Eritrean migrants on a wooden boat as they are about to be rescued by MSF. Mediterranean Sea, 2015
Paolo Pellegrin
1964
Silver Gelatin Print. Ed. 1/5.
Paolo Pellegrin. Courtesy Galleria Umberto Benappi, Turin
About the photographer
He studied architecture at Università la Sapienza before switching to photography. He has been a member of Magnum Photos since 2005 and was a staff photographer for Newsweek for ten years. He is the recipient of ten World Press Photo awards, the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and the W. Eugene Smith Grant.