TerraProject

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TerraProject

Italian collective of documentary photographers founded in Florence in 2006.

TerraProject Photographers is a collective of documentary photographers founded in Italy in 2006. Its members are Michele Borzoni, Simone Donati, Pietro Paolini and Rocco Rorandelli. Among the first photographic collective born in Italy, since its onset TerraProject has represented not only a common promotional platform for its members, but also a creative tool to experiment with an original “coll

ective writing” approach, with the creation of group reportage characterized by a carefully refined stylistic uniformity. With an eye on both the Italian reality and the most relevant global issues, the members of TerraProject have produced numerous individual and collective essays, utilizing both the classic photographic medium and the multimedia approach. The works of the collective have been published in the pages of the most important international magazines, including Der Spiegel, Financial Times Magazine, GEO (Germany and France), Le Monde Magazine, Monocle, Newsweek and Newsweek Japan, Paris Match, Stern, Time, The Wall Street Journal and in Italy on D La Repubblica, Geo, IL, Internazionale, Io Donna, L'Espresso, Sette, Sportweek and Vanity Fair. Many of their reportage have been exhibited in New York, Beijing, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Madrid, Barcelona, Dublin and in many Italian cities, and the collective's members have been guests of numerous international photo festivals. TerraProject photographers have received many prestigious international awards including the World Press Photo (2010 and 2012), the Canon Prize (2010) and the Pesaresi prize (2013).

06/05/2026

This year marks the 10th anniversary of the earthquake in Central Italy, which our collective documented from day one and for the next five years. Between the end of 2025 and the beginning of this year, we returned to the region between Lazio and Marche to recount its places and communities, with two distinct projects. One, for the Varrone Foundation, focused on the local youth who decided to remain in the crater area despite the difficulties and the slow return to life. The other, for ActionAid Italia, focused on the services the organization provides to residents, highlighting in particular the work of volunteers who contribute to supporting the daily lives of those who live there.
On Friday, May 8th, we will be in Rieti at a public meeting organized by the Varrone Foundation, where a volume dedicated to the anniversary will be presented, with an essay by Mario Calabresi.

Quest’anno ricorre il 10mo anniversario del terremoto in Centro Italia, che il nostro collettivo aveva documentato sin dal primo giorno e per i successivi 5 anni. Tra la fine del 2025 e l’inizio di quest’anno, siamo ritornati nelle terre a cavallo tra Lazio e Marche per raccontarne luoghi e comunità, con due progetti distinti. Uno, per la Fondazione Varrone, si è concentrato sui giovani del territorio che hanno deciso di rimanere nella zona del cratere a dispetto delle difficoltà e del lento ritorno alla vita. L’altro, per Action Aid Italia, dove ci siamo focalizzati sui servizi che l’organizzazione fornisce ai residenti, raccontando in particolare il lavoro dei volontari, i quali contribuiscono a sostenere la vita quotidiana di chi vi abita.
Venerdì’ 8 maggio saremo a Rieti ad un incontro pubblico organizzato dalla Fondazione Varrone, dove verrà presentato un volume dedicato all’anniversario, con un testo di Mario Calabresi.

13/04/2026

Mercoledì 22 aprile Pietro Paolini da Officine Fotografiche Roma!

10/04/2026

Il prossimo lunedì 13 aprile Rocco Rorandelli parteciperà a 2 eventi a PADOVA:

> Alle ore 17 da Enoteca Mediterranea nell'ambito della Padova Climate Action Week presentazione del libro IL NOSTRO BOSCO, un progetto di TerraProject insieme a FSC ITALIA.

> alle ore 21 Rocco sarà ospite di Irfoss Gallery in un evento insieme all'International Month of Photojournalism.

Maggiori info ai seguenti link:
https://www.padovaclimateactionweek.org/it/eventi/tutti/presentazione-libro-il-nostro-bosco

https://www.irfoss.com/rocco-rorandelli-ospite-di-irfoss-gallery/

04/03/2026

Our latest project “Dayton’s legacy”, that we produced in Bosnia last year will be on display in CAGLIARI at MUACC with a public talk by Rocco Rorandelli TOMORROW, March 5th at 6pm. This new project continues TerraProject’s long-term investigation into forms of directed democracy: those political systems shaped and sustained by external powers, where sovereignty often remains partial and unresolved. Following the collective’s previous work in Kosovo, this project turns its attention to Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country whose constitutional framework and political identity were not the result of an internal reconciliation, but of an international agreement imposed to end a war.

