Cristina was born in Rome in 1983. After graduation at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia, she began working in the photographic field as an assistant, specializing in images postproduction, collaborated since 2004 with Paolo Pellegrin, member of the agency Magnum Photos.
Since April 2006 she has been working on the long term project Memory of the Civil War in Spain. The first chapter, “Exilio de Dentro”, has been exhibited at Confluences, Paris, in 2009.
She won the Winephoto Contest (2007) and the Enzo Baldoni International Award (2009).
In 2008 she took part to the Reflexions Masterclass curated by Giorgia Fiorio.
Her works were exhibited in Paris, Rome, Pescara, and at WinePhoto Festival, and appeared on Times, Le Monde, Newsweek Japan, Newsweek US, Newsweek Russia, Paris Match, Diario, Io Donna, D della Repubblica, L’Espresso, Gioia.
She joined prospekt in 2006, she lives in Rome.
STUDENTS’ DEMONSTRATIONS 2010-2011
by Cristina Vatielli, Michele Palazzi, Francesco Merlini, Barbara Baiocchi, Stefano De Grandis. Milan-Rome, Italy. Fall 2010-fall 2011. Italian students of high school and universities protest against education cuts and decrees. photo gallery
LUNA PARK
by Cristina Vatielli. Rome, Milan, Budapest, Ibiza, Barcellona. 2008 – 2010. To party is a dip in a crowds of people where each one can bring into play his own loneliness. photo gallery | multimedia
EARTHQUAKE ABRUZZO
By Kathryn Cook, Michele Palazzi, Samuele Pellecchia, Cristina Vatielli. L’ Aquila, Italy. April 2009. On 6th April 2009 a massive earthquake about 6 on Richter Scale strikes Italy, leaving 293 deads, disappeared people, hundreds of injured persons and about 70,000 people … Continue reading
EBBREZZE (INEBRIATIONS)
by Cristina Vatielli. 1st Prize at WinePhoto International Photographic Contest 2007. www.winephoto.it photo gallery
THE LAST NATIONALIST FIRES IN LOS CAIDOS VALLEY
by Cristina Vatielli. Los Caidos Valley, Spain. 2007. “I’ll come back, I’ll come back again! It’s not certainly the reds that are going to stop me!”. Jose’, 90 years old, does not surrender. Since 30 years, he has been coming … Continue reading
EXILIO DE DENTRO
by Cristina Vatielli. Asturias, Spain. 2006. Spain declared 2006 as the Year of Historic Memory. While the socialist government opened 600 mass graves where 30 thousands bodies are buried, several leaders of the right wing opposition party claim not to … Continue reading
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INDIGNADOS IN ROME – MULTIMEDIA
by Luca Ferrari and Cristina Vatielli. Rome. October 15th 2011. Indignados demonstration: hundreds of thousands of people in Rome for the international movement “United for Global Change”. Editing: Ippolito Simion
LUNA PARK – MULTIMEDIA
by Cristina Vatielli. Rome, Milan, Budapest, Ibiza, Barcellona. 2008-2010. To party is a dip in a crowds of people where each one can bring into play his own loneliness. Video producer: Ippolito Simion Video narratives: Annalisa D’Angelo Music: Adriano Amoruso Digital … Continue reading
03:32 AM 6.3 RICHTER – MULTIMEDIA
by Kathryn Cook, Emanuele Cremaschi, Francesca Hanne Mancini, Michele Palazzi, Samuele Pellecchia, Cristina Vatielli. On 6th April 2009 a massive earthquake about 6 on Richter Scale strikes Italy, leaving 293 deads, disappeared people, hundreds of injured persons and about 70,000 people … Continue reading