About

Multimedia journalist and documentary filmmaker
Member of the italian and portuguese journalist order.Graduated at the Bauer School of Photography, in Milan.  Speaks italian, english, portuguese and spanish.
His work has appeared in some international publications, the most important are: United Nations Media, Amnesty International-Press, Times, Financial Times, National Geographic, La7 TV, Vice, New-Yorker, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Fucus, Sportweek, Stern, Sunday Life, Paris  Match, Le Figaro, Le Monde, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, Times of India, Il Fatto Quotidiano, La Repubblica delle Donne, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Io Donna, Espresso, Internazionale, Carta Capital.He collaborates world-wide with the North American agency “Redux Pictures”, locally in partnership and distributed by Agenzia Contrasto, Laif, Keystone” and others. In Brazil he collaborates with the “Folhapress” agency. Member of the Barcelona collective “Photographic Social Vision”. Collaborates with the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME)

Volunteer Experiences:

In 2021 He produces videos and photos for the Spanish NGO Open Arms, committed to rescuing migrants from the Libyan coast.

In 2017/2018 For Dhristee, an Indian Foundation, documentation with photos and a documentary film of the many rural villages where they work helping communities.

In 2017 UNDP “Rio + Centre” (United Nations) Pro- bono work experience. A documentary film, in Rio de Janeiro, about a UN project with local young musicians from one of the most dangerous regions in the world.

From 2006 to 2008 volunteer for the Italian NGO in Rio de Janeiro, “Il Sorriso Dei Miei Bimbi”. Attendance to young people from the Favela Rocinha in Rio de Janeiro. Through the observation and the use of photography, sharing time and experience with them, giving the opportunity to see different worlds, other than the one they’re used to.

From 1994 to 1999 volunteer for AIAS, in Italy, an association that assists people with Down’s syndrome. With the responsible participation in recreational and cultural activities inside and outside their headquarter.

From 1990 to 1996 English to Italian translator for Amnesty International Italia.

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In 2022, goes to Moldova and documents an Emergency NGO’s project of psychological support of Ukrainians refugees.

In 2022, he is accompanying the war in Ukraine from the border with Poland, with an in-depth video on the topic about Foreign Fighters. Partially broadcast on La7 television and on news sites, La Repubblica, La Stampa and Il Fatto Quotidiano

In 2021 in collaboration with the Spanish NGO Open Arms, he produced a video interview and an article of Oscar Camps, founder of the NGO, with some video images of the rescue of migrants in front of the Libyan coast, later published on the Italian news site, “Il Fatto Quotidiano”.

In 2021/2020 he is working on the finalization of his new project, a short film about west Babas (renunciates) in India.

In 2019 InsideOver has published his work on the asbestos mine in Brazil, video, photos and text.

In 2018 films and produces the short documentary on the Indian tribal festival Sammakka Jatara. Published by the Italian media “Inside Over”

In 2018 films and produces the short documentary “Where it comes from”  a series of images of proud Indian workers with their old looms. The documentary was selected by the italian international  film festival “Intimalente” (2019) and by the indian “Intenational Children’s Film Festival Montessori” (2019)

In 2017, presented the documentary” BXD baixada nunca se rende” produced by the United Nations in the New York Head Quarter with a speech and discussion about the film.

In 2017, from July to November, makes a short documentary in India for Dhristee Foundation.

2017 Makes a feature documentary film for the UNDP (United Nations) about a social project in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is called “BXD Baixada Nunca Se Rende”. It was screened at the UN headquarter (USA) and also in the country offices of China, Kazakhstan and Mozambique. It participated in the Chelsea Film Festival (New York City) and was selected by the Sofia Biting Doc (Bulgary).

2017 Receives the mention of honor from “Occhi della guerra” for his reportage work on the evangelical sects in Brazil.

2017 He contributed, with photography and camera, to the videoclip of Brazilian singer “Da Ghama”

2017/16  Makes a medium length documentary film on organ trafficking and discrimination related to death in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The title is “Papa Figo, the Discrimination of the Dead”, selected by the argentinian international festival “Muestra internacional de cine independente”

2016 Makes a short documentary film showing suspicious attitudes of neo Pentecostal Evangelical Church in Brazil. It is called “Deus è Amor”.   Semi-finalist at the Copenhagen underground film festival. Selected by the “Pune Film Festival” (India) and  by “Visioni corte”(Italy). Also published by the Italian media “Gli occhi della guerra”

2016 In National geographic and Vice medias besides the photos he published also the text stories about the fight against cocaine in bolivia.

2016 Participated at the exhibition “Memory of the carnival” at the immigration museum, important public space of Sao Paulo.

2015 He collaborated with some photos about the deforestation of the brazilian Amazon forest on the brazilian book “Novos tempos, novas engrenagens”  published by “Editora do Brasil”

2015 He was the director of photography and camera for “Inexoravel” brazilian short film which won the international festival of Cascavel and participated to the international festivals: Filme Livre at CCBB (Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia) and Mumia in Belo Horizonte.

2014: For the world cup, in Brazil, he works exclusively for the Belgian national agency, in partnership with France Press.

2014 He participates in the exhibition “Festivalma” in Sao Paulo, in the  Brazilian culture pavilion in Sao Paulo.

2014 He participates, with many images. at a english book project  “Investigative Journalism in Brazil”

2014 The web-site “Photographic Museum of Humanity” publishes his work on the exploitation of Nicaraguan workers in Costa Rica

2013 He is finalist, with the reportage” Women and crack” of the Globo Brazil Journalist contest award, published in the magazine Marie Claire.

2013 A photo of Rio de Janeiro is selected and published in the section of the 12 best travel photos of 2013 in the website of the National Geographic.

2012 He participates to the world-wide advertising campaign of Kartell for the ten years of the Philippe Starck’s chair Louis Ghost, producing and photographing the chair in Rio de Janeiro.

2012 He participates in the project CAUSA which is the acronym for the LGBT Center for LGBT Music and Performing Action.

2010 Intermediate course of photography for movies at Stein Produçoees,  with the famous brazilian director of photography and director Alziro Barbosa, San Paulo.

2010 He participates as a photography assistant to Brazilian short film, Procura-se. International Exhibition on Cartoon Network. Best Film Jury Children’s Prix Jeunesse-Iberoamerican Festival 2011.  The International Festival Del Nuevo Cine Latino Americano De Havana, Cuba.

2007 and 2008 He was selected for the collective exhibition “Prima Visione” at the Belvedere Gallery, Milan.