Ilaria Magliocchetti Lombi
Stories
Fridays for Future Italia
In 2018 Swedish girl Greta Thunberg staged a protest outside the Swedish parliament, every schoolday for 3 weeks, holding a sign “School strike for the climate” to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis. What she was doing went viral. Strikes began to be organised around the world. Inspired by Thunberg “Fridays for Future” is an international movement of students who take time off from class to participate in demonstrations to demand action to prevent further climate change.
Athletes without citizenship
In Italy there are more than a million girls and boys without Italian citizenship. Many of them were born in our country or arrived as children. Their life is linked to Italy but they don't have the same opportunities and rights as other kids their age because according to the law they are not Italian. They are suspended in a limbo that does not allow them to pursue and fully realize their dreams. The best athletes are recognized as theirs successes in the youth categories even if they do not yet have citizenship, but cannot compete and represent Italy in international events. Sport is a symbol of opportunity denied to girls and boys that the State does not consider "Italian".
Portfolio
Born in Rome in 1985.
In 2006 she started to photograph documenting the new Italian independent music scene, since then Ilaria worked for many bands and artists becoming a photographic point of reference in the national music scene. In 2016 she joined Contrasto.
Over the years she has focused her research on portraits which become her expressive and artistic means. She works as a portraitist for the most important Italian and foreign magazines, photographing writers, directors, politicians, athletes and musicians. In recent years, her photographic production has been driven by the desire to explore, through portraits, stories related to social issues and rights. She teaches portrait photography at IED (Design European Institute), lives in Rome but is travelling whenever is possibile.
Rome, Italy