2nd place
silver star award
Alfredo Covino
italy 
title
Moldova Elsewhere
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entry description
"Moldova Elsewhere" is an ongoing project that analyses the condition of precariousness, slowly spreading throughout the country, from its countryside to the capital. The project reflects on the Moldovan lifestyle and the feeling of being in another place: the “Elsewhere”, a general post-modern human condition, but one which emerges with particular clarity in Moldova. Many Moldavians have left their houses and their motherland, bringing with them their anxieties, woes and hopes. But leaving an unchanged burden of sorrows to those who stay behind. Moldova is a stuck country, where everything seems to take the shape of a million discordant fragments. The passing of time and the crisis have crumbled rural towns and villages alike, creating a scattered geography that reflects the tensions running through the Country. The project focuses on people and landscapes, portraying them in a state of isolation and waiting, where places seem to decompose and the boundary between abandoned spaces and those that are currently inhabited is increasingly blurred.about the photographer
Born in 1973 in Rome where he currently lives and works, Alfredo studied photography at Rome’s European Institute of Design and subsequently obtained a Master in Photojournalism at the Higher Institute of Photography and Integrated Communications (ISFCI) in Rome. Through documentary photography, he explores several issues: from the subjective changes and the individual’s need to affirm its own identity to affectivity and cultural belongings. He worked in Italy and in other countries such as Argentina, Turkey, the Republic of Moldova and Transnistria. His work has been shown in personal and collective exhibitions. In 2008, Alfredo won the Yan Geffroy Prize from Grazia Neri photo agency with his project “Dear Moldova”. He was finalist at Sony World Photography Awards 2010 in “Architecture” category. In 2009, he co-founded “Punto di Svista”, a cultural association about visual arts in Italy, and became part of the editorial committee of the online publication. From 2009 to 2014 he was a staff photographer at OnOff Picture Agency. He collaborated with magazines such as l’Espresso, Financial Times, Glamour, Vanity Fair, Internazionale, Famiglia Cristiana, WOZ Die Wochenzeitung, Le Monde, The Guardian on-line, Style Magazine-Corriere della sera, Left, Loop Magazine.back to gallery
