Livio Senigalliesi
Self-taught photographer, Senigalliesi begins the career at the end of the ‘70s taking pictures of social issues using the camera as a tool for social analysis.
In the latest decades his passion for photography as testimony and the attention to historical events have taken him to many of the world hot spots: the Middle East and Kurdistan during the Gulf War, Berlin in the division and in the reunification times, Moscow during the days of the coup d'état which decreed the end of the Soviet Union, Sarajevo during the siege and all the phases of the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, Palestina, Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan.
He carried a long term project on the violations of human rights devoting much time to the genocides of the past and present and living long periods in conflict zones in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America.
He works for the UNHCR (United Nations High Commission for Refugees) Photo-Desk, for the Italian Cooperation for several Italian and foreign NGOs, documenting the consequenses of the war, the suffering of the civilians and the projects of reconstruction.
Author of many books and photo-exhibitions, Senigalliesi published his reportage on the main national and foreign newspapers as Corriere della Sera, Repubblica, L'Europeo, L'Espresso, Epoca, Panorama, Il Manifesto, La Vanguardia, El Pais, Liberation, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Berliner Morgenpost, Stern, Frankfurter Allgemeine, Time Magazine, National Geographic Magazine.
In the last 10 years he has documented migrant routes in the Mediterranean and the condition of refugees in Italy and along the Balkan Route.
n 2016 he realized a long and complex report from the island of Lesbos (Greece) to the border between Slovenia and Italy. Dozens of interviews and long detailed text create the heart of a book entitled "Rotta balcanica". His commitment includes educational projects for schools and universities where bears his testimony and awareness of young people in international issues and forced migration.
Web site www.liviosenigalliesi.com
Project for TERRAROSSALAB
Inside the balkan route by photo journalist Livio Senigalliesi
Promo trailer for documentary project - Inside the Balkan Route by Denis Vorobyov and Livio Senigalliesi.
One year photography project along all Balkan route. I would present the Balkan story in my own personal view in order to actually reveal how hard it was to be there, what took place behind the scene, and how political decisions can affect and entrap hundred of thousands of lives.
As I wanted to seek for more information about the situation I decided to investigate and observe the brutality within the camps and places that were taken place along the Balkan route.
Migrations are a tragic theme of our present.
According to estimates directed by UNHCR, more than 65 million people in the world are refugees.
Men women and children forced to leave their homes because of wars, dictatorships, ethnic and religious clashes, famines and persecutions. More than 40% of them are children.
They have tattered clothes, bare feet and injured because of forced marches in the woods that take them from Asia or the Middle East to the gates of Europe. A Europe deaf to their screams, closed and selfish, which builds new walls.
Thanks to the logistical support of MSF, we obtained all the key points and carried out exclusive investigations.
Our stops followed the migrants' route: Lesbos, Athens, Idomeni, Skopje, Belgrade, Subotica, Budapest, Zagreb and finally Gorizia, the border area between Slovenia and Italy. We took the time we needed, without running after the news, but investigating the human issues or cases that are not found in newspapers and on television programs.
We have discovered things that we never wanted to hear: torture, kidnappings, violence of all kinds are a sad normality among refugees on the go. But to find out, you have to wait, be with them, wait for the most vulnerable to trust and open up to unspeakable confidences.
"This journey is like the passion of Christ," says a Tamil refugee met in Belgrade's Afghanistan Park.
