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KG+ 2017: open call

The call for entry for the fifth edition of KG+, the satellite event of Kyotographie – International Photography Festival, is open! Deadline: January 5th, 2017 more...
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During the visit to the general exhibition of Menotrentuno 2016 at Masedu – Museo di Arte Contemporanea in Sassari. © FPmag During the visit to the general exhibition of Menotrentuno 2016 at Masedu – Museo di Arte Contemporanea in Sassari. © FPmag.

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Khatereh is 13. She was sexually abused by her uncle, so she decided to run away from home. One week later, a few youths attacked her in a park in Tehran to gang rape her. To save herself, she wounded her arm with a knife. The police officers found her unconscious on the ground. And after treatment, she was transferred to Juvenile Delinquents Correction Centre. She will be released in 2 months and return home. © Sadegh Souri. Mahsa is 17. She falls in love with a boy and intends to marry him, but her father is against the marriage. One day she has an argument with her father, and she and her mother decide to kill the father. Mahsa kills her father with a kitchen knife, and now her brothers are requesting death penalty or lex talionis for her and her mother. © Sadegh Souri

Waiting Girls The work of Sadegh Souri documents the female prison segregation in Iran. It is a high quality reportage that allowed him to win the Short Story Award 2016. This is what he told us during his visit to the Festival of Ethical Photography 2016
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Chappaqua, New York. March 2013.
Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home.
In their thirty-four year marriage, they never could have imagined
being diagnosed with stage-4 cancer at the same time. © Nancy Borowick. Chappaqua, New York. March 2013. Howie and Laurel Borowick embrace in the bedroom of their home. In their thirty-four year marriage, they never could have imagined being diagnosed with stage-4 cancer at the same time. © Nancy Borowick.

A Life in Death It is a private story that told by Nancy Borowick. A touching story that runs through territories of the memory revealing the precious outcome. Here is what she told us at the opening of her exhibition
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From the exhibition White Angel by Niels Ackermann. © Niels Ackermann From the exhibition White Angel by Niels Ackermann. © Niels Ackermann

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To enter priesthood in the Orthodox religion it is necessary to become monk first or to get married. Vladimir marries Vittoria; both have attended the community years before. From the serie Isle of Salvation by Francesco Comello, winner of World.Report Award 2016, categoria Spot Light Award. © Francesco Comello. To enter priesthood in the Orthodox religion it is necessary to become monk first or to get married. Vladimir marries Vittoria; both have attended the community years before. From the serie Isle of Salvation by Francesco Comello, winner of World.Report Award 2016, categoria Spot Light Award. © Francesco Comello.

Snapshots of a utopia The work "Isle of Salvation" by Francesco Comello won the Spot Light Award part of the World.Report Award 2016. The words of the author and some critical notes on the work exhibited on the occasion of the Festival of Ethical Photography at Palazzo Barni in Lodi
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During a guided tour of the Thematic Area The lives of the others, realised with the support of Fujifilm Italia on the occasion of the Festival of Ethical Photography 2016. © FPmag. During a guided tour of the Thematic Area The lives of the others, realised with the support of Fujifilm Italia on the occasion of the Festival of Ethical Photography 2016. © FPmag.

Fujifilm Italia and the culture of the image For the third consecutive year, Fujifilm Italia supports the Thematic Area within the Festival of Ethical Photography, but this year also proposed a series of initiatives and very interesting meetings
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© Aaron HueyOglala youths hold an upside-down flag, an international symbol of distress and an act of defiance toward the U.S. government, at a rally to commemorate a 1975 shoot-out between American Indian Movement (AIM) activists and FBI agents. Two agents and one AIM member died; AIM’s Leonard Peltier was jailed for life. © Aaron Huey

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From the exhibition Migranesimo by Alex Majoli. © Alex Majoli. From the exhibition Migranesimo by Alex Majoli. © Alex Majoli.

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FFE2016 – © Sadegh SouriMahsa is 17. She falls in love with a boy and intends to marry him, but her father is against the marriage. One day she has an argument with her father, and she and her mother decide to kill the father. Mash kills her father with a kitchen knife, and now her brothers are requesting death penalty or lex talionis for her and her mother. © Sadegh Souri.

World.Report Award 2016: the winners Coming soon...
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Visitatori alla mostra 6th Continent di Mattia Insolera durante l'inaugurazione della prima edizione di PhEST 2016 presso il Castello Carlo V a Monopoli. © FPmag. Visitatori alla mostra 6th Continent di Mattia Insolera durante l'inaugurazione della prima edizione di PhEST 2016 presso il Castello Carlo V a Monopoli. © FPmag.

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From the exhibition A Monday in Kabul by Marieke van der Velden. © Marieke van der Velden. From the exhibition A Monday in Kabul by Marieke van der Velden. © Marieke van der Velden.

