Livio Senigalliesi: Imagine No Heaven
© Livio Senigalliesi, Hiroshima, 2016 Pictured with Okihiro Terao, one of the survivor.
About LIVIO SENIGALLIESI, (64) born in Milan/Italy
Self-taught photographer, Senigalliesi begins the carrer at the end of the ‘70s taking pictures of social issues using the camera as a tool for social analysis.
His passion for photography as testimony and his attention to historical events have taken him to many of the world hot spots: the Middle East and Kurdistan during the Gulf War, Berlin in the division and in the reunification times, Moscow during the days of the coup d'état which decreed the end of the Soviet Union, Sarajevo during the siege and all the phases of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Palestina, Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan.
Senigalliesi carried a long term project on the violations of human rights devoting much time to the genocides of the past and present while living long periods in conflict zones in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America. He works for the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Photo-Desk, for the Italian Cooperation for several Italian and foreign NGOs, documenting the consequenses of the war, the suffering of the civilians and the projects of reconstruction.
Author of many books and photo-exhibitions, Senigalliesi published his reportage on the main national and foreign newspapers as Corriere della Sera, Repubblica, L'Europeo, L'Espresso, Epoca, Panorama, Il Manifesto, La Vanguardia, El Pais, Liberation, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Berliner Morgenpost, Stern, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Time Magazine, National Geographic Magazine.
In the last 10 years he has documented migrant routes in the Mediterranean and the condition of refugees in Italy and along the Balkan Route. In 2016 he realized a long and complex report from the island of Lesbos (Greece) to the border between Slovenia and Italy. Dozens of interviews and long detailed text create the heart of a book entitled "Rotta balcanica". His commitment includes educational projects for schools and universities where bears his testimony and awareness of young people in international issues and forced migration.
REPORTAGE
Middle-East Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Cyprus, Turkey, Kurdistan.
Balkans Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Makedonia, Greece, Hungary.
Eastern Europe DDR, Romania, URSS, Georgia, Cecenia and Caucasus, Belarus.
Asia Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Kashmir, Vietnam, Cambodia, Japan.
Africa RDC, Rwanda, Uganda, Sudan, Mozambique.
Latin-America Guatemala.
BOOKS
"Balkan" – Ed. Museo Ken Damy
"Kosovo, c'ero anch'io" - Ed. Rizzoli / Bur
"Vittime, storie di guerra sul fronte della pace" - Fazi Editore
"Balcani: la guerra in Europa. Memorie per l'educazione alla pace" - Ed. Cesvi
"Terra di Palestina" - Ed. Provincia di Salerno - Donne in nero - Assopace
"Caucaso" - Mazzotta Editore
"Rwanda: memories of the genocide" - Teatri 90 Editore
"Justicia y verdad" Ed. Rigoberta Menchù Tum Foundation - Guatemala City
"Dispacci dal fronte" published by EGA Libri - Reporter sans Frontieres – Italia
"Congo – Endless war" – Ed. COOPI
“Rotta balcanica” selfpublished book distributed by Blurb.com
“Memories of a war reporter” selfpublished book distributed by Blurb.com
web site www.liviosenigalliesi.com
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