PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Freelance photojournalist, Rome, Italy, 2004 - present
Nominee, Magnum Photos, Paris, France. 2001-2004
Member, Contrasto Agency, Rome, Italy. 1993-2001
Freelance photojournalist, Covered international news for major Italian and international newspapers and magazines including Panorama, Epoca, Il Venerdi, Newsweek, Time, Stern and Figaro. 1986-1993
Commercial photographer, 1982-1986

RECOGNITION

First prize, Portraits Singles section for Ugandan girl soldier by World Press Photo, 2005.
Second prize, Magazine Portrait and Personality, NPPA Best of Photojournalism, 2005
“Born Somewhere”, Photo District News Best Book Selection 2005
Special Recognition Award, Alexia Foundation for World Peace for “Frontline: the Nuba in Sudan”, 2004.
Pictures of the Year, National Press Association et. al for the “Killing Fields” in Iraq published in U.S. News & World Report, 2003.
Second prize, Daily Life section by World Press Photo for Nuba in Sudan, 2002
Honorable Mention, Hansel-Mieth Prize for “Pearl fishermen” in Indonesia, published in Mare, 2001
Second prize, Eugene Smith contest, for work on the condition of children around the world, 2000.
Pictures of the Year, National Press Association et. al. for “Underneath China’s Boom” published in US News & World Report, 1998.
First and second prize, World Press Photo for Kurdistan, 1998,
World Press Photo of the Year, for photo documenting the tragedy of land mines in Angola, 1997.
First prize, People in the News section by World Press Photo for tragedy of land mines in Angola, 1997.
Pictures of the Year, National Press Association et. al. for “Burn Victim in Iraq” published in Life, 1997.
Visa d’Or, International Festival of Photojournalism in 1996.
First prize, People in the News section by World Press Photo for Brazilian street children, 1995.
MIFAV prize, for Ruas, as best photographic book given by the School of Photographic Images and Visual Arts of the University of Rome, Italy, 1994.

PUBLICATIONS

NÈ Quelque Part / Born Somewhere (Delpire Editeurs, Fusi orari, Novembre, 2004)
Etat d’enfances, Photopoches series (Nathan, 1999).
Sei Storie di Bambini (Contrasto, 1997).
Ruas (Group Abele editions, 1994).

RECENT GROUP PUBLICATIONS

Witness Iraq (Powerhouse Books, 2003)
Arms Against Fury - Afghanistan, by Magnum Photographers, (Powerhouse Books, 2002).
Within Reach: Hope for the Global Aids Epidemic (Umbrage, 2002).
A Day in the Life in Africa (Publishers’ Group West, 2002).

EXHIBITS

“Les choix d’Henri Cartier Bresson”, photograph included in the inaugural exhibition of the HCB Foundation, Paris, 2003
NRW Forum, Dusseldorf, 2000
Fait et Cause, Paris, 1999
Gallerie FNAC, Paris, 1998-present
Heirs of 2000/ Unicef, Arengario di Palazzo Reale, Milan. 1997
Heirs of 2000/Unicef, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1996-1997
Personal Exhibit within the Festival for Photojournalism, Perpignan, 1995