Contributor biographical information for Vanishing Africa / text and photographs by Gianni Giansanti ; translation, Richard Pierce.
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Gianni Giansanti began his professional career in 1978. Approached by the Sygma agency in 1981, he documented the coup d'etat in Turkey and performed assignments in Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Libya, Lebanon, Senegal, Poland, Greece, and Yugoslavia. In 1988, a photographic essay on the private life of Pope John Paul II in the Vatican won first prize from the World Press.
Paolo Novaresio graduated in contemporary history and for more than twenty years has been a full-time traveler. After a series of trips around the world, he has devoted his time entirely to Africa. Recently he has concentrated his research in Kenya, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa. He lives and works in Turin, Nairobi, and Johannesburg.
Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Ethnology -- Africa.
Ethnology -- Africa -- Pictorial works.
Africa -- Social life and customs.
Africa -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial works.
Africa -- History.
Africa -- History -- Pictorial works.