Emanuele Occhipinti is a freelance documentary photographer. At twenty he started to travel around Europe and South America, developing a passion for photography.
In 2012 he ended a three-year course at “Scuola Romana di Fotografia” gaining a master degree in photojournalism. In 2016 he studied the International Program of Photojournalism at the DMJX, Danish School of Media and Journalism. He also attended different workshops with George Georgiou, Rob Hornstra, Lorenzo Castore, Joachim Schmid amongst others.
He is currently working on a long term project in the Balkans, aiming to analyze the political and socio-
economical events in the aftermath of Kosovo’s war.
He lives in Brighton (UK)
PRIZES
“The Flowers of Kosmet” - Finalist at Emerging Photographr Fund 2015
“The Flowers of Kosmet” - Shortlisted at 7th ORGAN VIDA International Photography Festival 2015
“The Flowers of Kosmet” - Honorable Mention PX3 2015
“The Flowers of Kosmet” - Honorable Mention MIFA 2014 - Moscow Foto Award
“The Flowers of Kosmet” - Honorable Mention - Graziadei FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma
COLLECTIVE EXBITIONS
• Organ Vida International Photo Festival, Galerija Siva, Zagreb, Croatia.
• NC Meet - Naked City Project - Ex Cartiera Latina, Roma.
• FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale Roma. La Pelanda, MACRO Testaccio.
“My project aims to give a voice to the many families who are still waiting to bury their loved ones with dignity.” A sensitive and respectful work documenting the aftermaths of the ethnic cleansing of the Serbs in Kosovo after June 1999.
