stefano schirato

Stefano Schirato became a photojournalist after graduating in political science from the University of Bologna. He has always focused on social themes, such as environmental pollution, psychiatric and food disorders, disability, gender inequality.
He collaborates with several national and international magazines. He also works for associations and NGOs , taking part to projects on human rights, refugee crisis and illegal immigration.
Stefano has several ongoing projects in Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Romania and about pollution and corruption in the South of Italy.
He lives in Italy.

Work
Current from 2019  Leica Akademie Italy  teacher  
Current from 2014  Founder and director (teacher) Mood Photography School Pescara

MAGAZINES
2009 - 2022 published in The New York Times, CNN, Al-Jazeera, Newsweek Japan, Geo International, Burn Magazine, LFI, Le Figarò, Lacuna Magazine,National Geographic Italy, Internazionale, Vanity Fair, L’Espresso, Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, Famiglia Cristiana, Il Manifesto, Sette, GQ , Millennium.
2022 - Mare Verlag Magazine - Terra Mala Chapter 2 Sicily
2021 - LFI -Burning Land 
2020 - Awakenings - Foreign Policy USA
2020 - Risvegli - Corriere della Sera ITALY
2020 - Nuova Baracca Paradiso - Mind ITALY
2020 - Wakaliwood - Mind ITALY
2020 - Wakaliwood - Millennium ITALY
2019 - Jharia India - Doppelpunkt SWISS
2019 - India Burning coal city - Lacuna Magazine UK
2018 - Jharia India - L’Espresso ITALY
2018 - Terra Mala - L’Espresso ITALY
2018 - Terra Mala - Internazionale
2018 - Wakaliwood - Al-Jazeera QATAR
2018 - Wakaliwood -LFI GERMANY
2017 - Where shall I go - Burn Magazine USA
2017 - Terra Mala - Newsweek Japan
2017 - Lampedusa - CNN USA
2016 - One Way ONLY - LEFT ITALY
2016 - One Way ONLY - Vanity Fair ITALY
2011 - Chernobyl 25 - International Herald Tribune
2011 - Chernobyl 25 - The New York Times

Work with NGO
2022 - ICMC - Greece
2020 - Caritas - Rome
2019 - ICMC - Jordan
2018 - AVSI - Uganda
2018 - ICMC - Rome
2017- Caritas Internationalis - Balkan Route
2009 - Save the Children - Pescara
2000 - Emergency - Cambodia

Books
2018 – Terra Mala - Living with poison - Crowdbooks 
2016 – Con i miei occhi - Ianieri Edizioni
2016 - Ziritè - Carsa Edizioni
2014 - Radan, Inshallah 
2009 - Sulle Rovine di Noi - San Paolo Edizioni
2007 - Fuori di me - Silvana Editoriale
2003 - Nè in terra, nè in mare - Silvana Editoriale
2000 - Gli occhi della Cambogia - Carsa Edizioni

Solo Exhibitions 
2020 - Awakenings Risvegli - Trento - Museo Diocesano Tridentino
2019 - Il Fuoco della Terra Burning Land - Maison des Arts Pescara
2018 - Terra Mala Living with Poison - Spazio Matta Pescara
            Terra Mala Living with Poison - Trento - Museo Diocesano Tridentino 
            Terra Mala Living with Poison - Milano - Guna Palace
2017 - One Way Only - Firenze - Spazio Alfieri
2017 - One Way Only - Biella - Fondazione CRB
2016 - One Way Only - Roma - Biblioteca Camera dei Deputati
            One Way Only - Pozzallo - Festival Sabir

Group Exhibitions 
2020 - Awakenings Risvegli - Follonica - FollowMe Festival
2019 - Terra Mala - Vilnius Photo Circle
2019 - Terra Mala - Festival Fotografia Etica
2017 - I-Emigrazioni - Lucca - Photolux
2016 - One Way Only - Tbilisi - Kolga Award