honorable mention
FIORELLA BALDISSERRI italy
title
De Terra ad Terram
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entry description
We are living in a period of both ecological and digital transition. Fossil fuels are being replaced by renewable energy sources, combustion cars by electric cars and many aspects of our daily and working lives are being heavily digitised. However, this transition, which is essential for tackling climate change, has a cost and this cost is the raw materials needed to build these new technologies. Raw materials for which Europe has extreme supply difficulties, which is why the transition could be greatly slowed down. The raw materials considered to be at the highest risk of supply are Rare Earths, which are essential for key applications such as wind turbines, electric motors of electric mobility and electronics such as mobile phones and computers. To date, Europe is completely dependent on imports of this raw material, in particular from China which holds the monopoly. One of the solutions to mitigate the problem is to start recycling products containing these elements of which Europe is one of the main consumers. The chemist Torta Gianluca is studying and developing an industrial process for the recovery of rare earths from electric motors of electric mobility inside which there are permanent magnets made up of these critical elements.about the photographer
Fiorella Baldisserri, classical studies and an interest in art in all its forms, is a photographer from Bologna who loves travelling for profession and passion.The professional approach to photography took place in 2016 when she attended some courses on study of the image and history of photography. She then deepened her education with the photojournalism Masterclass in Rome.Currently Fiorella feels very close to the photographic genre of reportage, which allows her to observe people, enter stories and tell them through images, investigating herself.Fiorella has seen some shots published by international newspapers both in print and online. Photovogue, Corriere. In the Archaeological Museum of Olbia, as part of the popular photography festival, the project Drops in New York is exhibited. Finalist in the Bologna Design Week 2017 competition. Two shots published on the book Urban Life Photobook 2017. Erodoto108 published Hang in New York.Her latest project developed during Covid-19, entitled “With their eyes” on 118 Bologna Emergenza Sanitaria was chosen and published by CORTONA ON THE MOVE.back to gallery