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Video presentation:
https://youtu.be/gHScM_EfpNc
Curator:
Loredana De Pace
What the PEOPLE&Places project aims at is
connecting people and the places they love. Marco Ciccolella took photos of women and men in many different cities - those same cities where he also lived - and
they chose the special place where they go to spend their free time, to rest, to recover or just to stroll.
Human beings build cities, but those very cities, in turn, shape people while they are living there. The synergy between people and the places where they live generates a never-ending exchange of energy and emotions.
Via a number of information platforms and his social media accounts, the author publishes notices inviting strangers to participate into his long-term project (which is still evolving), and asks them to choose the place they love, where their photos will be taken. First, a long conversation between the two of them is of the essence. Marco takes his photos only after having listened to them for a long time, or while they are still telling him why they chose that specific place, what they experienced there and the emotions they feel just by being there. “That’s how I try and portray feelings and expressions showing on people’s faces and through their posture, at that very moment and in that specific place,” says Ciccolella. “As a rule, people like talking about what they love and you can see this on their faces and in their gestures.”