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An illustration of three figures dancing in shallow green water. They are surrounded by tall, slender palm trees against a deep red background.

Illustration: Excellent new editorial illustration from Emiliano Ponzi

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Date
4 November 2013

Emiliano Ponzi, the cheeky fella behind the Bukowski book covers that we covered back in January, is back with more editorial illustration to add to his roster. Creating images for magazines and newspapers from Italy to the U.S., Emiliano’s work sums up stories succinctly and with the heavy dose of satire that has come to be his signature, using symbolic landscapes and representative imagery to gently mock societal institutions. And all the while his mastery of graphic shapes and composition allows his work to stand alone as individual pieces too. Editorial illustration is not an easy beast to tame, but Emiliano has it sitting, begging and barking on cue.

An illustration of a person standing by a large window in a room with deep red walls. They look out at a pale pink sky, with a small table and a letter beside them.
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Emiliano Ponzi: Les Perroquets de la Place d’Arezzo for the New York times

An illustration of two people and a baby sitting on a white sofa in a minimalist room. A sharp diagonal shadow divides the scene, casting half the room and the figures in shade.
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Emiliano Ponzi: Requiem for the new York Times

An illustration of a large, yellow figure painted as a mural on the side of a grey building. A person on a ladder paints the figure’s face, while another person watches from a window above.
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Emiliano Ponzi: Who Owns the Graffiti? For La Repubblica

An illustration of a person in a blue habit sitting on a wooden church pew. They wear bright red high-heeled shoes, set against a geometric tiled floor.
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Emiliano Ponzi: Limit for La Repubblica

An illustration of two people sitting in an airport terminal, looking out through a large window. Outside, numerous planes fly in different directions across a pale blue sky.
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Emiliano Ponzi: Before You Go for the Los Angeles Times

An illustration of three figures standing in pale green water, their arms outstretched in a coordinated pose. They are surrounded by a dense grove of tall palm trees against a deep red background.
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Emiliano Ponzi: Paradis avant Liquidation for le Monde

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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