Lorenzo Tugnoli is an Italian photographer based in Lebanon who covers the Middle East and Central Asia. His work is an ongoing exploration of the humanitarian consequences of conflicts in the region.
He spent five years living in Afghanistan from 2009 to 2015 and since then have travelled back to continue his coverage of the country.
In 2014 he published “The Little Book of Kabul”, a book project that depicts a portrait of Kabul through the daily life of a number of artists who live in the city, in collaboration with writer Francesca Recchia.
He is a contract photographer for The Washington Post and his work has been published by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time Magazine among others.
He joined the photography agency Contrasto in 2017.
In 2019 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography as well as the first prize in the General News Stories category of the World Press Photo for his coverage of the crisis in Yemen.
In 2020 his coverage of the war in Afghanistan was awarded the first prize in the Contemporary Issues Stories category of the World Press Photo as well as the first prize at the Bayeux Calvados photo trophy.
In 2021 his coverage of the port explosion in Beirut was awarded the first prize in the General News Stories category of the World Press Photo.
