Recalling the Importance of Gathering Together

The open call #ReunionCalling promoted by PhEST invited the festival's audience to tell stories of a separation or reunion between loved ones with a photo collage. The result is a touching visual experience that reminds us of the essence of human nature.

The open call #ReunionCalling promoted by PhEST invited the festival's audience to tell stories of a separation or reunion between loved ones with a photo collage. The result is a touching visual experience that reminds us of the essence of human nature.

If the pandemic has reminded us of the importance of loved ones, the images of PhEST's open call #ReunionCalling represent a splendid interpretation of the importance of those bonds that develop throughout the course of a lifetime and that acquire value over time. A time that in these images seems suspended between past and future and makes us reflect on our values, on what is really important. The images I have chosen among all the submissions have this capacity for synthesis and a particular aura that helps us reconnect with our most intimate memories and feelings. For this reason, they deserve to be watched carefully and shared, hoping they can inspire a change both on a collective level and in our hectic daily life that is getting closer and closer.

© Laura Laterza

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PhEST is a photography, cinema, music, art, contaminations from the Mediterranean. Follow the festival on Instagram and Facebook. To learn more about the upcoming edition (6 August > 1 November) please visit phest.info