Bio Massimo Berruti (Italy, 1979) is a documentary photographer based in Rome. He spent almost four years working in central Asia and mainly in Pakistan, analyzing its contemporary history and involvement in the War on Terror through its implications on the population. This extensive coverage became his first long-term project, latelynamed “The Dusty Path.” He approached photography for the very first time in 2003, while he was still conducting his studies in biology. In 2004 he started a full-time free lance self-teaching experience followed by two friends photographers, who invited him to participate in a collective project on the Italian cultural and economic crisis, a work published in February 2006 by Trolley Books in a volume titled “Made in Italy.”
GRANTS 2015 – Magnum Fundation Emergency Fund 2014 – Grand Prix AFD/POLKA 2013 – EPEA 02 (European Photo Exhibition Award) 2012 – W. Eugene Smith Fellowship 2010 – Carmignac Grant of Photojournalism 2009 – Visa d’OR Arthus Bertrand (City of Perpignan Young reporter Award) 2008 – JOOP SWART MASTERCLASS
AWARDS 2014 – POYi Photographer of the Year 3rd Place 2013 – FotoEvidence Book Awards – finalist with “The Dusty Path” project 2011 – World Press Photo. General News: 2nd Prize stories for “Targeted killings in Karachi, Pakistan” 2011 – Picture Of the Year: Third Place Issue Reporting Picture Story for “Targeted Killings in Karachi, Pakistan” 2010 – “Peshawar’s Funerals” Award of Excellence, News Picture Story, POY ( Picture of the Year International) 2009 – SONY Award Finalist 2008 – 2nd Prize in General News in the International Photography Award 2008 – Scoop International Festival of Angers, Jury Special Mention. 2007 – World Press Photo : Second prize reportage in “Contemporary issue”
