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Il fotografo Marco Gualazzini, vincitore del World Press Photo 2019, presenta:

“Resilient”, libro fotografico dei suoi 10 anni da fotoreporter

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RESILIENT

Un falso paradiso in terra

Africa, Sudan, South Kordofan. 29/11/2013. A South Kordofan landscape. The people of Nuba Mountains, long time victims of discrimination from South Sudan government, has been subjected to a fierce campaign of aerial bombardment since June 2011 after fighting broke out between Khartoum and Nuba Rebels, the SPLA-N troops.

Africa, Mali, Mopti. 01/08/2012. A Niger riverv view. In Mopti, there are few army checkpoints and men in uniform are not frequently seen. On the streets, residents expressed confidence that the army would protect Mopti from the Islamists — despite its collapse during clashes in other towns.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Kivu, 10th October 2012. The Ruzizi River, the natural border between R.D.Congo (on the right of the pic) and Rwanda: lands divided for years by conflict and racial hatred.

Profughi o prigionieri?

Africa, Sudan, South Kordofan. 8th dec 2013. (from the left of the pic) Cucu Ahmed Turabi, 21, Saburi Hamid Juma, 25, Maw Tutu Grush, 28, take shelter in a foxhole between the Nuba Mountains and the Yida refugee camp, while an Antonov bomber of the Sudanese government flies over the area. Sudan’s army conducted an aerial campaign of destruction of property using Antonov Tranport planes adapted for bombing. Many witnesses also report the use cluster bombs, looting and house to house killing, randomly targeting the Nuban and pro-SPLA-N supporters across South Kordofan.

Africa, Somalia, Mogadishu. 12/10/2015. Women Refugees from Yemen in a queue waiting the distribution of the UCT. Unconditional Cash Transfer and Emergency medical support is provided to the Yemeni Refugees and Returnees in Bexani Medical Clinic Center of Mogadishu. The Project is implemented by IRC and Funded by DFID under the IRF project.

Africa, Central African Republic, Bangui. Pk5 (the five refers to the distance in kilometres from the centre), is the name of the neighbourhood in Bangui in which the capital’s Muslim community has taken refuge. Today some 2000 Muslims live in what has become a ghetto, a sort of open-air prison. Anyone who attempts to venture out becomes an easy target for the Anti-Balaka militia groups. Friday prayers in the Mosque of Atic; one of the 5 remaining out of the 29 that once existed in Pk5. 30th January 2015 ©Marco Gualazzini

Africa, South Sudan, Unity State. 7th December 2013. A child sitting on an anthill looking at the horizon in Yida refugee camp. The camp is located in the South Sudanese territory, 20 km far from the border with Sudan. The conflict exploded in 2011 between the Khartoum government and the rebel army SPLA-N, and involved more than 700,000 people, creating 400,000 IDPs (internally displaced refugees) of which 68,000 have reached the Yida refugee camp, in South Sudan.

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo; North Kivu, Goma. 20th October 2012. Kanyaruchinya refugee camp. It is calculated that there are over 60,000 people in this refugee camp, coordinated by the UNHCR, which sprang up in July following the outbreak of war between the M23 rebel movement and the FARDC. Most of the refugees are from the territories of Rutshuru and Kibati, and claim to have suffered violence at the hands of the M23. What everyone in the camp has in common is ethnic hatred towards the Tutsi, the ethnic group the M23 rebels are identified with.

Africa, Kenya, Dadaab. 01/03/2016. Dadaab remains the largest refugee camp in the world, with more than 350,000 inhabitants, 95% of them from Somalia. Located in a semi-arid region of Kenya, 80 km from the Somali border, the camp arose in the Nineties to contain the displaced fleeing from the civil war in Somalia, and has continued to expand since then. Today it is composed of 5 large tent cities spread over more than 50 km. The first week of every month, for five days, food is distributed in Dadaab. All 350,000 refugees report to the distribution points where the WFP distributes food rations. For each member, families are given a monthly ration of 3.5kg of corn, 3kg of flour, 1.8kg of pulses, 1.85lt of oil, 1kg of CSB (Corn-Soya Blend) and 150g of salt.

