Tony Gentile is a photo journalist whose shots have immortalized pieces of history. Some of his photographs are known all over the world, first of all the one that has become the symbol of resilience to the mafia. This historic photo was taken on March 27, 1992, just before the start of a conference on the mafia and politics in Palermo.
To commemorate the thirty years since death of the judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino, the commemorative coin which reproduces the iconic photo of the two magistrates together.
Tony Gentile, in thirty years of career, has had the opportunity to take wonderful photographs. In 2006 Italy won the World Cup and he is the official photographer of the national team, he was on the plane with the players and on the sidelines to stop the moments that are of pure joy for most Italians.
He recounted a historical period of the Vatican in which there were 3 popes, 1 of whom resigned and two were alive and this is something extraordinary. His photo of Pope Francis and the President of the United States of America Barak Obama is memorable. He told us about this and much more in the live interview for the Italian literary café
