NICOLA “OKIN” FRIOLI (1977) is an Italian, self-taught, freelance, documentary and portrait photographer, with 20 years of experience, that studied art at Universitá dell’Immagine in Milan (2004). He has published in important media outlets such as The Washington Post, Time Magazine, The Guardian, Stern, El País Semanal, Geo, GUP, Gatopardo and the British Journal of Photography, among others. He has trained for risk coverage and reported on environmental issues, human rights and migration in Mexico, Ecuador and Pakistan. His images have been exhibited in Canada, France, Italy, India, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Turkey, Spain, and the USA. In 2024, his project “Piatsaw” received the Pictures of the Year (POY) a mention “Award of Excellence” in “World Understanding Award” category. In 2023, his project “Piatsaw” won the Bar Tur Photo Award Highly Commended honorable mention in the Climate Change category; the Budapest Foto Awards Gold Medal in the Photo Essay professional category; the Gomma Black and White Awards second-prize; the Zeke Award first-prize for Systemic Change; and was solo winner in the Zoom Photo Award (2021). He was also selected for screening in the Visa pour l’Image Festival in Perpignan (2023); and was finalist in the Premio Ponchielli; the Deeper Perspective-International Photography Awards (2023); the World Report Award in the Spotlight category, and the Nannen Preis in Hamburg (2020). He held a Fundación BBVA Bancomer Arts Fellowship for Cultural Development (2014).