COMETE

"Comete!" is a series that focuses on teenagers and young women. I'm interested in seeing how generations change in their relationships with society, but also how the place where they grew up changes their perspectives on life and the future.

“Comete” (Comets) is a series focused on teenagers and young women. I always took portraits of young girls while traveling but since Covid I decided to give a structure to this on-going project, starting from my home country, Italy, mainly in the suburban areas, and bring to have a complete vision to what it means nowadays to be a young woman. I usually met these girls in the streets, in shopping malls, I spoke to them, interviewed them and then portrayed them. The interesting thing for me is to see how generations change in relationships with society, but also how the place where we grew up really changes the perspectives we have on our lives and the future. This journey for me is a sort of survey of the new generations of girls who live their youth in a very complicated world, to understand if and where they find the strength and the tools to realize their dreams.

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Lisa and Kejsi, 13 and years old, outside a mall in the suburban area of Rimini. They dreams of working in music and cinema industry.

© Chiara Fossati - A view of the sky over Belgrade from a youth hostel.
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A view of the sky over Belgrade from a youth hostel.

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Gaia, 17 years, she is from a mall town in the mountains and when he was little she dreamed to go away but now she sees her future in her hometown.

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Camilla, Maria, Nicole and Katia, 11 and 12 years old in the centre of Pontremoli, a small town between Tuscany and Liguria. They loved their town but they dream to go elsewhere bigger, but not too big.

© Chiara Fossati - Alessia, 16 years old, loves to live in a small town, Rimini, Italy.
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Alessia, 16 years old, loves to live in a small town, Rimini, Italy.

© Chiara Fossati - Esztergom, Hungary. A girl waiting for her friends.
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Esztergom, Hungary. A girl waiting for her friends.

© Chiara Fossati - A Scarabeo covered in stickers, typical scooter owned by Italian teenagers. Italy.
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A Scarabeo covered in stickers, typical scooter owned by Italian teenagers. Italy.

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Serafina, 23 years old, move from Calabria to Rimini to study and then she fell in love for a local guy and the city too. She works as a receptionist but she dreams to travel the world as a job.

© Chiara Fossati - Linda and Angelica, 14 and 15 years old, dreams of moving to Usa together.
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Linda and Angelica, 14 and 15 years old, dreams of moving to Usa together.

© Chiara Fossati - Maria, 16 years old, looking at the Danube river. Germany.
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Maria, 16 years old, looking at the Danube river. Germany.

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Ilaria and Gaia, both 16 years old, in a park. Ilaria want to be a psychologist and Gaia dreams to become a ballerina and travel the world. Italy.

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The hands of Lucilla and Caroline, 16 years old best friends from Aulla (MS), Tuscany. Lucilla want to be with someone rich who will take care of her, instead Caroline has no ideas about the future and she is fine with that.

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Arianna, 18 years old, she lives in Piacenza and she wants to become a chemical engineer, she said: "You never get away from the place where you grow up". 2023

© Chiara Fossati - Lidia e Ana, both 16 years old, spending time chatting in their favorite spot of their small hometown Osijek, Croatia, 2014.
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Lidia e Ana, both 16 years old, spending time chatting in their favorite spot of their small hometown Osijek, Croatia, 2014.

© Chiara Fossati - Stairs in Budapest, Hungary.
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Stairs in Budapest, Hungary.

© Chiara Fossati - A room of a youth hostel in Passau, Germany.
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A room of a youth hostel in Passau, Germany.

© Chiara Fossati - Jesse, 19 years old and stray dog on the beach of Sulina , Romania.
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Jesse, 19 years old and stray dog on the beach of Sulina , Romania.

© Chiara Fossati - Aline in her family’s home in Tulcea , