Gaza Parkour, 2012

Antonio Ottomanelli was born in Bari. He studied architecture in Milan and Lisbon. Until 2012, he was a professor in the Department of Urban Planning at the Polytechnic University of Milan. His training led him to develop an interest in photography as a tool for investigating the territory—not so much in terms of landscape or cityscape, but as an indicator of social dynamics and geopolitical tensions.

Always in search of the deepest motivations underlying the issues that determine global equilibria or local vicissitudes, Ottomanelli does not photograph events—be they wars, revolutions, or protests—but rather the tangible signs of the tensions underpinning them.