Patrick Tombola is an Italo/Australian photographer that concentrates on long-term personal projects and editorial work in the Middle East. Europe and Latin America. Over the past four years he has covered the ongoing uprising in Egypt, two wars in Gaza, the Syrian conflict, the turmoil in Turkey and violence in El Salvador.
He has been shortlisted at Lumix Festival, Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation, FOTO8 and Head On Festival amongst others and has exhibited his work in Italy, England, Australia and France.
His reportages have been published in Time Magazine, Die Zeit, Vanity Fair, Welt Am Sonntag, Brand Eins, The Economist, The Telegraph, Deutsche Welle amongst many others.
His studies in political economy and law have strongly influenced his ethics, journalistic approach and passion for social justice. In video and photography he has found both a vehicle for mass communication and one of personal introspection.
