Massimo Berruti

B.1979
Based in Rome massimoberruti [at] hotmail.com

Massimo regularly works with international magazines like TIME, The New Yorker, NewsWeek and Espresso. Massimo’s documentary photographical interests are primarily focused on social and geopolitical dynamics connected with the war on terror scenario. He is mostly known for his long term project on Pakistan, approaching the subject of social change.

It is this project that, with the support of the Carmignac Foundation, became his first monographic book: Lashkars. (Ed Actes Sud). Berruti’s work has won numerous grants and prizes among the most prestigious in the world. His images are part of the Carmignac Foundation and the MAXXI Museum in Rome, his essays have been exhibited at the Nobel Peace Centre as well as in some of the international festivals like Rencontres d’Arles and Visa pour L’Image. Massimo is based in Rome.

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Epidemic

Massimo Berruti

In the shadow of the Vesuvius, the area of Naples is subject to a major political, ecological and sanitary furore. In twenty-two years, about 10 million tonnes of industrial waste have been buried illegally, with the help of the local mafia, the Camorra, and the complicity of the mayors of the 106 municipalities. The industrial…

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Massimo Berruti

Selected works

Epidemic

Massimo Berruti

Drops

The Dusty Path

Lost in Kaboul

Books

Lashkars

Massimo Berruti