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Un momento della cerimonia di premiazione di Peter Bauza dell'agenzia Echo Photojournalism, con la consegna della targa del Visa d'Or Magazine 2016 da parte di Jean François Leroy. © FPmag. Peter Bauza from Echo Photojournalism agency, the moment during the award ceremony, accepting his award the Visa d'Or Magazine 2016. © FPmag.

The Visa d'Or Magazine goes to Peter Bauza Peter Bauza from the agency Echo Photojournalism won the Visa d'Or Magazine as part of Visa pour l'Image in 2016 with the project "Copacabana Palace | Brésil"
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Master Award 2016. India – Women Empowerment. © Ivan Sarfatti. Master Award 2016. India – Women Empowerment. © Ivan Sarfatti.

World.Report Award 2016: finalists Coming soon...
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A pregnant woman who has managed to find one of the rare openings in the defense line is seen crossing the frontline at midnight. Doogrdkan (56 km south of Mosul), April 19, 2016. © Frédéric Lafargue for Paris Match. A pregnant woman who has managed to find one of the rare openings in the defense line is seen crossing the frontline at midnight. Doogrdkan (56 km south of Mosul), April 19, 2016. © Frédéric Lafargue for Paris Match.

Escape from ISIS What happens when a city is freed after two years of being occupied by the Isis? Frederic Lafargue tells us about it in his work on Sanjar, in North Western Iraq
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© Marie Dorigny / MYOP for the European Parliament 2016 Hotspot, Moria, Lesbos, Greece. Refugees who reach Europe first register at the hotspot where they are sorted according to nationality. The waiting seems interminable as the formalities go on and on. © Marie Dorigny / MYOP for the European Parliament 2016.

Visa pour l'Image 2016: an overview The 28th edition of Visa pour l'Image is upon us. Here is a preview of the programme of the famous festival to be held in Perpignan from 27th August to 11th September 2016
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A leopard seal bares teeth in a threat display to protect her kill, from the exhibition Sous les glaces, s’éteignent les espèces by Paul Nicklen. © Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Creative. A leopard seal bares teeth in a threat display to protect her kill from the exhibition Sous les glaces, s’éteignent les espèces by Paul Nicklen. © Paul Nicklen/National Geographic Creative.

Lives under the ice The images of Canadian photographer Paul Nicklen dedicated to the Arctic wildlife is not only spectacular, but also denounces the risk of extinction of the species whose survival depends on pack ice
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Dalla serie Golden Days Before They End. © Klaus Pichler. Winner of the Happiness On The Move International Award 2016 From the series Golden Days Before They End. © Klaus Pichler. Winner of the Happiness On The Move International Award 2016.

Happiness On The Move 2016: the winner The Austrian photographer Klaus Pichler has won the fifth edition of the Happiness On The Move International Award
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COTM2016 A young girl in Hargeisa. Somalia and Somaliland have the highest incidence of FGM, which is still around 98%, Somaliland, 2015. From Uncut project / Somaliland. © Simona Ghizzoni.

Documentary portraiture with Simona Ghizzoni The workshop with Simona Ghizzoni scheduled for the 16th and 17th July 2016 and organised as part of the 6th edition of Cortona On The Move will focus on portraits
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Michele Borzoni, Firenze, May 9th, 2014. © Michele Borzoni/TerraProject.
Open competitive exam for 9 positions as nursey school educator in the City of Florence, at the Obi Hall. 2813 applications to participate and 2174 flocked.

Italy looks at us 40 Italian and international masters of photography and 150 images recounting the "Bel Paese", among beauty, contradictions and a look to the future. At MAXXI - National Museum of XXI Century Arts in Rome until October 23rd, 2016
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Biratoranger, Nibutani, Hokkaido, Japan, 2015. © Laura Liverani/Lunch Bee House.
Self-named Biratoranger is an Ainu activist. He styles himself into a super-hero character borrowed from Japanese pop culture. Here he is pictured participating in a reforestation project.

Ainu Neno An Ainu In Tokyo, a one-night only exhibition of moving and still imagery, based on the ongoing documentary project "Ainu Neno An Ainu" by Lunch Bee House
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Gabriele Basilico, from the series Dancing in Emilia, 1978. © Gabriele Basilico.
From the exhibition Disco Emilia (Spazio Gerra, piazza XXV Aprile, 2 - Reggio Emilia, Italy).

Fotografia Europea 2016 The traditional inaugural days will open the eleventh edition of Fotografia Europea, dedicated to the theme "The via Emilia. Roads, journeys, borders". From May 6th to July 10th, 2016 in Reggio Emilia
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A family is watching a 3D advert movie, simulating the future life that will offer Rawabi, the biggest planned city in West Bank, Rawabi, 20 km from Ramallah, January 2013. © Andrea & Magda Photographers. From The Palestinian Dream, the project with which Andrea & Magda won the Tabò Prize 2015.

