Emanuele Occhipinti (1979) 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 his three-year Master Course at Scuola Romana di Fotografia gaining a master degree in photojournalism. Moreover he attended workshop with George Georgiou, Rob Hornstra, Lorenzo Castore, Joachim Schmid.
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.
