rocks and sea water. Lithium carbonate is used in batteries of laptop computers and mobile phones because it allows more energy to be stored in a lighter, smaller space than most alternatives. Also the auto industry is beginning to look to lithium batteries to power new models of hybrid cars. The reportage shot by Fabio Cuttica has been published on Stern.
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North-East Italy by Emiliano Mancuso on Diario

Monday, 09 November 2009
Even if the crisis is deep, workers don't protest on roofs. Vigilante patrols are not patrolling anymore and some immigrants returned to their hometown. Emiliano Mancuso's journey in Veneto region, which is ready for its first Northern League Governor. Mancuso's reportage has been published by Diario.
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Contrasto on Days of Japan

Monday, 09 November 2009
Contrasto history and reality, as well as its photographers', on the pages of Days of Japan.
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Gunkanjima Island by Daniele Dainelli on GEO France

Thursday, 05 November 2009
Gunkanjima Island is one among 505 uninhabited islands in the Nagasaki Prefecture. The island was populated from 1887 to 1974 as a coal mining facility. Mitsubishi bought the island in 1890 and began the project, the aim of which was retrieving coal from undersea mines. Mitsubishi officially announced the closing of the mine in 1974, and from that time the island had been abandoned. Today it is still empty and bare, which is why it's called the Ghost Island. Daniele Dainelli has documented the Gunkanjima island for GEO France.
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Las Vegas by Alessandro Cosmelli on Max

Wednesday, 04 November 2009
This feature is a journey through the most American city, the one with the optimism and possibility of New York at the beginning of last century, a living symbol of the American dream coming true. The reportage shot by Alessandro Cosmelli about the economic crisis which is affecting Las Vegas has been published by Max.
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Manchester by Marcello Bonfanti on Max

Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Manchester is the alcoholic capital town of Europe, between ambulances and ethylic comas. The reportage has been shot by Marcello Bonfanti for Max.
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Berlin by Antonio Zambardino on Max

Wednesday, 04 November 2009
Berlin twenty years after the Fall of the Wall. A city that is young, modern, always on the forefront. The images of the reportage by Antonio Zambardino have been shot for Max.
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Cuban Drag Queens by Marcello Bonfanti on Rolling Stone

Wednesday, 04 November 2009
After decades of regime's repression, thanks to the recent political acceptance of homosexuality by the Cuban dictatorship, the underground artistic scene of the Cuban drag queens, is now finally enjoying a more relaxed atmosphere. The photographic project shot by Marcello Bonfanti is about the dramatic atmosphere of the secret rooms, were late at night, a group of men from the San Isidro district, one of the poorest in L'Havana, are transforming themselves into the burst of the diva stereotype. Bonfanti's reportage has been published on Rolling Stone.
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Meeting at the Lambretto (Milan) by Marta Sarlo on Ventiquattro

Tuesday, 03 November 2009
Getting rid of university competitions, bringing eccentric interests out, releasing part of the subordinate employment from definite targets. Those are just a few of the instruments that would allow to promote the interdisciplinary character in Italy, at the same time fostering research and innovation. Such instruments were identified by five experts in five different sectors during a meeting organized by Ventiquattro at the Lambretto Art Project. The images were shot by Marta Sarlo for Ventiquattro.
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Congo: victims of an endless war by Alfredo Falvo in Spilimbergo

Sunday, 01 November 2009
“There is not worst place to be a child”. For many reasons this sentence often recurs when they speak about the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of these reasons is that when you are 8 in Congo you may find yourself holding a rifle in order to be sent to the front. even the lucky children, the ones either freed or fugitive, will bear a terrible trauma for the rest of their lives. Their reintegration in the society isn’t easy at all and after the release, they need to spend some months in rehab centers. The images shot by Alfredo Falvo in collaboration with UNICEF are currently exhibited in Spilimbergo, at the Cultural Association "Il Caseificio", and will be exhibited until December 8th 2009.
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NBA by Cesare Cicardini on Sportweek

Sunday, 01 November 2009
Andrea Bargnani, 24 years old, Marco Belinelli, 23, and Danilo Gallinari, 21. They are young and talented Italians playing basketball in the US NBA. The pictures of the cover reportage have been shot by Cesare Cicardini for Sportweek.
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Caronia by Marcello Bonfanti on Wired

Sunday, 01 November 2009
Unserviceable PCs, mobiles went haywire, plague of animals, about two hundred spontaneous combustions. It happend between 2004 and 2005 in Messina area. Today the alarm has ceased but scientists still can't explain that phenomenon. The reportage by Marcello Bonfanti was shot for Wired.
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Eric Lewis by Alessandro Cosmelli on Io Donna

Sunday, 01 November 2009
Eric Lewis, 36 years old, is the inventor of the so-called “rockjazz” and he plays it in a way that's both dramatic and extraordinary. He has not published his debut cd "Elew Rockjazz volume 1" (out on November) yet he already played for the Obamas in the White House. The pictures have been shot by Alessandro Cosmelli for Io Donna.
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Claudio Costamagna by Carlos Jones on Style

Sunday, 01 November 2009
A new obsession is spreading and involves sportsmen, office-workers, actors: it's the Texas hold’em poker game. Yet there is an unsuspected group of inveterate players among top managers, bankers, writers, politicians. The portrait to Claudio Costamagna has been shot by Carlos Jones for Style.

Pictures from the future by Ghizzoni/Imbriaco on Io Donna

Sunday, 01 November 2009
I giovani fotografi promettenti italiani, selezionati da Renata Ferri, photoeditor di Io Donna. Tra di essi, Simona Ghizzoni e Alessandro Imbriaco.
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Maccabi by Stefano G. Pavesi on Sportweek

Sunday, 01 November 2009
In Tel Aviv six religions and Maccabi's supporters live together in peace; football, in fact, is one of the secrets making such integration possible. The images of the reportage have been realized by Stefano G. Pavesi for Sportweek.
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