Silvia Boarini

Silvia Boarini moved to London from Italy in 1995. After gaining a degree in Communication Studies from Middlesex University, she worked in video and film productions in New York and Rome. She returned to London in 2001 and completed a PgDip in photojournalism at the London College of Communications. She has been working as a freelance photojournalist since 2005.

Her work has appeared in Narcomafie (Italy), Evening Standard, Royal Photographic Society Journal, Label (Italy), British Journal of Photography, The Journalist, Daily Telegraph, You Magazine, Peace Reporter, D di Repubblica

Bedouin Land received an honourable mention at the International Picture Award (IPA) in the deeper perspective section. Land of the Prickly Pears was shortlisted for the 'Tom Webster Award for Photojournalism' and commended at the 'IPA' in the student essay category. The 'Rag and Bone Man' essay was featured on BBC London.

Exhibitions:

Amnesty International Human Rights Centre:
Unrecognised - an event on Negev Bedouins
Photomonth Photofair at Spitalfields traders' market
Singapore International Photography Festival, with the series 'Veterans'
Claire de Rouen Bookshop, London - 'The looking glass' a group summer show
Cotton's Centre, London Independent Photography group exhibition
Sadler's Wells, London - 100 years of the NUJ
County Hall, Trafalgar Square and Finsbury Park part of Rise, London United festival
Chalk Farm Library, London: The last Rag and Bone Man, a photo-essay
Tom Blau Gallery, London - Ian Parry Scholarship group exhibition
London College of Printing: PG Dip Photojournalism end of year exhibition