Daniele is an award-winning documentary photographer based in Guatemala. His images are chiefly aimed at exploring issues related to human rights and social justice in Latin America. He is also interested in narrating the “human stories” that define Guatemalan society in the aftermath of genocide.
He was awarded twice for the World Press Photo and his works has also been recognized in other international contests as Picture of the Year International, NPPA, FotoEvidence, Visa pour l’Image.
His project on the “Ixil Genocide” was published as a book, “Chukel”.
Daniele tracked the events unfolding around the development of gold mining in Guatemala’s western highlands with special attention to portraying community opposition to the mining project. He published “Under the Same Sky” a book of photographs on the topic with accompanying text in three languages (Spanish, English and Italian).
He graduated in “Storytelling and New Media”, an annual course sponsored by Fundacion Pedro Meyer and World Press Photo, Mexico.
In addition, he has attended several workshops with accomplished photographers, Rodrigo Abd, Ron Haviv, Luis Gonzales Palma, Cia de Foto, Alejandro Castellote.
His works have also been published in numerous outlets, including GEO magazine (Germany and France), Stern, The New York Times Magazine, National Geographic, TIME, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The California Sunday Magazine, BuzzFeed News, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 6mois, Revue 21, Al Jazeera America, de Volkskrant, Univision Noticias, The British Journal of Photography, The Guardian, Internazionale, il Reportage, among others.
He is also a contributing photographer of humanitarian organizations like UNICEF, UNHCR and ICRC.
AWARDS
2021
- POY Latam, News, 3rd Prize
2020
- World Press Photo Long-Term Projects, Stories, 3rd Prize
- World Report Award |Documenting Humanity, Master Award finalist
2019
- World Press Photo General News, Single, 2nd Prize
- Finalist at Picture of the Year International, “World Understanding Award”
- Winner of the Getty Images Reportage Grant
2018
- Finalist at Visa d’or Paris Match News award at Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan
- Among the PDN‘s 30 New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
- Selected for Annual New York Portfolio Review sponsored by the New York Times Lens blog.
2016
- Nominated to the Emergency Fund of Magnum Foundation
- Honorable Mention in Px3 – Prix de la Photographie
- Among the winners of PDN Storytellers
2015
- Award from National Geographic at Eddie Adams Workshop
- 2nd place as Photographer of the Year in Latin America 2015 at POY Latam
- 3th place in News Series at POY Latam
- Honorable Mention in News Single at POY Latam
- Honorable Mention in NPPA-Best of Photojournalism
- Finalist at FotoEvidence Book Award 2015
- Finalist at Direct Look 2015
- Selected for XXVIII Eddie Adams Workshop.
- Selected for Annual New York Portfolio Review sponsored by the New York Times Lens blog, 2015.
- Honorable Mentions at Photocrati Fund 2014-2015
- Shortlisted at Felix-Schoeller Photo Award 2015
- Shortlisted at Athens Photo Festival 2015
2014
- Honorable Mention in POY international
- Shortlisted at The Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Grant, 2014
- Foundry Photojournalism Fellow 2014
EXHIBITIONS
2016
- Instituto Italiano de Cultura, Guatemala City (Ixil Genocide)
- Photo Journ Festival, Bangkok, Thailand (Ixil Genocide)
- Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia (Ixil Genocide)
- Foro CAP, San Salvador, El Salvador (Ixil Genocide)
2015
- Bronx Documentary Center in New York City (Ixil Genocide)
- Fotodok Center in Moscow (Ixil Genocide)
2014
- Lumix Festival for Young Photojournalism 2014 in Hannover, Germany (Ixil Genocide)
- Festival della Fotografia Etica 2014 in Lodi, Italy (Ixil Genocide)
- Instituto Italiano de Cultura, Guatemala (Under the Same Sky)