I motivi della voluta instabilità

Africa, Central African Republic, Ndassima. The Ndassima gold mine, before the civil war, was run by Aurafrique, a subsidiary of the Canadian company Axmin. Today it is under the control of the Seleka. Over 1500 former workers now live almost like slaves, in extremely precarious conditions. 7th February 2015 ©Marco Gualazzini

Republic Democratic of Congo, North Kivu, Masisi, Rubaya. 16/09/2013 Coltan, a rare metal used to make mobile phones and computers, is a mixture of Columbite and Tantalite. Its market value is so high as to have aroused the interest of multinational corporations and criminal organizations: in order to destabilize the political situation and take control of the mining business at a reasonable price, financial backing is given to armed groups waging war on one another. Under the supervision of the buyers in Rwanda, soldiers and police control the territory, exploiting the local population and reselling its natural resources: the proceeds are used to buy other weapons that provide additional power, thus creating a vicious circle it is difficult to break. Workers exit a mine shaft. Miners dig 50 meters underground for the minerals before transporting them to a nearby river where they are separated from rocks and sand before being sold to dealers. Mine accidents are common.

Republic Democratic of Congo, North Kivu, Masisi, Rubaya. 16/09/2013 Coltan, a rare metal used to make mobile phones and computers, is a mixture of Columbite and Tantalite. Its market value is so high as to have aroused the interest of multinational corporations and criminal organizations: in order to destabilize the political situation and take control of the mining business at a reasonable price, financial backing is given to armed groups waging war on one another. Under the supervision of the buyers in Rwanda, soldiers and police control the territory, exploiting the local population and reselling its natural resources: the proceeds are used to buy other weapons that provide additional power, thus creating a vicious circle it is difficult to break. Workers exit a mine shaft. Miners dig 50 meters underground for the minerals before transporting them to a nearby river where they are separated from rocks and sand before being sold to dealers. Mine accidents are common.

I nuovi capi e i loro eserciti

Africa, Mali, Mopti. 31/07/2012. New Recruits of the Militia Ganda Koy “Lords of the Land”. The movement was formed over 1994- 1995 and its the oldest militia of Mali. Hundreds of new recruits prepare to train at a militia camp near Mopti.

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo; North Kivu, Goma. 23rd October 2012.FARDC, the troops of the government army. Underpaid and without sufficient means, the soldiers at the forefront of the fighting live in tent cities with their families, while those further back and in the city are often guilty of banditry, corruption and violence. 23th Military police patrol the city of Goma.

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo; North Kivu, Goma. 12th October 2012. Ndosho quarter, right on the outskirts of Goma. A Maibobo (a street child) is caught stealing a small radio from a group of students. Two men from the FARDC beat the boy with tremendous violence before the eyes of an awestruck crowd. The city of Goma, besieged by the rebel M23 forces, is the victim of a climax of military anarchy. The population accuses the government forces of looting, abuse of power, violence, rape and murder.

Africa, Central African Republic, Bambari. General Ali Darassa, leader of the UPC (Unité pour la Centrafrique) faction of the Ex-Seleka rebels, in his stronghold in Bambari, in the east of the country. The Seleka Muslim rebel group, created in 2012 from a number of armed factions operating in the north-west of the Central African Republic, sparked the conflict by overthrowing the then President François Bozize and persecuting the Christian population. 6th February 2015 ©Marco Gualazzini

Republic Democratic of Congo, North Kivu, Masisi, Rubaya. 14/09/2013. The armed rebel movement of the Nyatura was formed by the secession, in 2010, of the CNDP rebel movement, now called M23. Formed mostly by Congolese Hutu, they are led by Colonel Marcel Habarugira. Today some of these rebels have been reintegrated into the regular Congolese army F.A.R.D.C. Without any form of salary, they survive by bullying. through abuse of power, abuse of civilians, raiding night and day and demanding a 10% tax on all forms of activity in the city of Rubaya. Some Nyatura patrol the territory around the mines.©Marco Gualazzini/ Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography Recipient 2013

Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; North Kivu, Rutshuru. 15/10/2012. Brigadier General Sultani Makenga (seated) of the newly formed Congolese Revolutionary is seen in Rumangabo military camp (Bunagana), Democratic Republic of Congo. The M23 Movement, the newly formed political wing of former M23 rebels, has formed a semi autonomous administration structure in areas under their control in north Kivu province in the DRC.

Le violenze e le vittime

Africa, Somalia, Bosaso. 5/10/2015. Abdelaziz Ahmed Abbas, 49 years old, from Aden, Yemen, lost his wife and 5 of his 6 children. Only a son survived the war. He fled to Bosaso with other Somali returnees and Refugees from Yemen. He got hospitality at the Reception Centre A: one of the two centres in Bosaso that hosts Yemenite refugees and Somali returnees (Somali people who fled to Yemen from the war in Somalia) arriving in Somalia to escape the war that broke out in Yemen in April. To the question “Now, what are you going to do?” he replied: I do not know.

