honorable mention
Matteo de Mayda italy
title
A Community goes to test
Andrea Crisanti, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Padua, offered to test all 3,100 citizens of the town, and 95% of the population agreed to participate. The town became a living laboratory to study the coronavirus. Such a thorough investigation of an entire population contributed to quickly zero the contagion in the town and advance the state of the research about the virus worldwide.
This is a series of about 300 portraits taken during the 3 days of screening on the whole population.
His pictures appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, British Journal of Photography, Internazionale, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times Weekend, Vogue and Vice.
He participated in several exhibitions, including at United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland, 2013) at Venice Biennale of Architecture (Venice, Italy, 2016) and Head On Photo Festival (Sidney, Australia, 2020).
In 2019 he published "Era Mare", a book about the high water in Venice, whose proceeds went totally to the shopkeepers who needed help.
For his work about Covid-19 Matteo won the REFOCUS award by Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Italy) and according to ARTRIBUNE he's the Best Italian young photographer of 2020.
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entry description
Back in February 2020, the small town of Vo’ was among the first areas to be cordoned off in Italy because of COVID-19 and the place where the first European victim of COVID-19 was recorded.Andrea Crisanti, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Padua, offered to test all 3,100 citizens of the town, and 95% of the population agreed to participate. The town became a living laboratory to study the coronavirus. Such a thorough investigation of an entire population contributed to quickly zero the contagion in the town and advance the state of the research about the virus worldwide.
This is a series of about 300 portraits taken during the 3 days of screening on the whole population.
about the photographer
Matteo de Mayda is a Venice-based photographer represented by Contrasto, focused on reportage and social and environmental causes.His pictures appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, British Journal of Photography, Internazionale, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times Weekend, Vogue and Vice.
He participated in several exhibitions, including at United Nations (Geneva, Switzerland, 2013) at Venice Biennale of Architecture (Venice, Italy, 2016) and Head On Photo Festival (Sidney, Australia, 2020).
In 2019 he published "Era Mare", a book about the high water in Venice, whose proceeds went totally to the shopkeepers who needed help.
For his work about Covid-19 Matteo won the REFOCUS award by Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities (Italy) and according to ARTRIBUNE he's the Best Italian young photographer of 2020.
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