2nd place
silver star award
Paolo Marchetti
title
THE PRICE OF VANITY
Despite many initiatives in the protection of enviroment and towards animals such as CITES, there are thousands of intensive breeding farms alla around the world that involve a long list of different animal species. The business volume that revolving around this trade amounts to several millions of euro per yrear and in this scenario condemns milions of animals to intensive farming for the production of clothes with furs, feathers or leather.
The estimate for which was rated the furs and animal skins sector totaled $ 40 million and the massive growth in the number of intensive farms around the world is another irrefutable fact.
In this report I tell you the sacrifice of tens of thousands of crocodile, killed in Colombia, but this is just the story of one intensive farming while in the world there are thousands of others.
This infernal process is alive, well and in very strong growth.
He has worked for thirteen years in the cinematographic and commercial industry. In his photography he pays particular attention to political and anthropological issues. He has covered stories in Brazil, Central America, Cuba, Eastern Europe, India, the United States, Haiti, China, Central Africa, Colombia and Thailand.
His work has been published in Italian magazines such as L'Espresso, Internazionale, Vanity Fair and Marie Claire and also in international magazines and newspapers such as 6MOIS, Days Japan, Sunday Times, British Journal of Photojournalism, The Guardian, Geo, Der Spiegel, Newsweek, CNN, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Time and many others.
He is currently represented by Getty Images as a contributor photographer.
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entry description
“The Price of Vanity” is a long term project born to tell the sacrifice hidden behind the ruthless values expressed by the high fashion, and its cultural trend dominated by remorseless standards of beauty.Despite many initiatives in the protection of enviroment and towards animals such as CITES, there are thousands of intensive breeding farms alla around the world that involve a long list of different animal species. The business volume that revolving around this trade amounts to several millions of euro per yrear and in this scenario condemns milions of animals to intensive farming for the production of clothes with furs, feathers or leather.
The estimate for which was rated the furs and animal skins sector totaled $ 40 million and the massive growth in the number of intensive farms around the world is another irrefutable fact.
In this report I tell you the sacrifice of tens of thousands of crocodile, killed in Colombia, but this is just the story of one intensive farming while in the world there are thousands of others.
This infernal process is alive, well and in very strong growth.
about the photographer
Paolo Marchetti is a freelance photojournalist, based in Italy.He has worked for thirteen years in the cinematographic and commercial industry. In his photography he pays particular attention to political and anthropological issues. He has covered stories in Brazil, Central America, Cuba, Eastern Europe, India, the United States, Haiti, China, Central Africa, Colombia and Thailand.
His work has been published in Italian magazines such as L'Espresso, Internazionale, Vanity Fair and Marie Claire and also in international magazines and newspapers such as 6MOIS, Days Japan, Sunday Times, British Journal of Photojournalism, The Guardian, Geo, Der Spiegel, Newsweek, CNN, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Time and many others.
He is currently represented by Getty Images as a contributor photographer.
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