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo; North Kivu, Goma. 18th October 2012. Ndosho quarter: the pain felt for the death of Innocence Rugomoga, 37, the father of three children. Innocence was murdered with three shots from a firearm at 7.45 p.m. on the night of 17 October, during the curfew. No-one was able to rescue or help the man until the first light of dawn, for fear of running into one of the soldiers. Witnesses say they saw men wearing military uniform and boots, and the local folk once again suspect the FARDC.

Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Kivu, Bukavu. 03/02/2017. Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Kivu, Bukavu. 03/02/2017. Clotine Catemgura 42 years old. In 2015 he has been kidnapped by a rebel group linked to the formation of the Interahamwe. For two months she used to live as a slave in their camp suffering of numerous rapes. When she managed to escape she went to Panzi Hospital and here she received immediate medical attention and discovered that she had contracted HIV. For this reason her husband left her and their 6 children.

Africa, Chad, 13th October 2018. AIDS has grown exponentially since the fighting in the Boko Haram war took a turn for the worse due to the sexual violence perpetrated by the Islamists. Arta Brachir, aged 12, admitted to hospital for a suspected case of malaria, was diagnosed HIV positive. Fearful of the stigma, her grandmother conceals the way she contracted the infection, telling people she caught it while she was having her hair plaited. Africa, Ciad, 13 Ottobre 2018.L’AIDS è cresciuto in modo esponenziale dopo l’acuirsi della guerra di Boko Haram a causa delle violenza sessuale commesse dagli islamisti. Arta Brachir di 12 anni ricoverata in ospedale per un sospetto caso di malaria le è stata diagnosticata l’infezione del HIV. Per paura di stigmatizzazione la nonna nasconde il vero motivo del contagio dicendo che la nipote la ha contratto mentre le facevano le trecce.

Africa, Somalia, Benaadir region. Mogadishu. 23/09/2017. Faduma Ibrahim Abdi, seen with her baby of 17 months. They are from Jannale- Lower Shabelle. She was forced to flee because of the severe drought that affected Somalia and came to Mogadishu looking for help. Her baby suffers from severe malnutrition. As of February 2017 a drought ravages Somalia has left more than 6 million people, or half the country’s population, facing food shortages with several water supplies becoming undrinkable due to the possibility of infection. According to the Humanitarian Information Unit of the U.S. Government, over 2.9 million people in Somalia face crisis or emergency level acute food insecurity and need emergency food aid. An estimated 1.1 million IDPs currently live in Somalia, and at least 548,000 additional people have been displaced since November 2016 due to the drought. Most people displaced by drought left rural parts and settled in urban areas such as Mogadishu. Displacement numbers continue to rise. Somalia remains one of the most dangerous place in whole world.

Chi li contrasta

Africa, Mali, Mopti. 31/07/2012. Some members of the militia FLN “Liberation des Regions du Nord” are seen during the training. These haphazard citizen militias have something the regular Malian Army here appears to lack: a fierce will to undo the jihadist conquest of northern Mali.

Africa, Chad, 13th October 2018. Abdullaye Tidjani, aged 26, Nigerian, ex Boko Haram fighter, forcefully enlisted in the ranks. He was part of the military wing of the Islamist group for over two years. Following one of the numerous massacres perpetrated by the terrorists, he decided to become a deserter, and fled with his wife and son. Africa, Ciad, 13 Ottobre 2018. Abdullaye Tidjani, 26 anni, Nigeriano, ex-combattente di Boko Haram, che è stato arruolato con la forza e ha fatto parte dell’ala militare del gruppo islamista per più di due anni. Dopo l’ennesima strage commessa dai terroristi ha deciso di disertare scappando con la moglie e il figlio.

Africa, Central African Republic, Bangui. The Blue Berets of MINUSCA–the United Nations multidimensional integrated stabilization mission in Central Africa, a peacekeeping mission that currently comprises 8600 men, set to rise to 12,000 by the end of 2015. 29th January 2015 ©Marco Gualazzini

