Italy has been shocked by multiple reports of the “brutal” treatment of migrants working on farms across the country, including the recent death of a worker on a flower farm in temperatures of 40C. Tens of thousands of migrants have been taking to fields to pick tomatoes and other outdoor-grown crops across Italy at theContinue reading “‘Working here is hell’: latest death of farm worker in 40C heat shocks Italy”
Author Archives: Stefania Prandi
The True Cost of Kiwis
I coordinated the Journalismfund Europe-funded investigation into kiwifruit production in Agro Pontino between April 2021 and April 2022 in collaboration with IrpiMedia, Danwatch, and The Wire. We worked together on the project with Francesca Cicculli, Charlotte Aagaard, and Kusum Arora. We’ve been researching The Green Gold of Italy or Kiwi Revolution as it’s known locally.Continue reading “The True Cost of Kiwis”
Those Faraways Mothers
Romanian and Bulgarian women who work in Italian, Spanish, and German fields, where fruits and vegetables sold throughout Europe are grown, leave their children at home with their grandmothers for months at a time. When their mothers are far away, boys and girls become “white orphans.” Save The Children recently published a report that showsContinue reading “Those Faraways Mothers”
The Reborn Project – Beyond Femicide
My project, “Reborn – Beyond Femicide,” was created in 2024 in collaboration with the REA association, Reacting to Violence, and Fondazione Vodafone. By using the collaborative photojournalism technique, the images evoke the stories of four women (Azadeh, Beatrice, Laura, Marina) who survived femicide. It is through portraits, photographs of objects, and words that the mechanismsContinue reading “The Reborn Project – Beyond Femicide”
Exhibition Those Faraway Mothers
Romanian and Bulgarian women who work in Italian, Spanish, and German fields, where fruits and vegetables sold throughout Europe are grown, leave their children at home with their grandmothers for months at a time. When their mothers are far away, boys and girls become “white orphans.” Save The Children recently published a report that showsContinue reading “Exhibition Those Faraway Mothers”
