Marco Vernaschi's photo essay "Cocaine Coast" published in Virginia Quarterly Review's Winter 2010 edition is a finalist for ASME's National Magazine Award 2011 for News and Documentary Photography.
Guinea-Bissau: West Africa's New Achilles' Heel
In February, Pulitzer Center-sponsored journalist Marco Vernaschi won first place in the World Press Photo Contest for General News in the Stories category for his work on narco-trafficking in Gui
Marco Vernaschi has won "Picture of the Year" and 1st prize in "Picture Story of the Year" in the Photographers Giving Back (PGB) Photo Award contest.
The winners of the 2010 World Press Photo Contest were announced February 12 in Amsterdam.
Marco Vernaschi has been named a finalist for the International Center of Photography's Infinity Award in Photojournalism for his 2009 work on cocaine trafficking in West Africa.
A frantic voice came over the radio: a blast had just destroyed Guinea-Bissau's military headquarters.
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West Africa, a region that has barely begun to heal from a decade of civil wars, is once again under attack.
Pulitzer Center supported journalist Marco Vernaschi has been awarded the top prize in the lens culture International Exposure Awa
Marco Vernaschi's photography, "West Africa's New Achilles' Heel" showcased in Newsweek Japan.
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Marco Vernaschi was born in Turin, Italy, in 1973, and he's currently based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He's currently working on a large, long-term project about the phenomenon of child witches,...