3rd place
bronze star award
Stefania Prandi
italy 
title
The Consequences
The people I have met so far live close to me. I reached them in Milan (where I’m based), Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantova, Varese. They are the people next door, who didn’t expect something like this to happen in their lives. When the violence became visible, they tried to fight it, reporting it, without effect, to the police. Sometimes, there is no physical violence and so no visible signs of what is going to happen.
Since 2006, I have been working as a professional journalist for newspapers, magazines and radio. In the course of my journalist experiences, in the newsroom until 2010 and as a freelancer until now, I have covered gender, social and environmental topics, as well as foreign affairs. I have reported from places such as Ethiopia, Albania, India, Greece, Portugal and Italy, for both national and international publications. These publications include Elle Italy, Elle Hungary, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the Swiss magazine Azione, the Swiss magazine Il Corriere del Ticino, the Italian newspapers Il Fatto Quotidiano, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore and L’Unità, the magazines Terre di Mezzo and Altreconomia, and the press agency Redattore Sociale. I worked as editor and spokesperson for the Italian news agency, Agenzia Giornalistica RCS (AGR). I wrote and directed the documentary Uranium Project, produced with Lab 80 film, which was screened at several festivals, such as Cinemambiente, the Milano Film Festival and Bergamo Film Meeting. I earned my Master’s degree in Journalism in Italy from Bologna University. I also studied Gender and Intersectionality in Sweden at Linkoping University.
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entry description
Every two days in Italy, a woman is killed by a man, usually a partner or a spouse, often one she wanted to leave. These homicides are called “femicides”, using a word created years ago in Mexico to indicate a woman killed because of her gender. I started the project “The Consequences” last March, in order to give a wider view of this problem. I decided to focus on the consequences of these killings on society, by considering the victims’ families, those who have to bear the consequences of their loved ones’ deaths. Mothers, fathers, sisters, sons and daughters struggle to find justice, fighting in tribunals against victim blaming. Every day, there is grief. Most of these families take action in their own backyards, going to schools to talk with students, creating associations, organizing charity prizes. Through photo portraits of the women who were killed and those who still live with the consequences, I want to show the daily battles and the struggle to change society. In order to show the immediate consequences of these crimes upon society, I also include photos of funerals and torchlight processions.The people I have met so far live close to me. I reached them in Milan (where I’m based), Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantova, Varese. They are the people next door, who didn’t expect something like this to happen in their lives. When the violence became visible, they tried to fight it, reporting it, without effect, to the police. Sometimes, there is no physical violence and so no visible signs of what is going to happen.
about the photographer
I started to work as photojournalist in 2015. During 2016, my photos have been published by Al Jazeera, El País, Open Society Foundations, the Swiss magazine Azione, Elle Italy and Pagina99. For my photojournalist project Tomatoes Women, I received an honorable mention from the Moscow International Foto Awards (MIFA), as well as named as one of the finalists for the LuganoPhotoDays festival.Since 2006, I have been working as a professional journalist for newspapers, magazines and radio. In the course of my journalist experiences, in the newsroom until 2010 and as a freelancer until now, I have covered gender, social and environmental topics, as well as foreign affairs. I have reported from places such as Ethiopia, Albania, India, Greece, Portugal and Italy, for both national and international publications. These publications include Elle Italy, Elle Hungary, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, the Swiss magazine Azione, the Swiss magazine Il Corriere del Ticino, the Italian newspapers Il Fatto Quotidiano, La Repubblica, Il Sole 24 Ore and L’Unità, the magazines Terre di Mezzo and Altreconomia, and the press agency Redattore Sociale. I worked as editor and spokesperson for the Italian news agency, Agenzia Giornalistica RCS (AGR). I wrote and directed the documentary Uranium Project, produced with Lab 80 film, which was screened at several festivals, such as Cinemambiente, the Milano Film Festival and Bergamo Film Meeting. I earned my Master’s degree in Journalism in Italy from Bologna University. I also studied Gender and Intersectionality in Sweden at Linkoping University.
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