honorable mention
Antonio Denti italy
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The Longest Way Home
In April 2022, delegates of Canadian Indigenous People traveled to the Vatican seeking Pope Francis' apology for the abuses they suffered in the church-run Canadian residential schools.
It was quite something to see members of the First Nation, Metis and Inuit peoples, proudly dressed in traditional costumes, waiting quietly under St.Peter’s colonnade for their leaders to come out after meeting the Pope. When baroque genius Bernini was building the imposing structure, in 1600, on the other side of the Ocean, England and France had started to fight for the New World and the colonial tragedy of the Canadian Indigenous was starting.
Pope Francis said: ''I am sorry''. The Indigenous leaders - however - demanded he come and apologize on their ancestral, wounded lands. Only a few months later, in July, the ageing Pontiff, despite a fractured knee that makes his every small move an agony, traveled to Canada, from the desolate plains, to the sacred lake of Ste Anne, to the Arctic end of the world in Iqaluit. Not easy, but maybe the beginning of something new in the scarred lands.
He graduated as a social anthropologist at the University of London ( Goldsmiths' College and SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies - ) but became a news cameraman.
He has been working for Reuters as a staff cameraman since 1998.
He has covered conflicts and change in Kosovo (1999, 2001, 2008), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Israel (2005 - 2006), Gaza (2005), Lebanon (2006), Tunisia (2011), the death of Pope John Paul II, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, his resignations and the election of Pope Francis, the Tsunami of 2004 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, eruptions of mount Etna, earthquakes in central and northern Italy, the migrant crises in the Mediterranean (2006, 2011, 2015-2019) and in the Balkans (2015), the crisis around Catalonia's bid for independence (2017), the Covid-19 pandemics (2020), Pope Francis' pilgrimage to Iraq (2021).
He lives in Rome with his wife Sara and their 7-years old son Martino
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entry description
''The Longest Way Home'' is a story of deep survival. And of a difficult but possible reconciliation.In April 2022, delegates of Canadian Indigenous People traveled to the Vatican seeking Pope Francis' apology for the abuses they suffered in the church-run Canadian residential schools.
It was quite something to see members of the First Nation, Metis and Inuit peoples, proudly dressed in traditional costumes, waiting quietly under St.Peter’s colonnade for their leaders to come out after meeting the Pope. When baroque genius Bernini was building the imposing structure, in 1600, on the other side of the Ocean, England and France had started to fight for the New World and the colonial tragedy of the Canadian Indigenous was starting.
Pope Francis said: ''I am sorry''. The Indigenous leaders - however - demanded he come and apologize on their ancestral, wounded lands. Only a few months later, in July, the ageing Pontiff, despite a fractured knee that makes his every small move an agony, traveled to Canada, from the desolate plains, to the sacred lake of Ste Anne, to the Arctic end of the world in Iqaluit. Not easy, but maybe the beginning of something new in the scarred lands.
about the photographer
Antonio Denti was born in Catania, Sicily, in 1972.He graduated as a social anthropologist at the University of London ( Goldsmiths' College and SOAS - School of Oriental and African Studies - ) but became a news cameraman.
He has been working for Reuters as a staff cameraman since 1998.
He has covered conflicts and change in Kosovo (1999, 2001, 2008), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003), Israel (2005 - 2006), Gaza (2005), Lebanon (2006), Tunisia (2011), the death of Pope John Paul II, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, his resignations and the election of Pope Francis, the Tsunami of 2004 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, eruptions of mount Etna, earthquakes in central and northern Italy, the migrant crises in the Mediterranean (2006, 2011, 2015-2019) and in the Balkans (2015), the crisis around Catalonia's bid for independence (2017), the Covid-19 pandemics (2020), Pope Francis' pilgrimage to Iraq (2021).
He lives in Rome with his wife Sara and their 7-years old son Martino
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