• Riccardo Venturi

Portfolio

venturi_archivio2021_001 A few weeks after the earthquake occurred on January 12th a fire is burning the old market of the city, the Grand Marché, set on fire during the looting. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 2010
morti-bianche The funeral of Peebody, whose real name was Kweku Abakan Reebodj. He died on the job. Coviolo, Reggio Emilia, September 2007.
sri-lanka The aftermath of the tsunami. Victims returning home. Galle, Sri Lanka, December 2004.
venturi_archivio2021_009 A few days after the arrival of the Taliban, mother and daughter walk among the ruins of the city destroyed by the civil war. Kabul, Afghanistan, 1996
tb-in-afghanistan Tuberculosis and infectious disease Hospital. Patients waiting in line for food distribution. Kabul, Afghanistan, June 2007.
venturi_archivio2021_012 On the road to Benghazi, a destroyed tank is used as a roadblock. Libya, 2011
nicaragua Barrio Hugo Chavez. Portrait of Sherley, 33 years old. Managua, Nicaragua, 2009
venturi_archivio2021_003 A young Haitian washes himself using a malfunctioning water pipe a few days after the earthquake occurred on January 12th.. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, January 2010
kosovo The city destroyed by NATO bombings and the Mosque, burned by the Serbian militias before leaving the city. Pec, Kosovo, 1999
venturi_archivio2021_007 Tunisian illegal immigrants who just landed are now waiting to be transferred to the reception center. Lampredusa island, 2011.
rebibbia-jail-carcere-di-rebibbia Rebibbia jail. Women's Division. A portrait of Fadila in the prison’s courtyard. Rome, 2007
parking-boys Street children. Nairobi, Kenya, 2001.

Born in Rome in 1966, he has been documenting wars (Europe, African, and the Middle East) and post-war transitions (Kosovo, Afghanistan, Rwanda) worldwide for over 30 years.
His work has also focused on the consequences of natural disasters such as the 2003 earthquake in Iran, the tsunami that devastated South-East Asia in 2004, and the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
He has published ten photographic books and has been awarded some of the most prestigious international prizes in the world of photojournalism, including two World Press Photo (1997 and 2011) and the Sony World Photography Awards (2011).