Born in Parma in 1976, Marco Gualazzini began his career as a photographer in 2004, with his home town’s local daily, La Gazzetta di Parma.His works include reportage photography on microfinance in India, on the freedom of expression in Myanmar, on the discrimination of Christians in Pakistan, and on, above all, crisis zone in Africa.
He devised and took part in the creation of a documentary for the Italian national TV network RAI on the caste system in India, which has been selected at IDFA- The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, and has been awarded with the Best Camera Work Award at the Aljazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2014.
Gualazzini published in national and international titles and has been a contributing photographer to L’Espresso and to The New York Times since 2012.
Gualazzini has recieved numerous accolades, including the Getty Images Grant for Editorial Photography Recipient in 2013.