May 14 - Freelance photographer Paolo Marchetti is the winner, for the third consecutive year, of the prize PDN - Photo Annual Award organized by the New York magazine Photo District News. Marchetti received the award in the Photojournalism category for his reportage "Saudade Moon," in which he described his alternative vision of Brazil. "Saudade Moon" is the result of a journey that began in 2009 and lasted five years, during which Paul Marchetti traveled along the Amazon River and visited the 800 farms in the state of Minas Jerais, passing through the islands off the northern coast reaching the desert in the state of Maranhao. The result is not a travelogue but a real emotional transition in Brazil. Marchetti wanted to report on the parts of the country that are usually ignored, beyond the favelas and the feverish preparation for the upcoming sporting events, trying to restore Brazil’s musicality and its culture. Marchetti’s work has always been characterized by a particular emphasis on anthropological and political issues, in addition to "Saudade Moon", he completed reports in Central America, Cuba, Haiti, the United States, Eastern Europe, India, China and central Africa. In Italy, he created "Fever," a long-term project realized by working for five years in five European countries, offering a powerful analysis on political anger and the rise of fascism.

PAOLO MARCHETTI

Paolo Marchetti is a freelance photojournalist from Rome. After thirteen years in the film industry, he studied photo journalism, working with major Italian newspapers (L’Espresso, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Panorama, Io Donna, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, Venerdì di Repubblica) and foreign publications (6MOIS, Sunday Times, British Journal of Photojournalism, Guardian, De Standaard, Newsweek, CNN-web, New York Times, International Herald Tribune and Time). In recent years, Marchetti received major international awards including: the "International Photography Awards," the "Grand Prix de Paris - PX3," the "Best of Photojournalism" 2012, 2013 and 2014, the "PDN Award 2012 and 2013," he was a finalist for the "Louis Valtueña Award", he won second place at the "Sony WPO Award" and won the "Getty Images Editorial Photography" in 2012. In 2013 he was a finalist for the "Leica Oskar Barnack Award" and won two awards at the "POY - Picture of the Year 2013: First prize in the category " Issue Reporting Picture Story" and third place in the category "Photographer of the Year." He also won first prize at ANI Pix Palace during the twenty-fifth edition of the ‘Visa pour L'Image’ festival in Perpignan. He received the "Leica Photographer Award" and won two more POY - Picture of the Year in 2014, with a second place in the category "Issue Reporting Picture Story" and an award of excellence in the category "Photographer of the Year."