Seeking Ice Anglers There is only one place in Kiev these days so surreal that it can compete with Independence (Maidan) Square – a frozen bend in the river Dnieper in the eastern outskirts of the city. With its modern skyscrapers under construction in the background that counterbalance the obsolete soviet industrial architecture this is the realm of the Ice Fishermen. These figures from the dawn of a hypothetical nuclear winter slowly move like automatons on the slippery surface in the continuous search for the ideal place to cut a hole in the Ice and drop their lines.
Giorgio Bianchi was born in Rome in 1973. In his photography Giorgio has always paid particular attention to political and anthropological issues, and has undertaken a freelance career to focus on a combination of long-term personal projects and client assignments. He has covered stories in Syria, Ukraine, Burkina Faso, Vietnam, Myanmar, Nepal, India, and throughout all of Europe. Giorgio has won several international prizes and has received many public recognitions, and his pictures are regularly published in newspapers and magazines, both paper and online.