Tabò Prize 2016 The Giovanni Tabò Prize 2016 is open! The contest is reserved to professional and no professional photographers, under 44, from all around the world. Deadline: April 29th, 2016
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Gus Powell, Ungrateful bastards. From the series The Lonely Ones, 2015. Courtesy Gus Powell/Sasha Wolf Gallery.

The Lonely Ones Micamera in Milan presents an exhibition by the New York-based photographer Gus Powell. On display from March 31st to April 30th, 2016
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Now 27 by Amir Behroozi Rad, Honourable Mention Young Talents of Image 2015, Photojournalism category. © Amir Behroozi Rad.
Family members crying and wailing.

Photojournalism Category | Honourable Mentions 2015 Respectively from Iran, Italy and Greece, three young authors have a special mention in the category Photojournalism of the Young Talents of Image 2015 thanks to their works
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The Hungry Tide by Swastik Pal, Best Author in Young Talents of Image 2015, Photojournalism category. © Swastik Pal.
Ghoramara Island (Bengali: ঘোড়ামারা দ্বীপ) is an island located 150 km south of Kolkata, India in the Sundarban Delta complex of the Bay of Bengal. The island is small, roughly five square kilometres in area, and is quickly disappearing due to erosion and sea level rise.

Photojournalism Category | Best Author 2015 There were lots of works competing for the Photojournalism category of the YToI 2015, but the best one was Swastik Pal's project, from India
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Habitar la calle. La calle nos pertenece a todos by José Tercero Mora, Honourable Mention Young Talents of Image 2015, Storytelling category. © José Tercero Mora.

Storytelling Category | Honourable Mentions 2015 The works of three young authors that FPmag editorial staff has awarded with a special mention in the category Storytelling of the Young Talents of Image 2015
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Le Tour du Monde en un jour by Andrea Facco, Honourable Mention Young Talents of Image 2015, Crossover Category. © Andrea Facco.

Crossover Category | Honourable Mentions 2015 FPmag has decided to assign only two special mentions under the Crossover category of the Young Talents of Image 2015
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Matáia Óle | Storia n°1 – Fortunata Di Lecce parla dell’antichissima storia di Matera by Andrea Alfano, Best Author in Young Talents of Image 2015, Crossover category. © Andrea Alfano.

Crossover Category | Best Author 2015 The stories of the past in Matera allowed Andrea Alfano to be selected as Best Author of the Crossover category of the Young Talents of Images 2015
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Nel silenzio svanendo by Lorenzo Papi, Honourable Mention Young Talents of Image 2015, Portrait category. © Lorenzo Papi.

Portrait Category | Honourable Mentions 2015 For the Portrait category of the Young Talents of Image 2015, FPmag editorial staff has assigned three special mentions
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Ugo Mulas, Andy Warhol, Philip Fagan and Gerard Malanga, New York, 1964. © Estate Ugo Mulas, Milano - Courtesy Galleria Lia Rumma, Milano/Napoli.

Ugo Mulas at the HCB Foundation The HCB Foundation in Paris presents the first solo exhibition in France of Ugo Mulas. On display until April 24th, 2016
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River Embankment by Yevgeny Nakonechnyy, Best Author in Young Talents of Image 2015, Landscape category. © Yevgeny Nakonechnyy.

Landscape Category | Best Author 2015 The Young Talents of Image 2015 Landscape category has had a great participation of authors with the best work coming from Russia
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In the office of the foundry, Oerlikon Mechanical Constructions Factory, 1937. © Jakob Tuggener Foundation, Uster. From the exhibit Fabrik 1933-1953. Poetic and expressionistic vision in industrial images projections.

Jakob Tuggener in Bologna The MAST Foundation in Bologna presents two exhibitions devoted to the Swiss photographer Jakob Tuggener, whose work is being shown in Italy for the first time. On display until April 17th, 2016

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A believer during a rite of initiation into the Casa do Santo in Arborio, in the province of Vercelli. © Gianmarco Maraviglia/Echo Photojournalism.

Candomblé among the paddy fields In "Casa do Santo" in Arborio, in the province of Vercelli (Italy), to tell of a syncretic religion that combines Christianity and animism of Afro-Brazilian origin
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Photographer Mustafah Abdulaziz talks about his work Water to the visitors of the festival, during 2014 edition Lumix Festival. © Konstantin Tönnies.

Lumix Festival Awards Until January 31, 2016 it's possible to compete for the four awards related to the Lumix Festival 2016. Win prizes worth a total of € 23,000.00
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Farmers of Cerano area are forced by industrial settlement to move themselves until the neighboring village of Tuturano to stock water. The groundwater has been polluted by the excavations for the underground passage of the conveyor belt of coal of Central Federico II. © Karl Mancini/Echo Photojournalism.

Every day 5Km to drink Because of local pollution those who live in the surroundings of the ENEL power plant Federico II in Cerano have to travel to Tuturano to procure drinking water




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