Luca Ferrari was born in Rome in 1977. In 2004 he graduated in Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport with a BA and in 2005 at the University La Sapienza of Rome with a BA plus MA in Sociology.
He won several prizes and awards both in Italy and UK, included the Observer Hodge Award 2004, the Ian Parry Scholarship 2004, the Press Photographers of the year 2008, the honorable mention at Reportage Atri Festival 2010.
His work has been shown in London, Paris and Bogotà, at Fotoleggendo Festival 2010, Rome, and Winephoto Festival 2007.
In 2005 he published his first book “Rebibbia” on the Italian jail in Rome.
He completed reportages in Europe, former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Colombia, India, Philippines and Sri Lanka.
Since 2009 he is working on the periphery of Rome called L 38, a photographic and video documentary long term project.
DEONAR
by Luca Ferrari. Deonar, Mumbai, India. 2009. Deonar is a part of a Mumbai north west suburb of Govandi where there is the largest and the oldest (built in 1927) dumping ground of all Asia: 127 hectares, 5500 tonnes of rubbish … Continue reading
THE MORO’S WAR
by Luca Ferrari. Philippines. 2007. The guerrilla in Christian Mindanao Region. For thirty years in the deep south of Philippines, different Muslim rebels groups have been fighting against the Government of Manila for the independence of their ancestral domain: Bangsamoro. Bangsamoro … Continue reading
LIKE THE MOUNTAINS
by Luca Ferrari. Colombia. 2007. The Nasa people are Colombia second-largest indigenous group, mostly concentrated in the departamento (province) of Cauca, Southwestern Colombia. Their social organization is similar to Gandhi’s: non-violent and based on collective property. Their traditional homeland in … Continue reading
ADDICTION
by Luca Ferrari. Newport and Cardiff, Galles. 2003 – 2006. I started this work in 2003 in Newport in the South of Wales, one of the poorest and most depressed areas of Great Britain. The project, realized for the Newport … Continue reading
Multimedia
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
L38 – TRAILER
by Luca Ferrari. 2011 I started this story on Laurentino38, a suburb in the southern part of Rome, in August 2009 thanks to Armando, an old man, ex boxer and owner of a shack set in a field in front … Continue reading
CLASHES IN ROME – DECEMBER 14TH 2010 – MULTIMEDIA
by Luca Ferrari, Michele Palazzi and Francesca H. Mancini. Rome, Italy. December 2010. Students protest raised in violent clashes. Clashes, infiltrated people, red zone, black blocs, temporary workers, violence, banlieus…. Beyond all the words that have been written, a clear … Continue reading
ADDICTION – MULTIMEDIA
by Luca Ferrari. Newport and Cardiff, Galles. 2003-2006. I started this work in 2003 in Newport in the South of Wales, one of the poorest and most depressed areas of Great Britain. The project, realized for the Newport University that … Continue reading