Raffaele Petralla is a photojournalist, photography teacher and filmaker.
He graduated from the Scuola Romana di Fotografia in 2007.
After working for several years on film sets as lighting assistant, focus puller and camera operator, he decides to dedicate himself entirely to documentary photography and photojournalism, with particular attention to social, anthropological and enviromental issues primarily concerned with researching stories that are almost unknown to most and telling them in an in-depth manner with a long term project approach.
He has worked mainly in Russia, China, Southeast Asia and Africa.
His works have been published in major international media including: New York Times, National Geographic, GEO Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Internazionale, L'Espresso, Days Japan, Der Spiegel, Terra Mater, D La Repubblica, VICE, De Morgen and many others.
In recent years Petralla has received many international awards and nominees including: PDN Storytellers, Burn Emerging Fund, Ethical Photography Award, Voglino Award, Lugano Photo Days, Fotoleggendo, Siena International Photography Awards, Verzasca Foto Festival, New Visions Cortona On The Move, Kolga Tbilisi, Portfolio Italia - best author 2019.
Since 2015 he has been a member of the Prospekt Photographers agency.
In 2021 he published the book “Mari El, a pagan beauty” published by Voglino Editrice.
