About
Juan Martin Baigorria was born in Argentina in 1977, but is living since many years in Bologna where he starts to work as a visual artist. Important experiences developed his view on the matter: meeting Fernando Solanas, who held cinema lessons about the preparation of documentary films “from the idea to the screenplay”; the seminar with Gherardo Gossi about profession as cinematographer.
He worked on two documentary film projects: as director of photography in “The invisible prison” by Lisa Tormena, Matteo Lolletti and Claudia Vincenzi, and as director in “Aicha is back” (film about Moroccan women migrating back to their home country).
He worked as director in “Syrian Edge”. The film tells the stories of those who abandoned their land forced by the war, and of the Lebanese community.
The documentary is financed by the European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department (ECHO).
He worked as director in “Les Amoureux des Bancs Publics”, a documentary about revolution in Tunisia.
He took part in two editions of the International Festival of Photography in Reggio Emilia exhibiting the project “Affittasi”, about the housing crisis, and with “Oblio”. He is now developing a photographic project in Southeast Asia.
Juan Martin Baigorria (n. in Argentina, 1977), residente a Bologna da diversi anni, è fotografo, documentarista e film-maker. Ha studiato ingegneria informatica per poi dedicarsi completamente alle arti visive. Da 8 anni lavora per Sunset, casa di produzione cinematografica con la quale ha realizzato come direttore della fotografia e operatore i documentari “La prigione Invisibile”, “Una scelta di dignità”, “Dalle onde del mondo” e “A Bagnile vivevan gli eroi”. Come regista ha prodotto il film documentario “Aicha è tornata” sulle contro-migrazioni marocchine ottenendo vari premi in festival e concorsi e “Syrian Edge” sui profughi siriani in Libano, documentario commissionato dall’Unione Europea. Nel 2018 è uscito Les Amoureux des Bancs Publics, che racconta il ruolo della Street Art in Tunisia dopo la Primavera Araba. Ha realizzato diversi reportage fotografici sulle migrazioni marocchine, su quelle siriane e sulla primavera araba.
Da 4 anni sta sviluppando due progetti di fine art e reportage in Sudest Asiatico.