The work observes how external governance shapes daily life, identity, and expectation, while internal divisions continue to pull the country in opposing directions: between the Eurocentric aspirations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the political and cultural attraction toward Serbia and Russia within Republika Srpska, driven by the increasingly authoritarian and destabilising leadership of Milorad Dodik.

The work was made possible with the support of the Department of Law at the University of Siena and funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU - Mission 4, Component 1, CUP B61I24000450006.

Full gallery at https://www.terraproject.net/works/daytons-legacy/

1. Documents burned in the State Archives of Bosnia and Herzegovina after thousands of protesters set fire to government buildings. In 2014, mass demonstrations erupted against a system that lacks transparent decision-making processes and enables corruption and the entrenchment of political elites.
2. Belma Lepir-Cviko, member of the polling station in Novo Sarajevo municipality, during the voting operations in absence for the early presidential elections of Republic of Srpska. Here, 66 people were registered, only one voted.
3. The polling station in Laktaši, the hometown and constituency of Bosnian Serb secessionist leader Milorad Dodik. In over twenty years in power, Dodik has built a vast personal empire. Much of this wealth has been converted into villas and assets abroad, including on the Slovenian coast, as revealed by journalists from an investigative agency.
4.Signboard of a restaurant with an image of Vladimir Putin near Banja Luka, reflecting the strong pro-Russian sentiment common in parts of Republika Srpska.

26/02/2026

Our latest project “Dayton’s legacy”, that we produced in Bosnia last year will be on display in CAGLIARI next week at MUACC with a public talk on March 5th at 6pm. This new project continues TerraProject’s long-term investigation into forms of directed democracy: those political systems shaped and sustained by external powers, where sovereignty often remains partial and unresolved. Following the collective’s previous work in Kosovo, this project turns its attention to Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country whose constitutional framework and political identity were not the result of an internal reconciliation, but of an international agreement imposed to end a war.

The work observes how external governance shapes daily life, identity, and expectation, while internal divisions continue to pull the country in opposing directions: between the Eurocentric aspirations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the political and cultural attraction toward Serbia and Russia within Republika Srpska, driven by the increasingly authoritarian and destabilising leadership of Milorad Dodik.

Full gallery at https://www.terraproject.net/works/daytons-legacy/

The work was made possible with the support of the Department of Law at the University of Siena and funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU - Mission 4, Component 1, CUP B61I24000450006.

20/02/2026

We’re happy to present our latest project “Dayton’s legacy”, that we produced in Bosnia last year. This new project continues TerraProject’s long-term investigation into forms of directed democracy: those political systems shaped and sustained by external powers, where sovereignty often remains partial and unresolved. Following the collective’s previous work in Kosovo, this project turns its attention to Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country whose constitutional framework and political identity were not the result of an internal reconciliation, but of an international agreement imposed to end a war.

The work observes how external governance shapes daily life, identity, and expectation, while internal divisions continue to pull the country in opposing directions: between the Eurocentric aspirations of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the political and cultural attraction toward Serbia and Russia within Republika Srpska, driven by the increasingly authoritarian and destabilising leadership of Milorad Dodik.

An installation will be visible at the Certosa di Pontignano (SI) from the 23rd to the 26th of February with an official inauguration on Sunday the 22nd at 5.30pm.
There will be also an installation, together with a public talk, at MUACC - Museo universitario delle arti e delle culture contemporanee in Cagliari on March 5th at 6pm.

The work was made possible with the support of the Department of Law at the University of Siena and funded by the European Union – Next Generation EU - Mission 4, Component 1, CUP B61I24000450006.
Many thanks to Prof. Mario Perini and all the Department for the trust.

Full gallery at https://www.terraproject.net/works/daytons-legacy/

1. House of Representatives of the Parliament of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Since the Dayton Peace Agreement, the country has been divided into two federal administrative entities, each with its own parliament: one in the Republic of Srpska in Banja Luka and the other in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo.
2. Elvedin Selimović, the Imam of Žepa, during the Friday prayer. The enclave of Žepa was an isolated Bosniak town in eastern Bosnia that came under siege by the Bosnian Serb Army during the Bosnian War.
3. An IEDD (Improvised Explosive Device Disposal) operator from Italy’s 1st San Marco Regiment, serving under EUFOR, conducts a patrol on the outskirts of Sarajevo to ensure regional security.
4. Training field of FK Borac, the main football club in Banja Luka. The team’s supporters are known for their strong nationalist orientation.

