“Martina Bacigalupo – Italian photographer born in 1978, member of the VU’ Agency since 2010, she is based in Paris (France), after having lived 10 years in East Africa. After studying literature and philosophy in Italy, then photography at the London College of Communication, Martina Bacigalupo moved to Burundi in 2007. As a committed photographer, she works on human rights issues, particularly on the place of women in the Global South, collaborating with various international organizations (Médecins sans Frontières, Save The Children, Handicap International, Care International, the United Nations, Comité International de la Croix Rouge…) […] Photo director of the French magazine 6 MOIS since 2018, Martina Bacigalupo is part of the World Press Photo Jury in 2020. Regularly published in the international press, her work has been awarded prestigious prizes such as the Amilcare Ponchielli Grin Award in 2009, the Canon Woman Photojournalist Award in 2010 and the FNAC grant for creative work in 2011. Her series “Gulu Real Art Studio“, published by Steidl in 2013, was exhibited at the Walther Collection Project Space in New York in 2013, at Paris Photo, Unseen Fair and Rencontres d’Arles 2014 as well as at the Triennale di Milano in 2016, and integrates the Artur Walther Collection as well as the Donata Pizzi Italian Photography Collection.” Text and photo credit: agencevu.com