Meet Matilde Gattoni

About the artist

Matilde is an award-winning French-Italian photographer taking a clear stance based in Barcelona, Spain.

She started her career as a photojournalist in Palestine in 2000 covering the second Intifada. Soon after she was commissioned by the UN to cover the consequences of war and drought on the local population in Eritrea and Tajikistan.

Since then, Matilde has been focusing her work on human rights issues around the world, covering topics such as droughts, refugee emergencies, illegal mining, mass migration, large scale land grabbing and climate change for more than a hundred newspapers and magazines worldwide – always with a crystal clear mind and a keen sense for aesthetics.

Works by Matilde Gattoni

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    Deep talk with the artist

    Your art is

    my life

    Name something you love, and why.

    I love the desert and the sea, they are the only places where I can hear the beating of my heart and I can feel a total connection with the world around me.

    Which professional success meant the most to you?

    Seeing my work featured on the first page on The International Herald Tribune.

    Could you eat cheesecake for a whole week?

    Not without feeling sick and guilty probably.

    Analog or Digital?

    Both, learn the basis of analog photography and then get wild.

    Where do you go when you want to be with you?

    To the seaside, listening to the sound of the waves and looking at the infinite horizon makes me feel at peace with myself.

    Tell us something about your education

    I dreamt of being a lawyer when I was a kid but ended up studying History and Art History in University but I wasn't made for long studies, I was dying to travel the world and understand it with my own eyes.

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