Entry Title: " I AM LEGEND"
Name:
Antonio Faccilongo
, Italy
Category: Professional, Other_P


Entry Description: Ugo Sansonetti was born in Rome January 10, 1919, son of Admiral Louis Sansonetti. He currently lives in Rome, has ten children, 25 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren, a law degree and was a pioneer in Chile and a cavalry officer.
Always been passionate about sports, since the nineties, professionally dedicated to athletics, winning over 92 medals, of which 60% of gold. He is the athlete who has won more Masters titles at the European Indoor Athletics, with 13 gold medals.
Also in the month of March 2011 has also won the gold medal in springboard diving from the Italian league and is preparing for the World dives in August in Sacramento.
In 2005 at the age of 86 years participated in the project Sansonetti "SpaceLand", a space mission. Took off from Bordeaux, was the first parabolic flight to accommodate ordinary citizens, and the first to bring on board an octogenarian.

About the Artist:

Antonio Faccilongo was born in Rome in 1979, after he graduated in communication science, he explored his passion for photography at “Istituto superiore di fotografia” and "Officine fotografiche" in Rome. Then followed a course of journalism and then obtained his MA in photojournalism under the direction of Rolando Fava, a former director and photographer for the Ansa Agency. Since 2007 he began to work in photojournalism and has chosen to work in the area of reports of international interest. He has mostly focused his work in Middle east and South-East Asia, covering cultural, social and political aspects.