honorable mention
pierpaolo mittica italyPhoto © pierpaolo mittica
title
the radioactive fox in Chernobyl
He studied with Charles – Henri Favrod, Naomi Rosenblum and Walter Rosenblum, who is his spiritual father in photography. His photographs were exhibited in all Europe and United States and published in Italian and international newspapers and magazines among them: l'Espresso, Alias del Manifesto, Vogue Italia, Repubblica, Panorama, Il Sole 24 ore, Photomagazine, Daylight Magazine, Japan Days International, Asahi Shinbum, The Telegraph, The Guardian.
In 2006 the work “Chernobyl the hidden legacy” was selected by the Chernobyl National Museum of Kiev (Ukraine) for the official exhibition for the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
He is specialized in ecological issues, he documented the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, Fukushima and Mayak.
Permanent collections
Fratelli Alinari Museum, Florence (Italy)
Chernobyl National Museum, Kiev (The Ukraine)
Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (Sweden)
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)
Books
“The Balkans, from Bosnia to Kosovo”, Interattiva, Italy 2000
“Chernobyl la herencia oculta”, Ellago ediciones, Spain 2006
“Chernobyl the hidden legacy”, Trolley LTD, Great Britain 2007
"Cip is not Afraid", CRO - CRAF, Italy 2010
"Chernobyl 20 years after", Kashiwa Shobo, Japan 2011
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entry description
A fox in the main square of Pripyat, Chernobyl exclusion zone. Wild animals, thanks to the absence of humans, have taken possession of the environment. Now around the zone and in Pripyat city it is possible to see foxes, wolves, bears, wild horses, boars, and many other wild animals and the zone becomes a tourist destination for lovers of wildlifeabout the photographer
Italian humanist photographer, is recipient of more than 40 awards and in 2013 was finalist at Eugene Smith Grant.He studied with Charles – Henri Favrod, Naomi Rosenblum and Walter Rosenblum, who is his spiritual father in photography. His photographs were exhibited in all Europe and United States and published in Italian and international newspapers and magazines among them: l'Espresso, Alias del Manifesto, Vogue Italia, Repubblica, Panorama, Il Sole 24 ore, Photomagazine, Daylight Magazine, Japan Days International, Asahi Shinbum, The Telegraph, The Guardian.
In 2006 the work “Chernobyl the hidden legacy” was selected by the Chernobyl National Museum of Kiev (Ukraine) for the official exhibition for the twentieth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster.
He is specialized in ecological issues, he documented the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, Fukushima and Mayak.
Permanent collections
Fratelli Alinari Museum, Florence (Italy)
Chernobyl National Museum, Kiev (The Ukraine)
Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (Sweden)
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (USA)
Books
“The Balkans, from Bosnia to Kosovo”, Interattiva, Italy 2000
“Chernobyl la herencia oculta”, Ellago ediciones, Spain 2006
“Chernobyl the hidden legacy”, Trolley LTD, Great Britain 2007
"Cip is not Afraid", CRO - CRAF, Italy 2010
"Chernobyl 20 years after", Kashiwa Shobo, Japan 2011
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