La religione divide, la religione unisce

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Kivu, Bukavu. 12th February 2009. The Catholic priest father Nardo Riccardo., performed an exorcism on A demon-possessed woman. Travelling across a country tormented and perennially on the brink of disintegration, this news report tells of the events which fit somewhere between religion and superstition. It investigates the relationship between reality and the escape from it through the unconscious, faith, and the negation of the self. Through the delirious apologia of the Revival Churches, the mysteries unveiled by the sects, by the wafumo sorcerers or the wailing children accused of witchcraft, to arrive at the most expressive fringes of Catholicism. In a world in which every action is losing its original meaning to remain as if suspended, everything seems to be collapsing only to become impregnated with a renewed faith, just to continue living.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Kivu, Bukavu. 27th February 2009. A demon-possessed woman fell through the floor during the mass service in a “Revival Church” of Bukavu. Travelling across a country tormented and perennially on the brink of disintegration, this news report tells of the events which fit somewhere between religion and superstition. It investigates the relationship between reality and the escape from it through the unconscious, faith, and the negation of the self. Through the delirious apologia of the Revival Churches, the mysteries unveiled by the sects, by the wafumo sorcerers or the wailing children accused of witchcraft, to arrive at the most expressive fringes of Catholicism.

Africa, Nigeria, Yola. 02/11/2016. Yola: The St.Teresa refugee camp of Yola, established in 2014 to give a shelter to 3700 persons fleeing from Boko Haram. The makeshift camp was set up by the bishop Steven Dami Mamza who opened the spaces of the church to the IDPs, both Christians and Muslims.

Forse può esserci salvezza

Africa, Nigeria, Kano. 12th March 2013. The Madrasa Madarasatu Kafaliatu Ibrahim School in Kano. One of the oldest Madrasa in Kano, where hundreds of children are taught the Koran.

frica, Somalia, Mogadishu. 20/10/2015. Loox (traditional Somali Koranic tables of wood) by the wall in a Madrasas located in Onat refugee camp in the district of Abdi Asis. Over 700 families live in Onat refugee camp in the district of Abdi Asis. Some IDPs have been living in this tent city for more than 20 years. Living conditions are precarious, and most of the displaced have nowhere to go back to, having lost everything during the lengthy conflict. In the Madrasas of Mogadishu, Koran teachers impart the pillars of Islam to the new generations. After years of heretical dictatorship, everything must be reconstructed from the foundations, including religious faith.

Africa, Somalia, Benadir region, Mogadishu. 24/03/2012. A vedette patrols the Sayidka (or Beerta Darwiishta) refugee camp, which is the main camp in the central area of the capital. This district is called Hawle Wadag; it is the largest district in the capital, and it is where Bakara Market is located. Bakaara Market is the largest in the nation. It is infamous for the events of October 1993, when the market was the site of the Battle of Mogadishu, or the Battle of the Black Hawk: helicopters were brought down in the area, which led to a fierce firefight that lasted all night. It used to be the stronghold of Al-Shabaab. After this episode, the Americans withdrew their troops from the country and Somalia descended into chaos.

Africa, South Sudan, Unity State. 5th December 2013. Some children play on the wreck of an Antonov in the Yida refugee camp. Sudan’s army conducted an aerial campaign of destruction of property using Antonov Tranport planes adapted for bombing. Many witnesses also report the use cluster bombs, looting and house to house killing, randomly targeting the Nuban and pro-SPLA-N supporters across South Kordofan. Nowadays there is no reliable data on the number of people who have lost limbs, or been physically affected in other ways, since the war began in the Nuba Mountain region in June of 2011. Some people are injured or killed by shrapnel, others detonate unexploded rockets and bombs hidden just beneath the ground accidentally.

Some people danced on the streets of Hamarweyne district, located in the old town of the Somali capital. In fact, Hamarweyne literally means the big city or old town. People are brave: they continue to go out, dance in the streets, liven up the markets; they want to see an end to the civil war that has paralyzed Somalia.

Africa, Somalia, Bosaso. 06/10/2015 Haji Mire Primary School in Bosaso, with 9 classes where children study English, Arabic, Maths, Physics and the Koran. Bosaso: the coastal city of 700,000 inhabitants. It is the main port of Somalia and it is the capital of Puntland; this macro-northern region, compare to the rest of the country, enjoys of a relative political and military stability, but it’s one of the spots most affected by drought during the 2017.

Africa, Chad, 13th October 2018. Orphaned children, mainly Nigerian refugees, live together as a group in the Koran schools. During the day, they go begging and are known as Almajiri. These children, who live in the Lake Chad basin, are growing up in a constant situation of war, and all they’ve ever known is the weapons and deaths they draw on the walls of the city. Almajiri is gotten from an Arabic word “Al-Muhajirun” which can be translated to mean a person who leaves his home in search of Islamic knowledge Africa, Ciad, 13 Ottobre 2018. Bambini orfani, prevalentemente rifugiati Nigeriani, vivono collettivamente all’interno delle scuole coraniche, e durante la giornata mendicano e sono chiamati Almajiri. Questi bambini che vivono nel bacino del lago Chad crescono in una costante situazione di guerra, e la loro unica realtà è fatta di armi e morti che disegnano sui muri della città. Almajiri deriva dalla parola arabo e significa ”Al-Muhajirun” e può essere tradotto con: una persona che lascia la propria casa, alla ricerca delle conoscenza Islamica.

