• Eligio Paoni

Portfolio

intifada-ramallah-west-bank-2000intifada-ramallah-cisgiordania-2000 Intifada. Ramallah, West Bank, 2000
intifada-ramallah-west-bank-2000intifada-ramallah-cisgiordania-2000-2 Intifada. Ramallah, West Bank, 2000
intifada-ramallah-west-bank-2000intifada-ramallah-cisgiordania-2000-3 Intifada. Ramallah, West Bank, 2000
vukovar-2 Croatian soldier portrayed during the Serbian-Croatian civil war. Vukovar, Croatia, 1991
vukovar Funeral of a Croatian soldier dead because of the Serbian-Croatian civil war. Vukovar, Croatia, 1991
albanian-refugees-profughi-albanesi Albanians escaping from their country: their arrival at the harbor. Bari, Apulia, 1991
mostar Muslim soldier among the rubble, during the Serbian-Croatian civil war. Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1993
somalia-1993 Italian soldier distributing water. Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
mostar-2 War propaganda during the Serbian-Croatian civil war. Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1993
albanian-refugees-profughi-albanesi-4 Albanians escaping from their country: their arrival at the harbor. Bari, Apulia, 1991
kabul-after-the-war-kabul-dopo-la-guerra Beggars. Afghanistan, Kabul, 2002
albanian-refugees-profughi-albanesi-3 Albanians escaping from their country: their arrival at the harbor. First aid to the injured. Bari, Apulia, 1991
somalia-1993-3 Peace-keeping mission. Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
somalia-1993-2 Peace-keeping mission. Mogadishu, Somalia, 1993
albanian-refugees-profughi-albanesi-2 Albanians escaping from their country: their arrival at the harbor. Bari, Apulia, 1991
un-onu UN Blue Helmets during the peace military operation in former Yugoslavia. Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992
i-giorni-di-genova-genoas-days Clashes between the police and demonstrators during the G8 Summit. Genoa, 2001

Born in Terracina, Eligio started the activity in the Eighties travelling around the world to document wars and conflicts.
His photography has always witnessed society and the reality surrounding us. During his career he documented almost thirty years of contemporaneity among wars, natural and human disasters.
His name is inextricably linked to a specific moment of the chronicle: July 20th 2001, he’s in Piazza Alimonda, Genoa, witnessing the murder of Carlo Giuliani during the protests against the G8. The photographer was there, and close, when a gunshot kills the young man. Paoni’s only guilt was the proximity, and the fact he was holding his camera and documenting the facts. He got banged up and his camera gets smashed.
Eligio died in 2018.