Matteo Bastianelli (b. 1985) is a freelance documentary photographer, journalist and filmmaker based in Rome, Italy. His work has been commissioned and published worldwide by a number of media outlets, NGOs and magazines, among which Al Jazeera, CNN, Der Spiegel, Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, ICRC, Internazionale, Lens-The New York Times, L'Espresso, National Geographic, Newsweek, Stern, TIME Lightbox. He has received many awards for his work, among which PDN’s Photo Annual, American Photography Awards, Emerging Talent Award at Reportage by Getty Images, Canon Young Photographers’ Award, "Vittorio de Seta" prize, NPPA-Best of photojournalism. He received the National Geographic Society’s Emergency Fund for Journalists in 2020.
