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Photo festival13 April 201630 January 2017

“Souls of Syrians” at the Lumix Festival

My multimedia essay “Souls Of Syrians” has been selected from more than 1200 applications for the 5th LUMIX Festival For Young Photojournalism and is between the 21 finalist projects that will be exhibited from June 15-19 in Hannover, Germany.

http://fotofestival-hannover.de/en/festival/multimedia-stories.html

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Matteo Bastianelli is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker based in Italy. His work has been published and commissioned by some of the most important media outlets around the world. Contact him to start working together.
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