Michele Palazzi

Michele Palazzi (born 27 November 1984) is an Italian photographer and World Press Photo prize winner.
Biography.
Palazzi is an Italian photographer born in Rome. In 2007 he gained a three-year master's degree in Photography at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia. In 2013 he received the First Prize of Environmental Photographer of the Year Award by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. Between 2012 and 2013 he started working on Black Gold Hotel a long term project about the modernization impact in Mongolia, which has been awarded with the First Prize in the Daily Life category - Stories of the World Press Photo 2015. He lives in Rome and he is represented by the Contrasto agency. He's currently working as a photography teacher at the Rome University of Fine Arts.
Collections.
Palazzi's work is held in the following public collections: