Pietro Masturzo
Pietro Masturzo (* 1980 in Naples ) is an Italian photographer .
Masturzo first studied international relations in his hometown of Naples. He then moved to Rome and studied photography there . Since 2007 he has worked with news agencies and leading Italian newspapers.
Masturzo visited the Caucasus several times and documented the Georgian-Russian war of 2008 with his photographs . In spring 2009 he was one of the first photographers to report on the earthquake in Abruzzo . A few months later, he was in Iran for the presidential election . Among other things, he captured everyday life in Tehran with his photos .
A picture of Masturzo was named Press Photo of the Year 2009. The photo shows three young women in Tehran protesting from a rooftop against the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad . The jury chairman Ayperi Karabuda Ecer said at the award ceremony in Amsterdam: "It is a very intimate picture (...) It symbolizes how you can enrich a message and look at things from a different perspective."
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- ↑ "A very intimate photo" ( memento of the original from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. sueddeutsche.de, February 12, 2010
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Masturzo, Pietro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |