Antonio Faccilongo

Antonio Faccilongo (born 1979) is an Italian documentary photographer, filmmaker, and educator. He is a professor of photography at Rome University of Fine Arts.[1][2] Faccilongo won the World Press Photo Story of the Year in 2021.[3][4][5]

Antonio Faccilongo
Born1979 (age 43–44)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
Occupation(s)Documentary photographer
Filmmaker
University photography professor
Notable workHabibi
Awards2021 World Press Photo Story of the Year
Websitewww.antoniofaccilongo.com

Career

Faccilongo started his career as news photographer at Il Messaggero, an Italian newspaper based in Rome. In 2008, he began to deal with stories of international interest and focused his attention on Asia and the Middle East, principally in Israel and Palestine, covering social, political and cultural issues.[6]

Faccilongo developed his long-term photography series Habibi to cover the complicated contemporary conflicts of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[7][8][9] According to Firstpost, the series "chronicles love stories set against the backdrop of one of the longest contemporary conflicts, the Israeli-Palestinian war. The story shows the impact of the conflict on Palestinian families and the difficulties they face in preserving their reproductive rights and human dignity."[10] The Guardian writes, "Items left behind by inmates allow us to perceive the absence of men and to understand the emptiness they left in the life of their family members."[11]

Habibi won both the World Press Photo Story of the Year from the World Press Photo Foundation[10][12][13] and first prize in Long-term projects category.[14][15][16] The work was mentioned in Verve magazine[17] and published as a story at Vice.[18] Habibi was selected to be published as a book by an international jury.[19][20] The book is edited by Sarah Leen, designed by Ramon Pez and includes the poetry of Taha Muhammad Ali.

In 2016, for Vice he documented the illegal narcotics trade in Gaza, writing that his work "imposes a socio-anthropological lens to explore escapism and suffering in the face of social malaise."[21]

Faccilongo's other long-term projects include Lose The Roots,[22][23] and All For Love.[24] His stories include "Atomic Rooms",[25] "Fade Away", "Kaitseliit", "(Single) Women", "Wuchale", "Huaxi",[26] and "I am Legend".

Publications
  • Faccilongo, Antonio (2020). Habibi. New York: FotoEvidence. ISBN 978-1-7324711-6-0. OCLC 1206454257.

Films
  • Digital Heroin – documentary
  • My Brother is an Only Child – documentary
  • The Chinese Dream – documentary[26]
  • Kaitseliit – documentary

Awards
  • 2011: 2nd prize, International Photography Awards in Political Category
  • 2011: 1st prize, World Of Women
  • 2011: 1st prize, Kuala Lumpur International PhotoAwards
  • 2011: 1st prize, International Photography Awards in People
  • 2011: 1st prize, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards
  • 2011: 1st prize, Px3 in Feature Category
  • 2015: Finalist, LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards[27]
  • 2015: 1st prize, MIFA in Sport category
  • 2016: Finalist, Fotoleggendo Premio Tabò
  • 2016: Finalist, LensCulture Portrait Awards[28]
  • 2016: 3rd prize, Px3 in Feature Category
  • 2016: 1st award, Umbria World Fest
  • 2016: 1st award, LuganoPhotoDays
  • 2016: Best Color Documentary work Gomma Grant
  • 2017: Finalist, LensCulture Magnum Awards[29]
  • 2017: 2nd prize, PHMuseum Grant[30]
  • 2017: Getty Editorial Grant winner[31]
  • 2019: Winner, Pictures of the Year International (POYi) in World Understand Award category
  • 2020: Winner, Photo District News in photojournalism category
  • 2020: Fotoevidence Book Award with World Press Photo winner
  • 2020: FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for Habibi[32]
  • 2021: World Press Photo Story of the Year from World Press Photo[33][34][35]
  • 2021: 1st prize in Long-Term Projects category at World Press Photo[36][37][38]
  • 2021: Feature Shoot winner
  • 2021 Shortlist, Sony World Photography Awards (Lose the Roots)[22]
  • 2021: National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund

