Ivo Saglietti
Born in 1948 in Toulon, France, Ivo traded his movie camera for still photo equipment in 1978 and went to work in Paris for American and French agencies covering Latin America and the Middle East. In 1988, he began devoting his time to personal projects: pictures of the new world in Latin America, Kosovo, and “Landscape in the Haze,” the Mediterranean region’s borders. He received the World Press Photo Award in 1992 and 1999 and the 2007 Enzo Baldoni prize for “Water and Oil,” a photo essay on the Niger Delta. He lives in Genoa.
Features
The waters between Sicily and Tunisia
The Mediterranean island of Lampedusa attracts refugees as well as tourists: So far this year, 15,000 migrants have stranded on its shores, the majority from Africa. Most have crossed half the continent on foot, braving thirst, heat, and cold in the Sahara while hiding from the police. Those who reach Lampedusa are the ones who escaped drowning. More »
Bittersweet - leaving Haiti for the sugarcane
Every year, thousands of Haitians cross the border to the Dominican Republic to labor as braceros, seasonal migrant workers in the sugarcane plantations. The owners, mostly large multinational corporations, compensate them with several dollars each. More »
Kosovars come home
The so-called Balkan War ended in 1999. Beyond destruction and humiliation, the war and its end created legions of refugees – in all directions. Many Albanians expelled from Kosovo during the war took the opportunity to return home. A few snapshots. More »
Oil and water - farmers and fishermen in Nigeria
In Nigeria’s Niger delta, the river and its banks are iridescent black. Pipelines in the oil-producing region pollute both the earth and the water. Farmers and fisherman suffer the consequences. More »
Krusha e Madhe, Kosovo
Chronicle of a long-term project: The redevelopment of the village of Krusha e Madhe, one of the hardest-hit in the war that ended on June 13, 1999. More »