18/02/2026

The second installment of the exhibition "NO PLACE LIKE HOME - Italian Photography since the 1980s," curated by Ralph Goertz, opened a couple weeks ago at the Schauwerk Museum in Sindelfilgen. Organized by IKS Photo Düsseldorf, the exhibition explores the influence of Italian photography on the development of European photographic history since the 1980s. Also on display is a selection from Workforce (2014-2017) by Michele Borzoni and Varco Appennino (2016-2020) by Simone Donati.

Around 300 works offer a perspective on Italy through the eyes of 42 photographers. The spectrum of exhibited works includes portraits, conceptual and serial works, socially, politically, and culturally contextualized photographs, and landscape photography, which holds a special place in Italian art.

An exhibition by IKS - Institut für Kunstdokumentation, Kunsthalle Darmstadt, SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen, and Draiflessen Collection.
Simone Donati Michele Borzoni

NO PLACE LIKE HOME�Italienische Fotografie seit den 1980er Jahren
01 Feb 2026–26 Jul 2026�Schauwerk Sindelfingen
Eschenbrünnlestraße 15
71065 Sindelfingen

02/01/2026

From dawn to night, celebrating the 150th anniversary of Corriere della Sera.
Our story about work, rhythm, and the frenetic lives inside the newsrooms of Milan and Rome is out today on Sette.

Many thanks to Anna C***o, Barbara Stefanelli, and Michele Lovison for the trust.

https://www.corriere.it/sette/cultura-societa/giornata-al-corriere-150-anni-dopo/index.shtml

03/12/2025

“Cronache d’acqua – Immagini dal Centro Italia” (Water Chronicles – Images from Central Italy), a project commissioned by Gallerie d’Italia, the exhibition hub of Intesa Sanpaolo, will be presented to the public in Turin today, December 3rd at 6 pm. TerraProject developed four photographic stories exploring the relationship between water and agriculture, in collaboration with Green&Blue, a publication by La Repubblica/GEDI Group.

Simone Donati documented the experimental agricultural company of the Polytechnic University of Marche, where research fields and irrigation systems form a living laboratory for the future of farming. Michele Borzoni worked in Pistoia’s vast plant-nursery district, one of Europe’s most important hubs for ornamental horticulture, observing how growers manage water in an increasingly fragile climate. Pietro Paolini visited a vertical farm in Torrita di Siena, tracing how controlled-environment agriculture is reshaping production and consumption. Finally, Rocco Rorandelli explored San Benedetto del Tronto, focusing on an ambitious wastewater management project that aims to reduce pressure on local ecosystems and secure clean resources for local farmers.

"Cronache d'acqua - Immagini dal Centro Italia", un progetto commissionato da Gallerie d'Italia, il polo espositivo di Intesa Sanpaolo, sarà presentato al pubblico a Torino oggi 3 dicembre alle ore 18. TerraProject ha sviluppato quattro storie fotografiche che esplorano il rapporto tra acqua e agricoltura, in collaborazione con Green&Blue, una pubblicazione di La Repubblica/Gruppo GEDI.

Simone Donati ha documentato l'azienda agricola sperimentale del Politecnico delle Marche, dove campi di ricerca e sistemi di irrigazione formano un laboratorio vivente per il futuro dell'agricoltura. Michele Borzoni ha lavorato nel vasto distretto vivaistico di Pistoia, uno dei più importanti poli europei per l'orticoltura ornamentale, osservando come i coltivatori gestiscono l'acqua in un clima sempre più fragile. Pietro Paolini ha visitato una vertical farm a Torrita di Siena, ripercorrendo come l'agricoltura in ambiente controllato stia rimodellando produzione e consumi. Infine, Rocco Rorandelli ha esplorato San Benedetto del Tronto, concentrandosi su un ambizioso progetto di gestione delle acque reflue che mira a ridurre la pressione sugli ecosistemi locali e a garantire risorse pulite agli agricoltori locali.

01/12/2025

See you next Wednesday Dec. the 3rd at Gallerie d'Italia in Torino for the presentation of "Cronache d'acqua".

https://gallerieditalia.com/it/torino/mostre-e-iniziative/in-evidenza/2025/12/03/cronache-d-acqua-2025-torino/

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