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Eugenio Grosso

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    • Location:
      Milan, Italy
    • Schools Attended:
      Westminster University, London
      Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera - Milan
    About Eugenio Grosso

    Sicilian born Eugenio Grosso moved to Milan at the age of eighteen to study his Bachelors in Design and Fine Arts at the Accademia delle Belle Arti di Brera, and graduated in 2007 with honours. He has worked as a part-time commercial photographer since 2007 and as a full-time photojournalist since 2009. He is a regular contributor to Italian publications and his work has been featured in international publications like the Guardian, the Telegraph, the Financial Times, the BBC and the Washington Post. 

    Featured on LensCulture
    • A Forgotten War
      Eugenio Grosso
      A convoluted war in Turkey puts “the lives of tens of thousands at risk” — 23 recent photos plus an essay.
    • Papers: Discarded Along Europe’s Refugee Trails
      Eugenio Grosso
      Along the paths running through the no-man’s land north of Greece, temporary identity papers litter the soil. A tiny, but touching representation of what the refugees must discard on their way to the promises of Europe.
    • Astana 2017
      Eugenio Grosso
      The world’s largest tent; a presidential residence designed after the White House; an Orwellian-sounding “Palace of Peace and Reconciliation”—these are just some of the many odd sights that one can find in the world’s latest gleaming petro-city: Astana, Kazakhstan.
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      Eugenio Grosso
      Every Saturday in the port of Palermo, you will find cars piled dangerously high with stuff, junk. These photographs (and interview) explore how humble-seeming vehicles are recreating a tradition that goes back thousands of years.
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