Artist in Residence 2016/2017 - Michele Palazzi

Michele Palazzi b. 1984, Italy, is a documentary photographer based in Rome.
His workwitnesses the disappearance of human traditions, as we know it. 

In 2007 he gained the master degree in Photography at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia. In 2013 he started working on Black Gold Hotel, a long-term project about the modernization impact in Mongolia, recipient of the First Prize of Environmental Photographer of the Year Award and in 2015 with the First Prize in the Daily Life category – Stories of the World Press Photo

Artists in Residence 2016/2017

The Independent AIR is delighted to announce the artists in residence for the year 2016/2017. The artists will be part of creating a working european art laboratory for the duration of 6 months. in The group will live, discuss and inspire each other to work under the theme Human Ecology // Images in the Anthropocene.
The artist will be guided by a team of internationally established artists and mentors including Esther Teichmann and Adam Jeppesen, who will conduct several workshops throughout the residency period. 

Congratulations to:

Bärbel Praun

Ana Catarina Pinho

Constantin Schlachter

Clément Verger

Michele Palazzi

Sissel Thastum