Africa, Somalia, Benadir region, Mogadishu. 25/03/2012. Children play at the Lido of Mogadishu.

BIOGRAFIA

Nato a Parma nel 1976, Marco Gualazzini ha iniziato la sua carriera come fotografo nel 2004, con il quotidiano locale della sua città natale, La Gazzetta di Parma. Il suo lavoro nel corso degli anni comprende dei reportage sulla micro-finanza in India, sulla libertà di espressione in Myanmar, sulla discriminazione delle minoranze religiose in Pakistan.

Negli ultimi anni ha coperto prevalentemente crisi umanitarie e conflitti in Africa.

I suoi reportage sono stati pubblicati con amplio spazio su riviste nazionali, come L’Espresso, Internazionale, Vanity Fair, InsideOver/IlGiornale.it, e su testata internazionali come il The New York Times, GEO, Al-Jazeera, TIME magazine per citarne alcuni.

Gualazzini ha ricevuto numerosi riconoscimenti, tra cui Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography, il Marco Luchetta, il PDN e World Press Photo al quale è stato candidato sia come foto del anno che come storia del anno nel 2019.

Resilient è il suo primo libro edito da Contrasto, Roberto Koch Editore.

PUBLICAZIONI:

The New York Times, GEO, Al-Jazeera, Paris Match, LIGHTBOX- TIME magazine, Courrier International, L’Express, 6Mois, Internazionale, L’Espresso, CNN, M (Le Monde), Der Spiegel, The Sunday Times Magazine, Newsweek Japan, and Vanity Fair e altri.

PREMI:

Nomination award HPA2011- the Humanity photo awards 2011
Finalist CGAP 2011- Microfinance Photograpy contest
Short-Listed, premio internacional de fotografia humanitaria Luis ValtueÑa 2011
Short-Listed 3rd Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover 2012
Silver Medal, category press-war, Prix de la Photographie 2013
Premio giornalistico Marco Luchetta- Miran Hrovatin 2013, 1st Prize
Getty Images Grants for Editorial Photography Recipient 2013
Short Listed Premio giornalistico Internazionale Marco Luchetta – Miran Hrovatin 2014
Lucie Fondation, Photo Taken Scholarship Recipient 2015
Winner in PDN Photo Annual photo contest 2016
Final 100 to The Other Hundred Educators, The Other Hundred 2016
All About Photo Awards 2017, 1st Prize
Short Listed – Premio giornalistico Internazionale Marco Luchetta 2017
Wiki Loves Africa, 2nd Prize
All About Photo Awards 2019, 4th Prize
Wiki Loves Africa, 1st Prize
World Press Photo 2019 Photo Contest, Environment, Stories, 1st Prize

MOSTRE e PROIEZIONI:

Palazzo Pigorini, Collettiva sulla città con i fotografi NEOS, Parma, Italy, 2009
Galleria d’arte Camera Sedici, Storie in tre scatti, Milano, Italy, 2010
FoFu Phot’arte, Festival internazionale fotografico, Fucecchio (FI), Italy, 2011
Medicos del Mundo, premio Luis ValtueÑa, Madrid, Spain, 2011
The Humanity photo awards, Memories of Mankind VII, con il patrocinio dell’ UNESCO, Beijing, Cina, 2011
3rd Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism, Hannover, Germany, 2012
Angkor Photo Festival, Angkor, Cambodia, 2013
Les Rencontres d’Arles, Screening, Arles, France, 2013
Visa pour L’image, Screening, Perpignan, France, 2013
‘Italy. Another View’ Vadehra Art Gallery, India Art Fair, NSIC Exhibition Grounds, New Delhi, India, 2014
One Day in Africa – Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy, 2014
“One World” – Photofestival Horizonte, Zingst, Germany, 2014
Angkor Photo Festival, Screening, Angkor, Cambodia, 2015
World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, Turkey, 2016
Pune Biennale, Pune, India, 2017
Visa pour l’image, Screening in Campo Santo, Perpignan, France, 2017
Spazio Forma Meravigli, solo exhibition , Milan, Italy, 2019
Palazzo Pigorini, solo exhibition , Parma, Italy, 2019
World Press Photo, World Wide, 2019
RESILIENTI2020 – istallazione Città di Parma, Parma, 2020