Darrin Zammit Lupi

Darrin Zammit Lupi

Darrin Zammit Lupi (born 1968) is a Maltese photographer and journalist.

Biography

Zammit Lupi was born in 1968 in Malta. He began his career as a photographer with The Malta Independent newspaper in 1992, but shortly thereafter became a freelance photographer. He studied at the University of the Arts London from which he earned a master's degree in Photojournalism and Documentary photography.

In 1996, Zammit Lupi started working as a photographer with the Times of Malta and in the following year he became a freelance correspondent for Reuters. His work documents the migration crisis in the Mediterranean, the devastating Tsunamis of Southeast Asia, the Millennium Development Goals in different areas of Africa, the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, the Costa Concordia disaster, the Libyan conflict, and other international events.

Works

Zammit Lupi has published two books, Isle Landers and Off the Job.

Isle Landers was published in 2014. It is composed of photos taken by Zammit Lupi from 2005 to 2014 regarding the migratory situation in the Mediterranean. In these photos, Zammit Lupi photographed the migrants from their rescue at sea, upon arrival in Europe at the immigration centers, until their departure. The purpose of the book is to combat racism and xenophobia and raise awareness of the international public about the struggles of African and Middle Eastern migrants.[1][2]

Off the Job was published in 2015 and is composed of photos taken with an iPhone by Zammit Lupi in non-working contexts. Lupi prefers the iPhone when taking photos for pleasure; according to him, "it is the ideal way to recharge my creative energies".[3][4]

Awards

2023 Refugee Festival honorary prize for long-term documentation[5] Supported by the Norwegian Arts Council and held at the House of Literature in Oslo, Norway, the festival’s organiser is Maltese-Norwegian Kristina Quintano
2022 Lifetime Achievement Award[6] Malta National Photography Awards (Premju Fotografija)
2021 “Yannis Behrakis” International Photojournalism Award[7] Athens Photo World[8]
2018 Allard Prize Photography Competition[9] Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia
2018 Nominato – Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize Taylor Wessing
2017 Mediterranean Journalist Award[10] Anna Lindh Foundation
2016 Photographer of the Year[11] The Societies of Photographers
2016 Street Photography Photographer of the Year[12] The Societies of Photographers
2014 Documentary Photographer of the Year[13] The Societies of Photographers
2013 Media Photographer of the Year[14] The Societies of Photographers
2008 Il secondo nel concorso fotografico "Waterways of Life"[15] OSCE

See also

References

  1. ^ "Islelanders". Islelanders. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  2. ^ Darrin, Zammit Lupi. Isle landers : boat migration and Malta. p. 9. ISBN 9789990931945. OCLC 914253077.
  3. ^ "Ede Books  » DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI – OFF THE JOB". edebooks.eu. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. ^ Darrin, Zammit Lupi. Off the job. ISBN 9789995788803. OCLC 975285305.
  5. ^ "Maltese photojournalist Darrin Zammit Lupi wins award in Norway". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Winners of inaugural edition of Premju Fotografija announced". Times of Malta. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  7. ^ Galea Debono, Fiona (1 June 2021). "'Story I wish I never needed to tell' wins Darrin Zammit Lupi major award". Times of Malta. Archived from the original on 1 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  8. ^ ""Yannis Behrakis" International Photojournalism Award 2021". Athens Photo World. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Galleries | Allard Prize @ Peter A. Allard School of Law". www.allardprize.org. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  10. ^ "Highlights: 10th Anniversary of the Mediterranean Journalist Awards | Anna Lindh Foundation". www.annalindhfoundation.org. Archived from the original on 13 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  11. ^ "The Societies' Photographer of the Year 2016". thesocieties.net. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Street Photography Photographer of the Year 2016". thesocieties.net. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  13. ^ "Documentary Photographer of the Year 2014". thesocieties.net. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Media Photographer of the Year 2013". thesocieties.net. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
  15. ^ "Winners of 2008 OSCE photo contest announced | OSCE". www.osce.org. Retrieved 9 December 2018.