An exhibition by Graziano Bartolini
Italy

© Graziano Bartolini

Exhibition Curator: Stefania Zorzi

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VASA Exhibitions is presenting "Ethnographies of Complex Societies" by Graziano Bartolini

"... I began to photograph, to look at them through that rectangle where, in my opinion, we need to be able to find the right balance between what is inside and what we decide to leave out. I ..."

“Ethnographies of Complex Societies” is a project commissioned by the municipalities of Valle Rubicone in Romagna. Ten photographers addressed the issues of seasonal and resident migrants living in these cities, which have one of the highest percentages of non-EEC nationals. Religion, ties with the country of origin, mixed couples, free time, second generation children born there, families, are some of the themes addressed. I addressed the topic of work.

" ... I felt myself transformed into a visual instrument able to find complicity in those eyes that sometimes looked at me in passing and sometimes tried to ignore me. I was there, intrusive, maybe a little. It surely touched me to hear stories of lives, linked by a common thread, that are here now, are part of us, of our present, and will be part of our future."

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