Diego Fedele is an Italian freelance photographer currently based in Melbourne, Australia. After graduating from a Scientific-Technological Institute, he attended a documentary photography course at the "WSP Photography" in Rome, and it is where his photographic journey began. In 2022, Diego was selected for the Eddie Adams Workshop XXXV edition in New York. His projects focus on migration and social issues. When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine started, he travelled several times through Ukraine to understand the conflict and what people were enduring, committed to a long-term observation of the consequences of the war.
Diego is also a stringer to Australian Associated Press and Getty Images, covering news and politics. His work has been featured in several national and international newspapers and magazines such as The Guardian, Newsweek, Time, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc.
Diego completed the RedR Hostile Environment Awareness Training (HEAT) in February 2022. He is also a member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Frontline Freelance Register.
Diego Fedele pays his respect to the Traditional Owners of the land where he currently lives, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation to their ancestors and elders past, present, and emerging.
Awards & Exhibitions:
2023
FotoEvidence Book Award 2023 - Ukraine: A War Crime
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
1st place WAR/CONFLICT - European Photo Award 2022
Shortlist
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
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