Luigi Baldelli

Luigi Baldelli is a professional photographer since 1987 and from 2014 he’s a video maker/director. Since 1989 it has been following the most important international events: the end of totalitarian regimes in the East of Europe, the revolution in Romania, Lebanon, The Gulf War, the war in former Yugoslavia, the crisis in Albania, the socio-political situation in the Middle East, wars and famine in Africa. From 1995 to 2015, he worked with Ettore Mo, special correspondent of Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera and one of the most important Italian journalists. Together they produce reportage in Afghanistan, India, Middle and Far East, East of Europe, Africa, ex-Soviet Union, Latin America. His photographs have been published by the major Italian and foreign newspapers, and several photos have been in individual and collective exhibitions on journalistic photography, both in Italy and abroad. In 2006, 36 photographs taken in Afghanistan were used for the illustrated edition of “The Kite Runner”, a best-selling title, in Italy, The Netherlands, Brazil, The U.S.A. and China In 2009 48 more photographs taken in Afghanistan were used, instead, for the illustrated edition of “One thousand splendid suns”, published in Italy and the Netherlands. In 2014 made the documentary “Ebola in Sierra Leone” In 2019 made the documentary “Ethiopia Daily Fight for Recycling” Since 2014 he is Sony ambassador. His Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/luigi.baldelli.3 And you can reach him at his Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/luigibaldelli