Born in Cagliari, Sardinia, in 1966. Gained a degree in law in the local university, 1992. Once abandoned the career as a lawyer,after a few years of collaboration with several advertising photographers started independent career as a freelance photographer in 2000. Published, since then, in newspapers and magazines, among the others: The New York Times,Il Corriere della sera,Straight no Chaser, Famiglia Cristiana, Il Manifesto,L'unità,La Reppublica, l'Unione Sarda, il Giornale di Sardegna,E Polis,Interviu etc. Worked as well in advertising productions with clients such as *S, C, P, F... (Spain),The Love comes (Spain),Com.Unico (italy), Addv (Italy), Yanko (Spain), Anteprima (Japan), Side Slope (Japan), Alcoa (Italy), etc. Selected for the collective exposition "Barcelona and photography" (Museu de la historia de la ciutat), and published in the catalogue with the same title. Silver award,Visual Culture Awards 2008 Photography Festival TRAFIC in el CCCB: as a member of the photographic collective ‘Photobipolar’, Spain 2008 Selected for the FOTO8 Summer Show in Host Gallery, London, England 2008 Festival SEVILLAFOTO '08: as a member of the photographic collective ‘Photobipolar’, Spain 2008 VISIONARIS in Mallorca: as a member of the photographic collective ‘Photobipolar’, Spain 2008 Al-liquindoi expose - Photography Festival, Spain 2008 Photography Festival TRAFIC in el CCCB: as a member of the photographic collective ‘Photobipolar’, Spain 2007 Based in Barcelona and Cagliari.
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Nicaragua: Glued To Life
By Luca Tronci
Posted in all, features, central & south america on 15 January 2009
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Refugees from abuse, now abandoned “street children.”  Fleeing extreme poverty and domestic violence, the street children suffer constant hunger and neglect.

Nicaragua ranks among the poorest countries in the western hemisphere, with high birth rates and high mortality rates. Its population is about 5,000,000, with more than half of its inhabitants under 18 years of age. [...]