Intimate portrait of the inner world

Absence. Everybody has gone through this feeling almost once in his lifetime, and everybody knows that awful sense of emptiness so hard to describe.

In my life, absence has been a main element since I was a child, so I started to analyze this feeling in order to understand how to manage it.

Through this project I would express what I have stared to learn about this complex and sometimes painful feeling.

The absence may not be just what we don’t have anymore or what we have lost, but it might be considered more like a clear presence of something that doesn’t give up, that lasts over time even if we can’t see it anymore. During the darkest and quietest hours, the city reveals all the signs of daily life and gives emotions ranging from anxiety to calm, from the fear of being alone in the silent night to the relief of feeling welcomed to places that are no more asphyxiating. So it's during these hours that eyes can finally start seeing again, like after an awakening.

By walking in the night around the city, I’ve found out how much similar were that sense of emptiness, awful but kinda comforting at the same time, and the almost deserted streets, illuminated by the cold light of the lampposts, frightful but definitely fascinating.

© Sara Di Franco - Going somewhere
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Going somewhere

© Sara Di Franco - The meeting
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The meeting

© Sara Di Franco - Vini tipici
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Vini tipici

© Sara Di Franco - When the bell rings
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When the bell rings

© Sara Di Franco - Hide and seek
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Hide and seek

© Sara Di Franco - The overtaking
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The overtaking

© Sara Di Franco - Teared apart
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Teared apart

© Sara Di Franco - Bus for invisible men
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Bus for invisible men

© Sara Di Franco - Standing up
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Standing up

© Sara Di Franco - On stage
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On stage

© Sara Di Franco - Nothing else matters
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Nothing else matters

© Sara Di Franco - A stairway to somewhere
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A stairway to somewhere

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