honorable mention
Antonio Denti italy
title
Night of Europe
It happens every year. But this year the feel was very different. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 came as a shock to many and changed things dramatically. So, this year It was impossible ' seeing the armies marching through the night ' not to think about the war in Europe, the popular votes shifting to populism and right-wing ideals. Places have a memory of long and difficult histories. Places have a memory of long and difficult histories. The Colosseum has been a silent witness of that for thousands of years. It has seen the Roman armies come back, victorious or bloodied and defeated. It also saw the Fascist regime taking over with the Marcia su Roma. And twenty years later, their defeated armies run away. As the armies marched through the night, it felt like the forgotten armies of ghosts were still all there.
Impossible not to think that we - in this lucky part of the world - may have been giving too many things - like freedom and peace - for granted and
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
Most Romans, even, don't know this happens. In the night between the 30th and the 31st of May, from about 1 to 4am, thousands of members of the Italian armed forces marched through the deserted centre of the city, by the Roman forum and the Colosseum. They were rehearsing the military parade of June 2, Italy’s Republic Day.It happens every year. But this year the feel was very different. Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 came as a shock to many and changed things dramatically. So, this year It was impossible ' seeing the armies marching through the night ' not to think about the war in Europe, the popular votes shifting to populism and right-wing ideals. Places have a memory of long and difficult histories. Places have a memory of long and difficult histories. The Colosseum has been a silent witness of that for thousands of years. It has seen the Roman armies come back, victorious or bloodied and defeated. It also saw the Fascist regime taking over with the Marcia su Roma. And twenty years later, their defeated armies run away. As the armies marched through the night, it felt like the forgotten armies of ghosts were still all there.
Impossible not to think that we - in this lucky part of the world - may have been giving too many things - like freedom and peace - for granted and
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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