Marco Panzetti

Marco Panzetti is a documentary photographer, multimedia journalist and visual artist whose work focuses on the socio-environmental impact of contemporary issues related to the globalization process.

Career

Marco Panzetti is a freelance documentary photographer, multimedia journalist and visual artist. His work focuses on the socio-environmental impact of contemporary issues related to the globalization process. With his projects, he looks into new migration paradigms, mass tourism and fast urbanization.
He carried out projects in Europe, Latin America and Asia, frequently in collaboration or on assignment for nonprofit organizations and magazines. He also works with different audiovisual formats to create short documentary films, immersive multimedia pieces and installations.
At the beginning of his career in photography, he was apprentice to the photographer Michel Huneault and worked as his personal assistant in 2014 and 2015.
Among other publications, his work appeared in BBC News, The Times, Vice, British Red Cross, LA Times, Internazionale, New Statesman, Diari Ara, Tages-Anzeiger, and the Sydney Morning Herald.
His long-term body of work on the European migrant crisis, 'The Idea of Europe' received international recognition including an Honorable Mention at the 2017 Lange-Taylor Prize and the first prize in the video category at the 2017 Migration Media Award.

Awards and recognition

2020. #Venice. Semifinalist, Documentary Essay Prize from Duke University
2020. Single Photo. Advanced rounds of judging, World Press Photo - General News Singles
2019. Life after Hell. Finalist, Photography 4 Humanity
2019. In Between. Finalist, Festival della Fotografia Etica – Single Shot Award
2019. Out of Thin Air. Curatorial Selection, PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – “State of the World” category
2019. Out of Thin Air. Finalist, PhotOn Festival
2019. Life after Hell. Shortlisted, Portrait of Humanity
2019. Out of Thin Air. Honorable Mention, Focus on the Story Festival
2019. Out of Thin Air. Shortlisted, Kolga Tbilisi Photo Festival
2018. The Idea of Europe. Semi-finalist, Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University
2018. The Idea of Europe. Shortlisted, Premio Marco Pesaresi
2018. The Idea of Europe. Shortlisted, Lugano Photo Days
2018. The Idea of Europe. 2nd place, Imagely Fund Humanitarian Photography Grant
2018. Life after Hell. Winner, Spanish National Photojournalism Award.
2017. The Idea of Europe. Honorable Mention, Lange-Taylor Prize from Duke University
2017. In Between. Finalist, Festival della Fotografia Etica – Single Shot Award: Solidarietà Fertile
2017. In Between. Shortlisted, Felix Schoeller Award
2017. In Between. First Prize Winner, Migration Media Awards – Video category
2017. In Between. Shortlisted, Athens Photo Festival
2016. In Between. Contest Winner, 'Closer 2016 – Dentro il reportage' by Witness Journal
2016. We are not going back. Shortlisted, Athens Photo Festival
2015. We are not going back. Selected, Visa pour l'Image Festival – ANI's Coup de Coeur section

Exhibitions

2021. Tōhoku 2.0. Fukushima, 10 years later. University of Bologna, Nippop, Orizzontinternazionali. Virtual Exhibition
2020. Life after Hell. Portrait of Humanity. Travelling exhibition, Europe + Latin America + Stratosphere
2020. Corsica: Sisters in arms. Cafébabel - Blueborder. Travelling exhibition, France + Germany + Virtual Exhibition
2019. Life after Hell. Photography 4 Humanity. United Nations Headquarters, New York City, USA
2019. In Between. Festival della Fotografia Etica 2019. Lodi, Italy
2019. Out of Thin Air. PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris – “State of the World” exhibition. Espace Beaurepaire, Paris, France
2019. In Between. SOS Méditerranée/City of Geneva Exhibition. Quai Wilson, Geneva, Switzerland
2018. The Idea of Europe. Assises Internationales du Journalisme. Théâtre du 4e Art, Tunis, Tunisia
2018. Life after Hell. International Peace Day. Sant Boi de Llobregat – Barcelona, Spain
2017. In Between. Festival della Fotografia Etica 2017 – Single Shot Award: Solidarietà Fertile. Lodi, Italy
2017. Mediterranean Dispatches. Festival della Fotografia Etica 2017 – OFF Section. Lodi, Italy
2017. In Between. 2017 Photogenic Festival. Barcelona, Spain
2017. In Between. Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize for SOS Méditerranée. UNESCO building, Paris, France
2017. In Between. Mediterraneo Downtown Festival. Logge del Palazzo Comunale, Prato, Italy
2017. In Between. IsoLab, Taranto, Italy
2017. In Between. Arsenale della Marina Regia, Palermo, Italy
2017. In Between. QR Photogallery, Bologna, Italy
2016. We are not going back. Pati Llimona, Barcelona, Spain