Edoardo Santangelo is a documentary photographer and videographer specialising in humanitarian and international development contexts. His work focuses on documenting lived experience and clearly illustrating the impact of development programmes from the field.

With an academic background in Economics and a Master’s in Energy Studies, Edoardo brings a strong understanding of development processes to his visual practice. He has produced compelling visual narratives for international NGOs, UN agencies, universities and global organisations operating in fragile and vulnerable settings.

Fluent in Italian, English and Spanish, he has worked extensively across South Asia (Nepal, India, Bangladesh), West Africa (Togo, Burkina Faso) and East Africa (Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia), collaborating closely with communities, practitioners and researchers on the ground.  

Edoardo’s photographic and film work is driven by a commitment to ethical, bottom-up storytelling that reflects the dignity, complexity and resilience of the people he documents.  

His images have been widely used in reports, research outputs, conferences and advocacy campaigns, including the Poor People’s Energy Outlook. In 2019, his visual documentation for the Humanitarian Engineering and Energy for Displacement (HEED) project was exhibited at Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London.  

Available for selected international assignments.