Marco Secchi is an Italian photographer and photo journalist. He works for Getty Images, worked for Corbis and specializes in political and social events. Secchi is one of the founding members of the alternative photography collective, #Awakening. He is also a teacher offering photography workshops or photowalks of locations like

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, Scotland, England,

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, and Italy.

Career

Secchi is a native of

, Italy, although he has lived most of his youth in

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, moving later to France, Switzerland,

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, The Isle of Scalpay, London and now lives in Slovenia and Hungary. He began his career as a photographer in 1980 and was inspired to do so by other photographers like Tullio Farabola, Gianni Berengo Gardin and

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. Over the course of his career, he has taken photographs of prominent events and people, including political figures like

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, sportspeople like

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and Mike Tyson, celebrities like George Clooney, and royalty like Queen Elizabeth II. He has also covered worldwide events like the

Costa Concordia disaster On 13 January 2012, the eight-year-old Costa Cruises vessel ''Costa Concordia'' was on the last leg of a cruise around the Mediterranean Sea when she deviated from her planned route at Isola del Giglio, Tuscany, sailed closer to the island, and ...

, the Bosnian War, and the recent Syrian refugee migration through the

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. He is an editorial photographer for Getty Images. Secchi is one of the founding members of the alternative photography collective, #Awakening. The group seeks to create social change through photographic art. Secchi is also a photography teacher and offers photography workshops in a variety of places throughout Europe. He works with different camera brands including

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and Leica and held several photographic exhibitions. His photograph "Bajansenye Abandoned Checkpoint" is part of "The Absence of Paths" Exhibition for the Tunisian Pavilion at the 57th International Art Exhibition

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. Additionally, he has compiled few books. One is a book of photographs called ''The Venice Carnival'' and the other is a French language guide called ''Le grand guide de Venise'' and few of black and white photography. Secchi's photographs have appeared in many publications including ''Pope Francis: A Photographic Portrait of the People's Pope,'' ''At This Moment: The Story of Michael Buble,'' ''The Rough Guide to the Italian Lakes'', ''Lonely Planet Venice & the Veneto'', and ''Women Writers who Changed the World''.

Books

*''The Venice Carnival'' (2011) *''Le grand guide de Venise : Sur les pas de Canaletto et des maîtres vénitiens'' (2012) * ''Venice and the Big Ships'' (2016) * ''Venice in Black and White'' (2016) (2020 II Edition. 2022 III Edition) * ''Artisans of Venice'' (2016) (2020 II Edition. 2022 III Edition) * ''Ljubljana in Monochrome'' (2017) (2021 II Edition) *''Poveglia: a Mysterious Island: The Haunted Island in the Venetian Lagoon'' (2021) *''Elizabeth: Photographs of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Marco Secchi'' (2022)

Workshops

He runs talks,

Workshop Beginning with the Industrial Revolution era, a workshop may be a room, rooms or building which provides both the area and tools (or machinery) that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods. Workshops were the on ...

s and Photowalks across the UK, Italy, Slovenia and Hungary.

Exhibitions and awards

* 2017

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Russia Marco Secchi Exhibition "Venice Shrouded in Fog' * 2017 Magazzini del Sale, Venice, Italy * 2018

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Mini Theatre * 2018 Silver Chromatic Awards – International Color Photography Contest * 2022

Krizevniska "Ljubljana in Monochrome"

References

External links

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Professional Website
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