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Italy: Migrant Prostitution
Paolo Patrizi begins, "For nearly twenty years the women of Benin City, a town in the state of Edo in the south-central part of Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade and every year successful ones have been recruiting younger girls to follow them. The Nigerian trafficking industry is fueled by the combination of widespread emigration aspirations and severely limited possibilities for migrating to Europe."
"I drive along country roads on the outskirts of Rome and cannot help but notice scantly clad women dot the landscape […] working as prostitutes to send money home to their families. Some women are working by their own choice while others are not."
Documentary photographer Paolo Patrizi made these observations reporting near Rome, Italy and the environment where the African women work is the subject of his photo reportage Italy: Migrant Prostitution, now appearing on Gaia Photos. Comprised of 52 photojournalists from around the globe, each photographer shares Gaia's united mission of promoting quality and diversity in documentary photography worldwide.
Self-taught documentary photographer Paolo Patrizi's recent stories explore a theme common to many of us in the so-called developed world; the contradictions between traditions and modernity and cultural disconnections resulting from rapid economic growth.
Mr. Patrizi began his career in London working as an assistant to other professionals. While doing freelance assignments for British magazines and design groups, he started to develop his own individual projects. Today, his work is featured in leading publications and exhibited internationally.
Photography from Paolo's assignments has been published in Observer Magazine, Stern, Panorama, Corriere della Sera, GQ, Courrier Japon, Geo, XL Semanal, Przekroj, K-magazine, Handelsblatt, European Photography and many more.
His photography has received several awards with the Association of Photographers of London and has been exhibited internationally at The National Portrait Galleries of London and Edinburgh, The Royal Photographic Society in Bath, The Mangani gallery in Fiesole and The Tokyo Art Directors Club Gallery.
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Italy: Migrant Prostitution
Paolo Patrizi begins, "For nearly twenty years the women of Benin City, a town in the state of Edo in the south-central part of Nigeria, have been going to Italy to work in the sex trade and every year successful ones have been recruiting younger girls to follow them. The Nigerian trafficking industry is fueled by the combination of widespread emigration aspirations and severely limited possibilities for migrating to Europe."
"I drive along country roads on the outskirts of Rome and cannot help but notice scantly clad women dot the landscape […] working as prostitutes to send money home to their families. Some women are working by their own choice while others are not."
Documentary photographer Paolo Patrizi made these observations reporting near Rome, Italy and the environment where the African women work is the subject of his photo reportage Italy: Migrant Prostitution, now appearing on Gaia Photos. Comprised of 52 photojournalists from around the globe, each photographer shares Gaia's united mission of promoting quality and diversity in documentary photography worldwide.
Self-taught documentary photographer Paolo Patrizi's recent stories explore a theme common to many of us in the so-called developed world; the contradictions between traditions and modernity and cultural disconnections resulting from rapid economic growth.
Mr. Patrizi began his career in London working as an assistant to other professionals. While doing freelance assignments for British magazines and design groups, he started to develop his own individual projects. Today, his work is featured in leading publications and exhibited internationally.
Photography from Paolo's assignments has been published in Observer Magazine, Stern, Panorama, Corriere della Sera, GQ, Courrier Japon, Geo, XL Semanal, Przekroj, K-magazine, Handelsblatt, European Photography and many more.
His photography has received several awards with the Association of Photographers of London and has been exhibited internationally at The National Portrait Galleries of London and Edinburgh, The Royal Photographic Society in Bath, The Mangani gallery in Fiesole and The Tokyo Art Directors Club Gallery.
Please Visit Us and visit Paolo Patrizi 's website.
You can also search for assignment photographers at Gaia Photos, a place to explore and discover the issues facing the diverse population and locations of our world, both near and far.
Please subscribe to our new features page to keep track of new stories too!
New Facebook Fan Page
Gaia Photos now has a new Facebook Fan Page. If you are using Facebook, you can sign up and you'll get new features served on your Facebook wall automatically. You can also Follow Me On Twitter.
John Brown Photojournalist On LIGHTSTALKERS
My Mondo Library Photography
My Photoshelter Photography Archive Homepage
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