Michele Palazzi was born in Rome in 1984. After a master in Photography at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia, he started working as a professional photographer focusing on marginalized people, from the Dalit catholic indian community to the Roma people living in Italy.
In 2009 he received the Enzo Baldoni collective prize with a project on the aftermath of the earthquake in Abruzzo.
Since 2010 he’s been working on the project Migrant Workers Journey composed by a multimedia and a photographic reportage recipient of the Project Launch Award 2011 at Center Santa Fe, also exhibited in New Mexico Museum of Art and at Fotoleggendo festival in Rome 2011.
He lives in Rome.
www.michelepalazziphotographer.com
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
THE LAST TENTS
by Michele Palazzi. L’ Aquila, Italy. December 2009. On November 12th 2009 a circular letter from the Italian Civil Protection Agency declared “resolved” the emergency in the town of L’Aquila and in the surrounding area hit by the earthquake, actually … Continue reading
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
INDIA’S CHRISTIAN DALIT
by Michele Palazzi. India. 2008. In the Indian caste system, a Dalit, often called an “untouchable”, or an outcaste, is a person who, according to traditional Hindu belief, does not have any “varnas”. Varna refers to the Hindu belief that … Continue reading
VIA GORDIANI ROMA CAMP
by Michele Palazzi. Rome, Italy. 2008. The controversial relationship between the Italian government and the Italian Roma community has been the source of various conflicts as recently. The government’s answer to this deep division within their society is to push … Continue reading
Multimedia
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
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