Michele Palazzi

Michele Palazzi
Born November 27 1984
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Known for Photography
Awards World Press Photo Award for Daily Life, first prize stories
Website michelepalazziphotographer.com

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]

Prizes and awards

  • 2011 Center Awards “Migrant Workers Journey” 1st Prize Project Launch Award [4]
  • 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

  1. 1 2 "Environmental Photographer of the Year 2013". The Guardian. 2013-09-01. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  2. 1 2 "Michele Palazzi - 2015 Photo Contest". Worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Contrasto". Contrasto.it. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
  4. ↑ "The Curve: Center Award Winners, 2011" New Mexico Museum of Art, 2011.
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