Flex, 62, Guyanese, cooking on the street in front of his trailer. Behind him the housing project called "The Prison". The Hole, NY.

Gianluca Lanciai

gianluca.lanciai@gmail.com 9174971578 Italy

Topics of Focus

Mental Health, Climate Change, Migrations, Human Rights.

Biography

 

Gianluca is a documentary visual artist currently based in Italy. His work is mainly focused on climate change, migrations and human rights.

In 2020 he participated in the masterclass in Visual and Storytelling of Camera Torino in collaboration with the International Center of Photography starting a long-term project on the environmental pollution of the aqueducts of three provinces of north-eastern Italy.

In 2022 he was awarded the Director Fellowship by the International Center of Photography to participate in the One Year Certificate Program Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism in New York City, graduating in 2023.

During his studies he was awarded with the ICP Documentary Arts Fellowship 2023 for his project called Jewels of The Hole, which shows the lives and feelings of residents of one of New York City's most neglected neighborhoods. Recently, an excerpt of Jewels of The Hole was published on Bloomberg.

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