About

EmmeReports is an independent editorial project dedicated to photojournalism and documentary photography. Founded in Sicily in February 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was created with the aim of documenting people, communities, and social transformations through a direct, field-based approach. From the earliest months of the pandemic, the project documented Palermo and the way the city experienced one of the most significant events in recent history, developing a vision of reportage understood not only as observation, but as presence. Today,

EmmeReports operates between Sicily and Madrid, working without limits of space or context: in the air, at sea, and on land. Stories emerge through images and develop through texts and interviews, always maintaining direct contact with the reality being documented. There is no distance between the storyteller and the story itself: being inside the story is an essential part of the narrative process. Alongside its editorial work, EmmeReports produces commissioned projects and visual storytelling productions for organizations, institutions, and media outlets, applying the same field-driven approach and narrative depth to assigned work. The name of the project reflects its origins: “Emme” refers to Militello Mirto and Melita, the surnames of the two founders, while “Reports” defines the project’s vocation and its roots in field journalism.

The EmmeReports logo features the silhouette of an eagle. More than a simple graphic element, it is a symbol that carries multiple meanings: it recalls aviation, an environment closely connected to the project’s origins; it evokes Palermo, the city where EmmeReports was born; and it represents a way of observing reality — maintaining a broad perspective without ever losing contact with the ground.

Francesco Militello Mirto (Palermo, 1974) is an Italian photojournalist based in Madrid, Spain. Over the past twenty-five years, he has documented military environments, international events, and socio-political developments, combining operational coverage with long-form visual storytelling. He has collaborated with several agencies and institutions, producing work that ranges from military and institutional assignments to projects focused on social and humanitarian issues. His work has been published and distributed by international agencies including ANSA, Zuma Press, LaPresse, NurPhoto, and FACTSTORY (AFP), and his images have appeared in major international media outlets. Throughout his career, he has taken part in numerous military operations and covered significant global events, including embedded reporting in Afghanistan and during Operation Mare Nostrum. He has worked extensively at sea and in the air, serving as a naval photographer aboard multiple military vessels — including aircraft carriers — and producing air-to-air photography across various military aircraft. In 2020, he founded EmmeReports, a digital platform dedicated to photojournalism and documentary storytelling.

Antonio Melita (Palermo, 1980) is an Italian photojournalist based in Palermo, Italy. Since 2010, he has worked as a news photographer, covering stories for both national and international agencies. He is currently a stringer for the Pacific Press Agency. His photographs have been distributed by agencies including Corbis, Getty Images, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Australian Associated Press (AAP), and Press Association (PA Images), and have appeared in major international and national publications such as The Guardian, Internazionale, The Times, Libération, FranceTV, Le Point, Irish Mirror, Corriere della Sera, Il Manifesto, Il Sole 24 Ore, and Wired. Since 2016, he has been a member of the collective BuenaVista Photo, participating in collaborative documentary and photojournalistic projects.

Victoria Herranz (Madrid, 1983) is a Spanish photojournalist and documentary filmmaker. She works as a freelance contributor for various international news agencies, and her work has been published in outlets such as the Financial Times, The Cut, Le Temps, Internazionale, Le Point, Le Journal, Fai Tanke, and La Vanguardia. Combining her work as a documentary filmmaker and photojournalist with writing and directing, she applies her academic background in Anthropology and Philosophy, disciplines she continues to study and deepen. Over the past seven years, she has lived in Sicily, developing her career both locally and internationally while carrying out her project U delirium sutta nni tia, a personal ethnographic exploration of Sicilian identity. Currently, she splits her time between Madrid, her birthplace, and Palermo, her beloved home, approaching both cities through her twin passions: audiovisual storytelling and Anthropology.