Gaza Parkour, 2012

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

Ever 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.