Olivio Argenti, born in Italy in 1955, migrates at the end of high school to the UK where he graduates in Economics (University of London, 1981) and in Agricultural Economics (University of Oxford, 1982). He lives for six years in Ecuador and Venezuela and two years in Algeria. He returns to Italy in 1990 to work in Rome as an Agricultural Economist. He has travelled to more than 50 countries. He starts taking photographs in 1995 to illustrate technical publications and his interest for photography becomes a passion. His personal projects include: a street-photography project “Traits d'union” in Tunisia; “Losers of a forgotten conflict”, a reportage in Azerbaijan and Armenia on refugees from the conflict region of Nagorno-Karabakh; a reportage in Peru “Atrapados [No way out] - Family violence and juvenile deviant behaviour in Lima”, which combines photographic images with testimonials written by boys and girls met in gangs, drug-rehabilitation centres, family houses and prisons; and “Wrestlers and Wrestling”, a personal view on the world of Olympic wrestling. He has received international awards and has published three books “Wrestling”, “Wrestlers” and “Atrapados”. His work has been exhibited in China, Colombia, Italy, Peru, Switzerland and Tunisia. Since May 2010, he is “Fellow” of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS) of the United Kingdom. (Biographic details)

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