Carlo Gianferro (1970), freelance photographer, Rome. In 2004 starts focusing on Romanian and Moldavian Roma communities.
In 2007 his book "Gypsy Architecture" has been published by German Axel Menges Editions.
In 2007 and 2008 Goes back to Roma communities for a new editorial project "Gypsy Interiors" published by Postcart Edizioni in late 2009.
In these years he is carrying on long term projects on Russian soviet blocks architecture and for awareness campaigns for NGOs in Mozambique .
He's primarily interested in exiled workers and other fragile communities. His photographs document people conditions and show them in their environment where the architectural setting or backdrop is just as important as the human figures .
In the last two years his work on Roma communities has obtained several international awards: Prix echange Boutographie, Montpellier, France; Marco Pesaresi 2008, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy; Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Selection 2009, Lodz,
Poland;Raymond Weil Talent 2009, Geneva, Switzerland; 1st prize portraits stories World Press Photo 2009, Amsterdam, Holland; shortlist at Sony Awards 2009, Cannes, France.
He's Actually working on personal projet on Insrael and Palestine
PRIZES
WINEPHOTO 2010 - Special Award given by journalist’s, Mogliano Veneto, Italy
2nd prize Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards 2009 - Malasya
1st prize portraits stories World Press Photo 2009
Grand Prix Fotofestiwal Selection 2009, Lodz, Poland
Raymond Weil Talent 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
Prix Exhange Boutographie 2008, Montpellier - France
Marco Pesaresi 2008, Savignano sul Rubicone - Italy
Forano della Chiana Festival 2004, Arezzo, Italy
SHORT LISTS
Premio Ponchielli 2010 Selection
"Marco Bastianelli" 2010 - Book Award, special mention
Sony Awards 2010, short list contemporary issues category
WPP Praga Prize 2009, short listed
Lange & Taylor short listed, in collaboration with David J. Nemeth
Sony Awards 2009, short list portraits category
PUBLICATIONS
GYPSY INTERIORS
Postcart Edizioni - August 2009
ISBN: 978-888-679-521-0
GYPSY ARCHITECTURE
Edition Axel Menges - April 2007
By Renata Calzi (texts), Patrizio Corno (texts), Carlo Gianferro (photography)
Photographs by Carlo Gianferro
ISBN: 3936681120 : 9783936681123
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
RAYMOND WEIL SA - GENEVA
CURRENT/UPCOMING EXHIBITONS
Festival of Architecture of Rome / Mandeep - 11 June, 31 July 2010 (Group exhib.) "ATOPIA" -
FNAC Neaples - 13th July - 13th September 2010
FNAC Verona - 16th September - 13th October 2010
FNAC Turin - Le Gru - 19th October - 29th November 2010
APERTURE GALLERY - 21-28 October 2010, New York, USA
PAST EXHIBITIONS
FNAC Milan - 28th May - 7th July 2010
Artefotò, 28 May-6 June 2010 (Group exhib.), Jesi, Ancona, Italy. TESTIMONI DEL NOSTRO TEMPO.
Winephoto, May 30-31 2010 (Group exhib.), Mogliano Veneto, Italy
10b Gallery, March-May 2010 (Group exhib.), Rome. TESTIMONI DEL NOSTRO TEMPO, italians at WPP
WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2008 world tour, May 2009 - April 2010
SI FEST - September 2009, Savignano sul Rubiconde, Italy
FOTOFESTIWAL 2009, 7-31 May 2009, Lodz, Poland
KUALA LAMPUR PHOTO AWARDS (Group Exhibition) - 7-23 May 2009, Kuala Lampur, Malesia
SALONE DEL MOBILE - 22-27 April 2009, Studiooltre, Milan, Italy
DIA INTERNATIONAL DEL PUEBLO GITANO - 1-4 April 2009, Sevilla, Spain
BASELWORLD 2009 - 26 March-2 April 2009, Basel, Switzerland
PEPERONCIO FESTIVAL, September 2009, Diamante, Italy
BOUTOGRAPHIES FESTIVAL - May 2008, Montpellier, France
MASSENZIO ARTE - March 2008, Rome, Italy
COLLEZIONE ARTI FOTOGRAFICHE, - December 2007, Lucca, Italy
FOTOLEGGENDO FESTIVAL - October 2007, Rome, Italy
FESTIVAL OF ROME - May 2007, Rome, Italy
FOIANO FOTOGRAFIA FESTIVAL - May 2004, Arezzo, Italy
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