Cinzia Canneri is an Italian photojournalist whose work explores the human condition through themes such as social change, gender issues, and migration. She holds a degree in Psychology and studied photography at the Fondazione Studio Marangoni in Florence, followed by a photojournalism masterclass at WSP Photography in Rome. She has worked extensively in the Horn of Africa, documenting the lives of women from political, social, and cultural perspectives.
Her project Women’s Bodies as Battlefields has received numerous awards, including the World Press Photo Long-Term Projects, Africa Region (2025), the Camille Lepage Award at Visa pour l’Image (2023), first place in the ‘World Understanding’ category at POYi (2026), and first place in the ‘Issue Reporting Stories’ category at POYi (2022).
Beyond the World Press Photo international tour, her work has been exhibited at the Palazzo Ducale in Genoa and the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome (2025), at the Xposure International Photography Festival in Sharjah (2025), at the Brooklyn Bridge Photoville Festival in New York (2023), and at the Kawasaki Peace Museum in Kanagawa, Japan (2022).
Canneri’s work has been published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Days Japan, The Observer, Internazionale, Millennium, and L’Espresso.