East of the Dnipro River

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Photographer

Diego Fedele
Prize

2nd Place / Editorial / Press/War / Conflict
Jury Top 5 Selection

Shoun Hill

Michael Zajakowski Yhree of my top five choices are from Ukraine. This reporting, like the other stories, plainly ehibits the horros of war prosecuted on innocent people. These are difficult pictures, but we have to meet their gaze to understand, address and eliminate the desire for war.
Company/Studios

Diego Fedele - www.diegofedele.net
Date of Photograph

2022-2023
Technical Info

Canon R5 - 24-70mm f2.8
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Website

https://www.diegofedele.net

The war in Ukraine's East continues to escalate five-hundred days after Russia's full-scale invasion. Over eight million people fled the country, and many others are displaced, as the OHCHR has also recorded nearly nineteen thousand civilian casualties. The relentless bombardments have left a trail of destruction, crippling Ukraine's infrastructure, economy, and way of life, leaving every Ukrainian affected by the ongoing conflict.

Biography

Diego Fedele is an Italian freelance photographer currently based in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating from a Scientific-Technological Institute, he attended a documentary photography course at the "WSP Photography" in Rome, and it is where his photographic journey began. He prefers medium to long-term work to study, acknowledge and address the issues. His projects focus on migration and social injustices. In April 2022, he travelled through Ukraine to understand the conflict and what people are enduring.
Awards

Paris Photo Festival Exhibition "State of the World" 2023 HeadOn Featured Exhibition 2023 Sydney FotoEvidence Book Award 2023 - Ukraine: A War Crime Prix De la Photographie Paris Photo Awards 2023 Press/War - Gold winner IPA Deeper Perspective Award 2023 Finalist War/Conflict 2nd place Editorial Series - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022 2nd place Editorial/Conflict Series - Budapest International Foto Awards 2022 Open Call Print Exhibition Winner - Indian Photo Festival 2022 2nd place Editorial Photo Essay - International Photography Award 2022 Australian runner-up Landscape Category - HeadOn Photo Festival 2022 Australian Photography Award Series 2022 - Finalist Australian Photography Award Series 2021 - Finalist Australian Photography Award Single 2021 - Finalist Miami Street Photography Award 2019 - 2020 - Finalist Aussie Street Photography Award 2019 - Finalist