Stefano De Luigi

Stefano De Luigi (www.stefanodeluigi.com), born in 1964 in Cologne (Germany). He is a regular contributor to international magazines although he is probably best known for his long term projects, including Blanco, winner of POY Best Book of the Year in 2010. In 2006, De Luigi started a project called Cinema Mundi, which focused on the alternative cinematographic scene and was transformed into a short 7-minute film that was screened at the Locarno Film Festival in August 2007. De Luigi has won the World Press Photo award three times in different categories, the Moving Walls of Soros Foundation in 2009 and Days Japan International Photojournalism Award in 2010. De Luigi is currently based in Milan (Italy).