Date: Friday 23 March 2007
Time: doors open at 7pm - @ 7:30pm start
Venue: "Mahatma Gandhi Hall" at the YMCA, 41 Fitzroy Square, London W1T 6AQ (map)
Nearest tube: Warren Street, Goodge St.
Donation: £5 (including refreshments)
This event will be held in English

"Kash" Gabriele Torsello is an Italian independent photojournalist

About Gabriele Torsello
Born in Italy in 1970. London based since 1997 T/A KASH GT.

Torsello works in the Documentary, Editorial & Corporate Photography Industry

Documentary:
Afghanistan HELMAND Sept-Nov 2006 Kidnapped while on assignment
Afghanistan Health, Education, Sport & Women issues Jul/Sept 2005
Nepal State of Emergency. Feb/March 2005
Pakistan-Afghanistan-Kashmir 2001
Albania’s riot/1997
Karachi and Azad Kashmir/Pakistan/1995
Tamil Nadu and Jammu & Kashmir/India/1994

Media coverage:
UK The Observer, The Guardian, New Internationalist, MBC TV, Amnesty International, NUJ, British Journal of Photography, New World UNA, BBC, Eight Photojournalism, Prime TV, ARY TV, The Muslim News, Bangla Mirror, Black & White Photography, Kashmir News, The Bookseller, FOSIS, Resurgence Magazine, Soundings, The Journalist, Freelance

ITALY RAI TV, La Repubblica, Il Corriere della Sera, La Nazione, Il Giorno, Il Resto del Carlino, Avvenimenti, Il Manifesto, Il Messaggero, La Nuova Frontiera, Cultura e Natura, UN FAO, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Il Quotidiano, Mirosalento, Il Foglio, Panorama,

FRANCE Liberation, La Croix, Rebelion, Reportes Without Borders, UNESCO

AFGHANISTAN United Nations Population Fund UNFPA, Special Olympics International

INDIA The Hindustan Times, The Pioneer
PAKISTAN Baidar Digest Lahore, The Nation, The Daily Jang
JAPAN Kyoto Journal
AUSTRALIA Adventist Media, IFJ-ASIA
Belgium TV Brussels

USA ZUMA Press, Christian Science Monitor, FOX News, Photo District News, Iternational Herald Tribune, Washington Post

Other ALJAZEERA, REUTERS, AFP, AP, KRONOS, ANSA, IFJ

On-Line EPUK, Foto8, AsianOutlook, Paknews, South Asia Tribune, Musarium,
BJP Professional News, BBC News, Asia Times, MCB, Clarin, Ilaria Alpi, L'Ernesto, Peacelink, Peacereporter, Digital Journalist, NUJ Photo, FNSI

Self-Published:
THE HEART OF KASHMIR Hard Cover photographic book
CONTRAPPUNTI 2006 photo-calendar in collaboration with UNFPA
NOI & NOI 2006 Limited edition photo-calendar

Main Exhibitions:
Exhibition ‘The Heart of Kashmir’ Brussels, EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, 25-28th April 2005
London: OXO Tower, Cork Street W1, Jack’s Gallery, AOP Gallery
International Conference on Stability, Peace and Security in South Asia - London
Solo exhibition ‘Conflitti’ Italy
Solo exhibition 'The Heart of Kashmir' sponsored by Amnesty International - UK
Book Launch at the House of Commons & House of Lords -UK 2003
Book Launch in Italy - Eversivi Profeti della Pace

Corporate:
Architectural/Commercial photography South & North West of England 2004-06
Still Photographer Italy, Bulgaria, England/1993
Advertising and general photographer Italy/1992

Lectures:
Univerista’ Scienze della Comunicazione – Italy 2006
Warwick University, Borders Society - Coventry 2004
Pembroke College - Cambridge 2003
Cambridge University Kashmir Society - 2003

Achievements:
DIALOGUE OF CULTURES AWARD 2006 by Foreign Press Association UK
Finalist at the British Book Design & Production Award 2003
Core Safety Certificate, National Vocational Qualification awarded by SKILLSET /UK
Risk Assessment in Hostile Environments, awarded by Lionsgate Safety and AKE Ltd.
Honours mentioned in the 1997 Agfa-Das Bild Forum International Award for young Photojournalist / Germany
Photo reportage Highly Commended in the Ballantine’s International Photographic Award

Member of International Federation of Journalists, National Federation of Journalist, Royal Society for Asian Affairs.


Kidnapping
Gabriele Torsello was kidnapped in Afghanistan October 12 to November 3, 2006 and freed 23 days later. He was traveling on a bus from Helmand to Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Gabriele Torsello described how his captors moved him into a different location. "They arrived and opened the door. One of them grabbed me and took me out without letting me put my shoes on and without blindfolding me, a thing that they always did," "He pushed me hard. I had the chains - I couldn't follow him and I had to jump to be able to follow him. I thought they were going to kill me. "But they put me in a car instead." He was kept in chains in a windowless room during his captivity, living on a diet of potatoes and Afghan bread dipped in soup.

External links
* Gabrielle Torsello's CV
* 2002 - The Heart of Kashmir
* Photo Gallery 1
* Photo Gallery 2