Myriam Meloni (b. 1980 in Cagliari) is an italian photographer currently based in Barcelona, Spain. Originally trained as a lawyer at the University of Bologna, and specialized in criminology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, she approaches to photography completing the three-years-course in Photographic Institute of Catalonia. After moving to Argentina, she specializes in documentary photography and she start to collaborate with national newspapers and international NGOs.
She has been focusing her work in social contemporary issue, with a very intimate approach, using everyday life of our society to discuss more generals thematics. Her first documentary work "Fragile", on crack abuse among adolescents in Argentina, has been recognized as cultural patrimony of the Argentinian Republic.
In 2010 she received the award for best portfolio in the 4th Biennial of Photography Documentary Tucumán and she is selected for the Transatlantic Photoespaña in Managua. In 2011 she was candidate for the Joop Swart Masterclass in the World Press Photo. In 2013 her work has received the Sony award in Arts & Culture , the Poy Latinoamerica and was nominated for the PRIX PICTET.
In 2014 her work " Behind the Absence" was awarded with the Firecracker grant for European women photographers, the Sony Award in Lifestyle and won the FINI International Festival of Photography in Mexico.
Her work has been featured in numerous publications, and exhibited internationally.
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Pour sa 12ème fois, l'ANI présente trois photographes sélectionnés parmi les coups de cœur de VISA POUR L’IMAGE-PERPIGNAN 2015. Les Visas de l’ANI sont le fruit d’une riche collaboration, débutée il y a seize ans, entre VISA POUR L’IMAGE-PERPIGNAN (Festival International du Photojournalisme) et l’ANI (Association Nationale des Iconographes).
Lors de la semaine professionnelle du festival, L’ANI organise des lectures de portfolios et rencontre à cette occasion des photographes débutants et/ou confirmés.
Les coups de cœur 2015 des iconographes ont été présentés à un jury à Paris.
Pour la septième année, l’un d...
Venez découvrir l'exposition collective de l'Agence coopérative Picturetank !
© Alexa Brunet/Picturetank
Une exposition collaborative
MICHEL POIVERT, Critique :
Michel Poivert est historien d’art spécialiste de la photographie, il enseigne à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne et à l’École du Louvre, il est par ailleurs directeur de la rédaction de la revue Étude photographiques, critique et commissaire d’exposition « La liberté qui m’a été donnée de parcourir l’ensemble du corpus de la coopérative de photographes PICTURETANK a rapidement ressemblé à un défi : comment passer du CORPUS à l’OPUS, comment construir...
PRISMA is organised by the Global Campus of Master’s Programmes and Diplomas in Human Rights and Democratisation in collaboration with Lightbox.
PRISMA was officially launched during the Venice Art Biennale opening with Alfredo Jaar as special guest. The theme of 2015 is “Freedom”. Photographers, professional and amateur, from any part of the world have submitted their work.
The twenty selected images will be displayed, along with photographs by the special guest photographer Rena Effendi, to illustrate the relevance of “Freedom” as a fundamental human right and the importance of defending it. Freedom from oppression, freedom of speech and belief, freedom of movement, freedom from fear, freedom of thought and freedom of opinion.
The goal of PRISMA is to complement academic research ...
The first edition of PRISMA Human Rights Photo Contest is organised by The Global Campus of Master’s Programmes and Diplomas in Human Rights and Democratisation in collaboration with Lightbox.
PRISMA was officially launched during the Venice Art Biennale opening with Alfredo Jaar as special guest. The theme of 2015 is “Freedom”. Photographers, professional and amateur, from any part of the world have submitted their work.
The Silence
© Jumoke Sanwo
The twenty selected images will be displayed, along with photographs by the special guest photographer Rena Effendi, to illustrate the relevance of “Freedom” as a fundamental human right and the importance of defending it. Freedom from oppression, freedom of speech and belief, freedom of movement, freedom from f...