References
  1. "Le foto di Antonio Faccilongo che hanno vinto il World Press Photo". Il Post (in Italian). 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  2. "Paskelbtas Pasaulio spaudos fotografijos apdovanojimo laureatas: senjorė apkabina slaugytoją". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 2021-04-16. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  3. "The Cameras That Shot the Winning Photos of World Press Photo 2021 | PetaPixel". petapixel.com. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  4. "Photos of Gen. Soleimani mourners, former traceur from Iran among World Press Photo Awards' winners". Tehran Times. 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  5. Fonalleras, Josep Maria (2021-04-19). "Esperma palestino | Artículo de @fonalleras". elperiodico (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  6. "Primer abrazo en pandemia, del danés Mads Nissen, World Press Photo del año". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  7. "How and Why Palestinian Women Sneak Their Husbands' Sperm Out of Prison". FotoRoom. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  8. "Antonio Faccilongo SOY-AAD | World Press Photo". www.worldpressphoto.org. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  9. "FotoEvidence | Documenting Social Injustice". fotoevidence.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  10. "World Press Photo 2021: Antonio Faccilongo's Habibi depicting struggles of Palestinian families gets best photo story award". Firstpost. May 27, 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  11. "World Press Photo 2021 winners – in pictures". The Guardian. April 15, 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  12. "World Press Photo 2021: Antonio Faccilongo's 'Habibi' wins Photo Story of the Year". MoneyControl. May 29, 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  13. "World Press Photo: Faccilongo receives the " history of the year " award". Italy24. May 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  14. "Antonio Faccilongo as Habibi – PhotoQ Bookshop @ World Press Photo". Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  15. Kail, Ellyn (2021-02-19). "Announcing the Winners of the Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards". Feature Shoot. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  16. "El argentino Pablo Tosco, entre ganadores en categorías de World Press Photo". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  17. Shaikh, Sadaf (November 25, 2020). "Slip Inside The Eyes Of Their Minds". Verve. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  18. Faccilongo, Antonio (May 24, 2016). "For Palestinian Prisoners, Fathering Children Is an Act of Resistance". Vice. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  19. "World press photo, la foto dell'anno è l'abbraccio tra una donna anziana e un'infermiera". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  20. "Inauguración de la exposición World Press Photo 2021 | Fundación Cajasol" (in Spanish). 2021-04-26. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  21. Faccilongo, Antonio (October 2, 2016). "Photos of the Synthetic Drug Epidemic That's Ravaged Gaza". Vice. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  22. "Shortlist, Lose the Roots by Antonio Faccilongo". World Photography Organization. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  23. "Error Page Getty Images". www.reportagebygettyimages.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  24. "ANTONIO FACCILONGO – HABIBI | Imp Festival" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  25. "These Atomic Shelters Serve As Housing for Many in Beijing". National Geographic. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  26. Faccilongo, Antonio (May 19, 2020). "The Chinese Dream". Inside Over. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  27. "Announcing the 2015 Winners & Finalists!". LensCulture. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  28. "Announcing the Winners & Finalists!". LensCulture. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  29. "Magnum Photography Awards 2017 - Presenting the Winners, Finalists & Jurors' Picks". LensCulture. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  30. De Stefani, Lucia (June 7, 2017). "Smuggling a New Life From Behind the Bars". PHmuseum. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  31. Jackson, Alex (September 8, 2017). "Getty Images announces its 2017 grant winners". 1854. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  32. Smid, Ally (2021-04-15). "Deze omhelzing met een 85-jarige vrouw is World Press Photo van het jaar". Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  33. "Powerful COVID-19 portrait wins World Press Photo of the Year for 2021 - Australian Photography". www.australianphotography.com. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  34. George, Chris (15 April 2021). "Winners announced. These are the best news photographs from the last year". digitalcameraworld. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  35. "World Press Photo : les lauréats 2021 - Le Monde de la Photo". www.lemondedelaphoto.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  36. Ronchi, Giulia (2021-04-15). "Mads Nissen e Antonio Faccilongo vincitori del World Press Photo 2021" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  37. "L'amore delle donne palestinesi al World Press Photo". Il Kim (in Italian). 2021-04-26. Archived from the original on 2021-05-05. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
  38. "World Press Photo: a Faccilongo il premio "la storia dell'anno"". Radio Colonna (in Italian). 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-05-01.
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