Matilde Gattoni

Matilde Gattoni nasce in Italia nel 1974 da madre franco-spagnola e padre italiano. Studia Storia e Storia dell’Arte all’Università di Strasburgo. Inizia come fotoreporter durante un viaggio nei Territori Palestinesi, in piena Seconda Intifada — un esordio che segna la direzione di tutto il lavoro successivo.

Da oltre vent’anni documenta le grandi crisi idriche del pianeta: conflitti, siccità, disastri ecologici. Dalle donne siriane rifugiate in Libano ai pescatori del Lago Vittoria, dai villaggi costieri del Ghana e del Kenya ai coltivatori di tè in India, il suo lavoro racconta il legame fragile tra le comunità umane e l’acqua. Collabora con UNICEF dal 2003 e pubblica su Time Magazine, The New York Times, Der Spiegel. Vive oggi in un piccolo paradiso.

Nel 2025 ha ricevuto il Camille Lepage Award per il progetto sul Lago Vittoria, che indaga l’impatto devastante del cambiamento climatico e della pesca eccessiva su tre paesi dell’Africa orientale.

Le sue stampe escono dal nostro studio su carta Hahnemühle Photo Rag Bright White.

Indonesia ñ Sumatra - Banda Aceh ñ Gampong Kawa Beach- Ismail Ibrahim, a 52- year-old fisherman is gathering the nets on his boat preparing to leave for the ocean. On the morning of the 26th of December of 2004, Ismail was sleeping in his house in Merduati when the tsunami stroke. In the chaos, his wife and four kids lost track of each other and reunited only after two weeks. After spending almost two years at a relocation center since their house was destroyed, Ismailís family was relocated in Panteriek, an area far from the sea. Ismail decided to sell the house and buy a plot of land in a slum in Gampong Jawa. Whenever he is bored or sad he just sits on the beach and the sea takes away the sorrow. His relationship with the ocean hasnít changed after the tsunami contrary to his wife who is still traumatized by the event.

Indonesia - Bangka Island - Rebo - A young mother serving watermelon to her family during a Friday supper. According to researches if lands are not properly reclamated the soild remains toxic and therefore vegetables and fruits which are grown will be radioactive. "The impact of the destruction we are seeing now will last decades, if not centuriesî he predicts. ìSome species of fauna are already disappearing, as well as some high quality wood forest plants. If action is not taken now, something really bad will happen to this land."

India ñ West Bengal: Tea pluckers at work at Mogulkata Tea Estate, in the Dooars region. The tea industry is India's second-largest employer, with over 3.5 million workers in more than 1,500 tea estates. In 2013-14, India accounted for 12 percent of the world tea exports.

Ghana - Fuveme - During the high tide the ocean level reaches the same level as the land causing regular floods in the village.Nestled between the ocean and the Volta river estuary, the village of Fuvemeh has seen its territory reduced from several kilometers to few hundred meters. Nowadays, the villages sits on a narrow strip of land which separates the coastline from the adjacent lagoon. Haunted by coastal erosion, its 1,000 inhabitants have literally nowhere to move.

Kenya - Dadaab - Students at Tewfiq secondary school in Ifo camp.

Morocco - Ouarzazate - Mohamed Habib, 32, portrayed in his family house. “I like the atmosphere of cinema, it gives me a lot of energy. Even if I have to wake up at 4 in the morning to prepare a scene, I do it willingly, because I feel I am doing something important” explains Mohamed Habib, 32. A background actor, stuntman and nowadays assistant director, Habib started his cinema career when he was 6. Among the movies he participated in are Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven and Charlie Wilson war, a drama film set in Afghanistan starring Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts.

Morocco - Ouarzazate - Remains of a film set reproducing the Great Mosque of Mecca. The set, which is in the middle of the desert on the outskirts of Ouarzazate, was used for the shooting of Journey to Mecca, a 2009 movie on the famous Muslim scholar and traveler Ibn Battuta.

India - Jharkhand - Dhab - A young villager scattering mahua fruits on the soil for them to dry under the sun. Mahua is used to produce local alcohol and sell it at the market, the only other activity aprt from mining mica.

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