Nicolò Filippo Rosso
Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Nicoló Filippo Rosso, born in Italy in 1985, is a freelance photographer living in Bogotá, Colombia.
Rosso’s work focuses on long-term projects in Latin America. Since 2018, he has focused on documenting stories of Venezuelan migrants who cross the border with Colombia to reach other Latin American countries. He began documenting the impact of the exploitation of coal on the people and land of Colombia’s La Guajira Peninsula in 2016.
Rosso graduated with a degree in Literature from the University of Torino, in Italy.
His editorial clients include Bloomberg News, The Washington Post, BusinessWeek, Le Point, Der Spiegel, and others.
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Exodus
Nicolò Filippo Rosso
Venezuelan migrants wait in line for a free meal at a church charity organization, in Villa del Rosario, Colombia.
Exodus
Nicolò Filippo Rosso
Migrants sit in a truck at the border town of Paraguachón, Colombia, waiting for a ride to the major city of Maicao.
Exodus
Nicolò Filippo Rosso
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2020 Photo Contest, Contemporary Issues, Stories, 3rd Prize
Exodus
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Nicolò Filippo Rosso
31 October, 2018
A young girl asks for money on a street in the Colombian capital, Bogotá. By June 2019, the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) had provided attention to nearly 80,000 Venezuelan children, adolescents and families countrywide.