honorable mention
Andrea Vagnoni italy
title
The day after
In the middle of the night, in the city, one wakes up to the jolting of beds and the falling of paintings. In the middle of the night one rushes into the street after the quake and looks around to see if everything has remained standing or has tumbled down. In the middle of the night one turns on the car radio and listens for the first fragments of news; you begin to feel the proximity of the turmoil. In the middle of the night one understands, it is only twenty kilometer that divides the survivors from the victims.
Nevertheless until one sees the signs of the disaster you do not fully understand, no oral or written description can make people understand as an image can. Beyond the news stories or voyeurism of those who have not lived through the event and want to see what they have escaped by chance alone, it’s about trying to understand how a catastrophe unfolds in space, between mountains, trees, roads, bridges, houses and bodies.
As Freelancer he is working also with different companies developing corporate projects.
Starting to dedicate himself to photography he followed a two-year course and various workshops on photojournalism and reportage held by contemporary reference exponents.
Photography is for him a useful tool to testimony social and environmental issues that supports the knowledge that precedes information, where ethics and aesthetics do not conflict due to time and money. He has been working as a freelance photographer for more than 15 years now, publishing with various national/international newspapers and magazines and collaborating with theater companies, associations and NGOs. In recent years he has started teaching photojournalism in educational projects of some institutes in his area. (OdG press card n° 174537)
He is a proud Capta Images Collective member.
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entry description
August 24th 2016, 6.2-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes central Italy. Powerful Earthquake Kills 299 people.In the middle of the night, in the city, one wakes up to the jolting of beds and the falling of paintings. In the middle of the night one rushes into the street after the quake and looks around to see if everything has remained standing or has tumbled down. In the middle of the night one turns on the car radio and listens for the first fragments of news; you begin to feel the proximity of the turmoil. In the middle of the night one understands, it is only twenty kilometer that divides the survivors from the victims.
Nevertheless until one sees the signs of the disaster you do not fully understand, no oral or written description can make people understand as an image can. Beyond the news stories or voyeurism of those who have not lived through the event and want to see what they have escaped by chance alone, it’s about trying to understand how a catastrophe unfolds in space, between mountains, trees, roads, bridges, houses and bodies.
about the photographer
Andrea Vagnoni based in Marche is an Italian photographer graduated in Electronics and Telecommunications. His personal projects document social and environmental issues.As Freelancer he is working also with different companies developing corporate projects.
Starting to dedicate himself to photography he followed a two-year course and various workshops on photojournalism and reportage held by contemporary reference exponents.
Photography is for him a useful tool to testimony social and environmental issues that supports the knowledge that precedes information, where ethics and aesthetics do not conflict due to time and money. He has been working as a freelance photographer for more than 15 years now, publishing with various national/international newspapers and magazines and collaborating with theater companies, associations and NGOs. In recent years he has started teaching photojournalism in educational projects of some institutes in his area. (OdG press card n° 174537)
He is a proud Capta Images Collective member.
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