The Golden Country
Laos is a landlocked lower-middle income economy bordering Cambodia, China, Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand with a population of around 9 million. It is one of the fastest growing countries in the region, according to the World Bank. The country adopted a market-oriented economy in 1986, introducing sweeping reforms under the New Economic Mechanism, which decentralised […]
SIX TWO EDITIONS : Print sale for earthquake in Turkey & Syria
NOW LIVE till March 20. Purchase a print of over 200 photographers at Six Two Editions to support earthquake relief efforts in Turkey & Syria. Many Prospekt Photographers are part of this initiative including Devin Yalkin, Alisa Resnik, Pietro Masturzo, Laura Liverani, George Georgiou, Krisanne Johnson, Scott Typaldos, Samuele Pellecchia, Francesco Merlini, Riccardo Bononi, Raffaele Petralla, Massimo […]
“G8 in Genova 2001” by Massimo Sciacca on Internazionale Extra
“Under Siege” by Massimo Sciacca at MESS Festival 2021 in Sarajevo
The film “Under Siege” by Massimo Sciacca is now displayed video at “Memory Module”, a section of the MESS Festival 2021 in Sarajevo. Memory Module is one of the programs of J.U MES, which was first established in 1996. The idea behind this project is to deal with the past, and on the basis of artistic […]
The Passenger – Space with photographs by Prospekt photographers
The new issue of The Passenger, about the space, has been released. Prospekt has collaborated once again with Iperborea in order to curate all the photographic contents of this new special issue. This volume is also special because the photographic project is not individual, as in the previous titles, but is composed of several voices, those of Francesco Merlini, Samuele Pellecchia, […]
Massimo Sciacca takes part in the Sniper Alley Project
Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – August 1993 Some guys playing inside a destroyed bus close to the front line in the centre of Sarajevo Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – August 1993 A couple chatting next to a destroyed bus near the front line with grbavica, in the centre of Sarajevo Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) – july 1995 A young girl looks […]
Massimo Sciacca
Marichiweu! (The Land War)
Brigada Salud
Chile Year Zero
Prospekt photographers at IMP Festival – International Month of Photojournalism in Padua
The IMP Festival – International Month of Photojournalism is a new photojournalism festival that will take place on May in Padova. Organized by Riccardo Bononi and Irfoss, itwill display amazing exhibitions by some of the best photojournalists who, in the past years have worked at every corner of the planet, producing some of the best reportages […]
The Iron Curtain Diaries
November, the 9th, 1999. The fall of the Berlin Wall set the seal on the end of the Iron Curtain, a fence some 7 thousand kiilometres that split Europe in two spheres of influence. A division that lasted from the end of World War II to the end of the Cold War. How did the […]
Under Siege
The siege of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was the longest siege of a capital city in the history of modern warfare. After being initially besieged by the forces of the Yugoslav People’s Army, Sarajevo was besieged by the Army of Republika Srpska from 5 April 1992 to 29 February 1996 (1,425 days) during the Bosnian War. The siege lasted three times longer than […]
Wild West, Russia
In these days the name of the Russian Territory of Kaliningrad appeared on the news again. Located on the Baltic Sea, southern of Lituania. Until 30 years ago, when the Soviet Union still existed, the three Baltic Republics of Estonia, Lutva and Lituania were part of the “Soviet giant” (which annexed them at the beginning […]
The Afghan Affair
One day in autumn 2001 the world changed for ever. The tragic events which took the US troops, together with their NATO allies, to invade Afghanistan are so far well known. After that global, endless shock, the response was immediate and unanimous: Afghanistan had to be invaded because al Qaeda (“the enemy”) was based there […]