2nd place
silver star award
Giuseppe Scianna
italy
title
I'm Franca. Who are you?
Nino dies in the first month after the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, leaving Franca devoured by a hungry darkness that seals every memory of her, blurring it all uniformly.
In Italy, the red zone and the corresponding curfew adopted by the national ministry only made me make the decision to go and live with her throughout the lockdown.
He has had a huge impact on the quality of life of patients with Alzheimer's: the restrictions imposed have led to a worsening of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia.
We recall that it affects about 40 million people and in Italy alone there are 1 million cases, most of which are over 60.
These numbers are destined to increase dramatically due to the progressive increase in life expectancy, especially in developing countries: an estimated doubling of cases every 20 years.
Depriving a patient of a loved one is like depriving them of an important medicine
With the days The forgetfulness is more and more significant, the physical relationships are less and less and the inability to dialogue is increasing even in a technological way.
His temporal space had reached his world that I could touch but not touch, giving him moments of life.
Since 2016 I have been looking at the world around me through the lens.
Photography student at the Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Catania.
Click to tell. Man lives on stories, after all since we were children we wanted to hear the stories before going to sleep with our parents.
It is precisely through the photographic medium that I am able to communicate the vision of the world that surrounds me in the most immediate and natural way.
To date I am involved in the realization of two projects that I have been carrying out for several years.
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entry description
Franca is in the sixth stage out of seven existing Alzheimer's disease. She recognizes few faces but her fundamental one was Nino, her husband and life partner of her for more than 50 years.Nino dies in the first month after the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic, leaving Franca devoured by a hungry darkness that seals every memory of her, blurring it all uniformly.
In Italy, the red zone and the corresponding curfew adopted by the national ministry only made me make the decision to go and live with her throughout the lockdown.
He has had a huge impact on the quality of life of patients with Alzheimer's: the restrictions imposed have led to a worsening of behavioral disturbances in patients with dementia.
We recall that it affects about 40 million people and in Italy alone there are 1 million cases, most of which are over 60.
These numbers are destined to increase dramatically due to the progressive increase in life expectancy, especially in developing countries: an estimated doubling of cases every 20 years.
Depriving a patient of a loved one is like depriving them of an important medicine
With the days The forgetfulness is more and more significant, the physical relationships are less and less and the inability to dialogue is increasing even in a technological way.
His temporal space had reached his world that I could touch but not touch, giving him moments of life.
about the photographer
Class 99. Sicilian photographerSince 2016 I have been looking at the world around me through the lens.
Photography student at the Euro-Mediterranean Academy of Catania.
Click to tell. Man lives on stories, after all since we were children we wanted to hear the stories before going to sleep with our parents.
It is precisely through the photographic medium that I am able to communicate the vision of the world that surrounds me in the most immediate and natural way.
To date I am involved in the realization of two projects that I have been carrying out for several years.
back to gallery