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S. Selene Magnolia Gatti is an Italian award-winning IFJ, NUJ freelance photojournalist based in Northern Italy and Berlin. Her work spans multiple issues, including questions of environmental and social justice, food production, migration, as well as gender related and contemporary political issues. She works on assignment and independent projects. Raised in the Italian Dolomites, where she developed a strong bond to the natural environment, she has a background as emergency nurse, volunteer medical personnel in humanitarian crises, and academically qualified linguist, before shifting to and studying photojournalism. She has worked for a number of publications such as Der Spiegel, The Guardian, de Volkskrant, Il Reportage, Il Manifesto, amongst others. She also works for some of the leading environmental media agencies and a number of international no profits. Some of her photographic work on intensive food production is featured in the book 'Hidden - Animals in the Anthropocene', awarded ‘Photography Book of the Year’ by POY (2021). Her long-term project Zor, which portrays life in the biggest so-called ghetto in Europe, was exhibited at Perpignan’s Visa Pour L’Image photojournalism festival 2022. Her work was recognised by British Journal of Photography (2023), Siena Photography Awards (2022), London Photography Awards (2022), Prix de la Photographie Paris (2022), TIFA, MIFA, BIFA (2022), Kolga Tbilisi (2022), Global Billboard Project (2021), among other winning entries. She was selected for the Hamburg Portfolio Review in 2023. In 2023, she is the yearly Senior Fellow of WeAnimals Media Agency and a recipient of the European Environmental Journalism Fund grant for an ongoing project about the impact of factory farming.

 

AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS

  • SIPA Siena International Photo Awards – Storyboard 2023 Honorable Mention
  • Environmental European Journalism Grant – Grantee 2023
  • Open Walls ARLES Vol.4 – British Journal of Photography – Exhibiting Winner
  • Senior Fellow 2023 at We Animals Media
  • Culture and Animals Fund – Grantee 2023
  • VISA Pour L’Image 2022 / exhibiting photographer
  • London Photography Awards – Editorial Photography / General News 2022 – Platinum Winner
  • London Photography Awards – Editorial Photography / Photojournalism 2022 – Platinum Winner and Gold Winner
  • London Photography Awards – Editorial Photography – Documentary 2022 – Platinum Winner
  • IPA Int’l Photography Awards – People / Portrait 2022 2nd Place Winner
  • IPA Int’l Photography Awards – Editorial / Press-Photo Essay / Feature Story 2022 Honourable Mention
  • IPA Int’l Photography Awards – Editorial / Press-General News 2022 Honourable Mention
  • IPA Int’l Photography Awards – Deeper Perspective 2022 / 3rd Place and Jury Top 5 Winner – Animals in The Anthropocene (group entry)
  • MIFA Moscow International Photo Awards – Editorial / General News 2022 Bronze Winner
  • MIFA Moscow International Photo Awards – Editorial / Photo Essay 2022 Bronze
  • KOLGA TBILISI – Documentary and Reportage Category 2022 Shortlist
    MUSE Photography Awards 2022 – Editorial General News Gold Winner
  • Px3 Prix De La Photographie Paris – Press Category 2021 Gold Winner
  • POY78 – HIDDEN: Animals in the Anthropocene – 2021 Photography Book of the Year
  • MUSE Photography Awards 2022 – Editorial Photojournalism and Documentary Silver Winner
  • SIPA Siena International Photo Awards – Fascinating Faces and Characters Category Winner
  • SIPA Siena International Photo Awards – Storyboard 2021 Honourable Mention
  • TIFA Tokyo International Photo Awards – People / Culture 2021 Gold Winner
  • TIFA Tokyo International Photo Awards – Editorial / Conflict 2021 Honourable Mention
  • BIFA Budapest International Photo Awards – Editorial / Photo Essay 2021 Silver Winner
  • BIFA Budapest International Photo Awards – Editorial / General News 2021 Bronze Winner
  • APA Annual Photography Awards – Photojournalism 3rd Place Winner
  • MIFA Moscow International Photo Awards – 2021 Honourable Mention
  • LUCIE Foundation – The Guardian Project 2021 Contemporary News Finalist
  • IPA Int’l Photography Awards – Editorial / Press / Photo Essay 2021 Honourable Mention
  • Feature Shoot – 7th Annual Feature Shoot Emerging Photography Awards 2021 Los Angeles Winner
  • Life Framer – “Home Sweet Home” 2021 Shortlist Winner
  • Global Billboard Project (Feature Shoot) – 2021 Winner
  • LUCIE Foundation – The Portrait Project 2020 Candid Category Winner
  • PHOTO IS:RAEL – Open Call 2021 Winner
  • IP The Independent Photo Awards – 2020 Open Call Award / Finalist