Michele Palazzi
Michele Palazzi | |
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Born | November 27 1984 |
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | Photography |
Awards | World Press Photo Award for Daily Life, first prize stories |
Website | michelepalazziphotographer |
Michele Palazzi (born 27 November 1984) is an Italian photographer and World Press Photo prize winner.
Biography
Palazzi is an Italian photographer born in Rome. In 2007 he gained a three-year master's degree in Photography at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia. In 2013 he received the First Prize of Environmental Photographer of the Year Award[1] by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. Between 2012 and 2013 he started working on Black Gold Hotel a long term project about the modernization impact in Mongolia, which has been awarded with the First Prize in the Daily Life category - Stories of the World Press Photo 2015.[2] He lives in Rome and he is represented by the Contrasto agency.[3] He's currently working as a photography teacher at the Rome University of Fine Arts.[4]
Publications
- Finisterrae: terra di confine. Livorno: Origini Edizioni, 2019. ISBN 9788831429009.
Collections
Palazzi's work is held in the following public collections:
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, FR: 1 print (as of January 2020)[5]
Prizes and awards
- 2011 Center Awards “Migrant Workers Journey” 1st Prize Project Launch Award [6]
- 2013 Environmental Photographer of the Year “Gone with the Dust #02” 1st Prize Environmental Photographer of the Year Award [1]
- 2015 World Press Photo “Black Gold Hotel” 1st Prize Daily Life, Stories [2]
References
- ^ a b "Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013". The Guardian. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ a b "Michele Palazzi - 2015 Photo Contest". Worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ^ "Contrasto". Contrasto.it. Retrieved 2019-02-01.
- ^ "Rome University Of Fine Arts". Unirufa.it. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
- ^ "Michele Palazzi". Bibliothèque nationale de France.
- ^ "The Curve: Center Award Winners, 2011" New Mexico Museum of Art, 2011.