Diego Fedele

#shortlistWRA25 👉Vincitore premio Spotlight 📸”In The Shadow of a Deadly Sky” di @Diego_fedele_ 🇮🇹Questo reportage, che documenta la guerra in Ucraina sin dalle sue prime fasi, è stato selezionato come vincitore nella categoria Spotlight del World Report Award|Documenting Humanity. @lau_covelli , curatrice del Festival, condivide le motivazioni che hanno portato la giuria internazionale a riconoscere questo lavoro. Il progetto nella sua versione integrale sarà esposto al prossimo Festival della Fotografia Etica a LODI, che si terrà dal 27 settembre al 26 ottobre 2025, ogni weekend. Vi aspettiamo! *** 🇬🇧This reportage, which documents the war in Ukraine since its early stages, has been selected as the winner in the Spotlight category of the World Report Award | Documenting Humanity. Laura Covelli, curator of the Festival, shares the jury’s motivations for recognizing this work. The full project will be on display at the upcoming Festival of Ethical Photography in LODI, taking place every weekend from September 27 to October 26, 2025. We look forward to welcoming you! #worldreportaward #WRA25 #fotografiaetica #festivaldellafotografiaetica #ffe25 #photographycompetition #visualstorytelling #photojournalism #documentaryphotography

I’m overjoyed that my long-term project “In the Shadow of a Deadly Sky” has been awarded first place in the Spotlight category this year at the World Report Award @fotografiaetica I want to thank the organisation for giving the story the attention it deserves as the war continues to escalate and more people feel the weight of the conflict’s duration. Thank you to @faustopodavini for helping visualise and shape a great edit. Thank you to @gettyimages and @jayrdavies for their support, to the Ukrainian colleagues @alexeymuzhchyna @kirill_tulenev @dmytrochuk who have helped me over the years to understand and navigate the country, and to those who have allowed us into their lives to witness what they are going through. The award is dedicated to the people of Ukraine. Check out my website for a more comprehensive selection and if you can come to see the exhibition in Lodi at the end of September. #fotografiaetica #spotlightaward #longtermproject #photojournalısm #ukraine #documentaryphotography #reportagespotlight #canon #gettyimages #diegofedele

Russia launched a large-scale overnight attack on Ukraine last night, extending into the morning. In the capital, Kyiv, hundreds of drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles were launched, killing at least one person and injuring 33 others. It was a rough and sleepless night for many Ukrainians, spent under explosions and the sound of air defences across the city and much of the country. Thanks to @occhicone98 Thank you @jayrdavies . For @gettyimages @gettyreportage #ukraine #massiveattack #photojournalism #reportagespotlight #notowar

Ukraine’s cadets — the generation holding the country’s future in their hands. Kyiv, Ukraine. #kyiv #ukraine #cadets #photojournalism #documentaryphotography

Women’s day. Thinking of my mother, my wife, my grandmothers who made me who I am today. The colleagues, the Ukrainian mothers and soldiers who I have met along the way. Marianna, 53 years old, a sniper of the Ukrainian army, Bakhmut outskirts. December 2022. #internationalwomensday #ukraine #warriors #mothers #photojournalism

On the second day of the prisoner exchange, 300 people returned home to their country and families. The Ukrainian government stated that around 80,000 people are still missing. Over these two days, the toll this has taken on families was painfully visible. While many experienced the joy of reunion, countless others are still waiting and hoping for answers about those who have not yet returned. #ukraine #russia #captivity #photojournalism #reportagespotlight

Many people gathered silently, hoping to see their loved ones getting off from one of the buses that crossed the border from Russia into Ukraine earlier. Those buses carried 200 Ukrainian defenders today, former prisoners of war who had been held in Russian captivity. Everyone had self-made placards, framed photographs, flyer-style images with the name of their husbands, sons, brothers, fathers, friends, along with a phone number to call just in case someone had seen them. Some tear up with joy because they are reunited with their loved ones tonight, who have been missing, in some cases, for years. Many others are left in desperation, in a limbo that seems never-ending. Today’s release is part of an exchange agreed during talks in Geneva last month, which will see a total of 500 prisoners of war freed by each side, with the remaining 300 expected to be released tomorrow. For @gettyimages @gettyreportage many thanks to @jayrdavies and to @maxoeight for the translation. #ukraine #limbo #freedom #photojournalısm #reportagespotlight

Irpin memorial, on the outskirts of Kyiv. Residents and visitors gathered today in quiet reflection, many saying they could never have imagined the war would endure for four years. A somber day of remembrance. @gettyimages @gettyreportage Thank you @jayrdavies #ukraine #4thanniversary #kyiv #photojournalism #reportagespotlight

Early this morning Russia carried out another massive combine attack, with missiles and drones on Kyiv’s energy infrastructures and private houses ahead of the 4th anniversary of the war. For @gettyimages @gettyreportage Thank you @jayrdavies #ukraine #war #attack #reportagespotlight #photojournalism

I visited the drone school of the Third Army Corps, called “killhouse academy,” today. A place where they develop new drone technologies and provide dedicated training to recruits and to soldiers who want to change roles. I had the opportunity to discuss how much the war has changed and how the lives of those who live and work near and on the frontlines have been impacted by the devices. Along the front lines, drones are a constant topic of discussions and a source of great fear. #ukraine #war #drone #fpv #photojournalism

Kyiv #ukraine #winter #snow #photojournalism #reportagespotlight

Last night I visited my friends Anna and Alex for dinner, where I met their newborn baby, Marco. In Kyiv, Anna and Alex have finally brought their baby home after he spent the first six months of his life in the hospital. He was born prematurely at seven months, developed pneumonia, and later an infection that kept him there much longer than they were expecting. Just before Christmas, as they were preparing to leave the hospital at last, he had to undergo a tracheotomy. At home, their days now move around a small electric suction machine that helps him breathe. Anna and Alex gently clear his airways throughout the day, listening closely to every change in his breathing. The device has to be charged continuously. In January, after the Russian bombing campaign targeted Kyiv’s energy infrastructure, electricity was available for only a few hours a day — now six or seven. In those early weeks, before they had a generator, they lived from one power window to the next. They charged the machine, recharged the backup batteries, and tried to stretch each hour of light as they could. When the apartment fell dark again, sometimes the panic would get hold of them, fearing the power storage wasn’t enough to get to the next Anna told me that several mothers she is in touch with have children who depend on similar devices. They message one another, sharing practical advice and offering reassurance. For this family, power cuts are not a distant or abstract effect of the war. They are their daily life rhythm — the careful attention, the planning, and the hope that, through each blackout, their son will keep breathing steadily at home. #maternity #kyiv #poweroutage #winter #photojournalism