Diego Fedele is an Italian freelance photojournalist based in Munich, working as a stringer for Getty Images with additional wire assignments for Bloomberg and EPA. Since 2022 he has reported independently from the war in Ukraine, arranging his own access and logistics.
His ongoing project, In the Shadow of a Deadly Sky, takes a humanist approach, focusing on intimate moments that reveal individual dignity. The work received the Walkley Award for Feature Photography in 2024 - Australia's most prestigious journalism prize - the Spotlight Award at Fotografia Etica in 2025, and an Award of Excellence in the Professional category of the Alexia Foundation grant in 2026.
Diego trained in documentary photography at WSP Photography in Rome and began his career in Australia working for AAP and Newswire, with his news images distributed across the country's major newspapers and globally. His feature work has appeared in The Guardian Australia, including a months-long story following a Kurdish man in the months after his release from eight years in Australia's offshore immigration detention system. He has also worked with NGOs including Emergency. He was selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop in 2022 and the VII Foundation's Foundry Workshop in 2026, has completed RedR's Hostile Environment Awareness Training, and holds membership with the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
Awards & Exhibitions:
2026
Award of Excellence - The Alexia Grant
Foundry Workshop - VII Foundation
2025
1st place Spotlight Award - Fotografia Etica - World Report Award
Award of Merit/Finalist Spot News Category - IFPA Exposure Award
Selected for Hamburg Portfolio Review
Selected for New York Times Portfolio Review
2024
1st place Feature/Photo Essay Category - 69th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Shortlisted - ICRC Humanitarian Visa d'Or Award
2023
3rd place Annual Photography Award - Documentary Series
Finalist Press Photographer of the Year - 68th Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism
Finalist Portfolio Category - HIPA Twelfth Season
Finalist Portrait Award - HeadOn Photo Festival 2023
2nd place Editorial War and Conflict - International Photography Award 2023
Paris Photo Festival Exhibition "State of the World" 2023
FotoEvidence Book Award 2023 - Ukraine: A War Crime
Gold winner Press/War - Prix De la Photographie Paris Photo Awards 2023
Finalist War/Conflict - IPA Deeper Perspective Award 2023
2022
2nd place Editorial Series - Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022
2nd place Editorial/Conflict Series - Budapest International Foto Awards 2022
Open Call Print Exhibition Winner - Indian Photo Festival 2022
2nd place Editorial Photo Essay - International Photography Award 2022
Australian runner-up Landscape Category - HeadOn Photo Festival 2022
2017-2022
Finalist Singles - HeadOn 2022
Finalist APA Stories 2021 and 2022
Finalist Miami Street Photo Festival 2020 and 2019
Finalist SIPA 2020
Finalist Aussie Street Photo 2019
Honourable Mention Reporter Day - Gli Occhi della Guerra 2017
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