Alex Majoli

Majoli was born in Ravenna, Italy.^[1] He attended the Art Institute in Ravenna.^{[citation needed]}

Majoli lived in New York City for 14 years, after which he moved to Sicily.^[1] He has been a member of Magnum Photos since 2001 and was its president from 2011 to 2014.^[1]

• 2002: Pesaresi Prize, Festival Foto^{[citation needed]}
• 2003: Infinity Award for Photojournalism, the International Center of Photography^[4]
• 2004: Feature Photography Award, the Overseas Press Club^[5]
• 2004: Magazine Photographer of the Year, Best of Journalism Contest, National Press Photographers Association^[5]
• 2004: Honorable Mention, Oskar Barnack Award^[6]
• 2002/2004: Several citations at the Pictures of the Year International Award^{[citation needed]}
• 2012: First prize, General News category (singles), World Press Photo, Amsterdam^[7][8]
• 2016: Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York City^[9][10]

• Bambini, Palazzo Reale, Genova, Italy, 1998^{[citation needed]}

• Leros. Italy: West Zone, 1999. ISBN 978-88-87639-00-1.
  • London: Trolley, 2003. ISBN 978-0-9542079-2-2.
• One Vote. France: Filigranes, 2004.
• Libera Me, Book I. London: Trolley, 2010. ISBN 978-1907112225.
• Congo. New York City: Aperture, 2015. Photographs by Majoli and Paolo Pellegrin.^[11] ISBN 978-1-59711-325-0. With a text by Alain Mabanckou. Edition of 1500 copies (700 in French and 800 in English).
• Scene. Paris: Le Bal; London: Mack, 2019. ISBN 978-1-912339-29-7 (English edition); ISBN 978-1-912339-30-3 (French edition). With essays by David Campany and Corinne Rondeau.^[12][13][14]

Majoli's work is held in the following permanent collection:

• Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana^[15]