Michele Palazzi (b.1984) is an Italian photographer, represented by Contrasto photographers and Academic Coordinator at the Rome University of Fine Arts (RUFA). World Press Photo winner. His work deals with current social issues through a subjective approach, Palazzi's projects confront the contemporary man with his origins, through a look that investigates the past in order to interpret the present. In 2019 he published his first photobook Finisterrae: terra di confine and in 2021 published Mongolia Felix with a text written by Giovanni Lindo Ferretti.