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"Mauro Galligani is one of the most renowned Italian photojournalists in the international field. Born in Farnetella, Siena, he went to work for the Italian Press as a photographer shortly after he graduated in cinematography in Rome. In 1964 he worked as a photographer and picture editor for the weekly review "Giorno." In 1970, he moved to Mondadori and became a part of the Epoca staff where he worked on many important reportage of events and people all over the world. From 1984 until 1997 he was a picture editor for Epoca and Panorama. He collaborated extensively with Life Magazine and his photos were published in major national and international reviews. In 1997, during a reportage on Grozny, Galligani was taken hostage by Checnian rebels and stayed captive for many weeks. Three years later he returned to the places where he was held prisoner. His journal written during these traumatic weeks was published by Mondadori. The photos of his return to Grozny, just like his other reportage are available through Contrasto.
Mauro Galligani is the author of many books, of which his last was "Tempo dell'Est"(Silvana, 1999) and "Uno Squadro Discreto"(Leonardo, 1999). He received many awards throughout his career and his photos were shown in independent and collective exhibits.
Mauro Galligani has been with Contrasto since 2000."

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"Contrasto is a unique enterprise in the field of photography. Contrasto was born in the 80's to be a point of reference for quality photojournalism.

The agency's photographers, in addition to its close contact with the information and culture worlds, allows Contrasto to be a leader in the field of author photography.

Its vast range of activities (production and distribution of images for journalism, advertising and image consulting, fashion and publishing, archives available online) is guaranteed by the various resources it draws from; Most notably Magnum, the prestigious agency founded by Robert Capa and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Contrasto is publishing house as well, working to realize photographic books, and exhibits in cooperation with Italy's public and private institutions.

The high level of Contrasto photographers' amounts to a gallery of unique images suitable for collecting purposes as well."

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