Antonio Faccilongo

Antonio Faccilongo (born 1979) is an Italian documentary photographer, filmmaker, and educator. He is a professor of photography at Rome University of Fine Arts. Faccilongo won the World Press Photo Story of the Year in 2021.

Career Faccilongo started his career as news photographer at Il Messaggero, an Italian newspaper based in Rome. In 2008, he began to deal with stories of international interest and focused his attention on Asia and the Middle East, principally in Israel and Palestine, covering social, political and cultural issues.

Faccilongo developed his long-term photography series Habibi to cover the complicated contemporary conflicts of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. According to Firstpost, the series "chronicles love stories set against the backdrop of one of the longest contemporary conflicts, the Israeli-Palestinian war. The story shows the impact of the conflict on Palestinian families and the difficulties they face in preserving their reproductive rights and human dignity."

Habibi won both the World Press Photo Story of the Year from the World Press Photo Foundation and first prize in Long-term projects category. The work was mentioned in Verve magazine and published as a story at Vice. Habibi was selected to be published as a book by an international jury. The book is edited by Sarah Leen, designed by Ramon Pez and includes the poetry of Taha Muhammad Ali.

In 2016, for Vice he documented the illegal narcotics trade in Gaza, writing that his work "imposes a socio-anthropological lens to explore escapism and suffering in the face of social malaise."

Faccilongo's other long-term projects include Lose The Roots, and All For Love. His stories include "Atomic Rooms", "Fade Away", "Kaitseliit", "(Single) Women", "Wuchale", "Huaxi", Kaitseliit – documentary

Awards

2011: 2nd prize, International Photography Awards in Political Category 2011: 1st prize, World Of Women 2011: 1st prize, Kuala Lumpur International PhotoAwards 2011: 1st prize, International Photography Awards in People 2011: 1st prize, Worldwide Photography Gala Awards 2011: 1st prize, Px3 in Feature Category 2015: Finalist, LensCulture Visual Storytelling Awards 2015: 1st prize, MIFA in Sport category 2016: Finalist, Fotoleggendo Premio Tabò 2016: Finalist, LensCulture Portrait Awards 2016: 3rd prize, Px3 in Feature Category 2016: 1st award, Umbria World Fest 2016: 1st award, LuganoPhotoDays 2016: Best Color Documentary work Gomma Grant 2017: Finalist, LensCulture Magnum Awards 2017: 2nd prize, PHMuseum Grant 2017: Getty Editorial Grant winner 2019: Winner, Pictures of the Year International (POYi) in World Understand Award category 2020: Winner, Photo District News in photojournalism category 2020: Fotoevidence Book Award with World Press Photo winner 2020: FotoEvidence Book Award with World Press Photo for Habibi 2021: World Press Photo Story of the Year from World Press Photo 2021: 1st prize in Long-Term Projects category at World Press Photo 2021: Feature Shoot winner 2021 Shortlist, Sony World Photography Awards (Lose the Roots) 2021: National Geographic Society's COVID-19 Emergency Fund