1st place
gold star award
Antonio Denti
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title
The Human Fire
When the massive earthquake struck and cities crumbled to dust, I saw humans lit fires and huddle around them like in the night of times. They sat next to the rubble that had been their homes and their lives with stunning composure and strength. With everything that human created to protect us against the world, they had turned to fire - to defend themselves against cold and against the abyss of dispair. Shocks can hit anyone who is alive, anytime. This possibility is a condition of living. The courage of living is the ability to give affirmative answers to the shocks of existence and the human fire lit the Turkish nights of that courage.
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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Antakya, Turkey. (February 2023)When the massive earthquake struck and cities crumbled to dust, I saw humans lit fires and huddle around them like in the night of times. They sat next to the rubble that had been their homes and their lives with stunning composure and strength. With everything that human created to protect us against the world, they had turned to fire - to defend themselves against cold and against the abyss of dispair. Shocks can hit anyone who is alive, anytime. This possibility is a condition of living. The courage of living is the ability to give affirmative answers to the shocks of existence and the human fire lit the Turkish nights of that courage.
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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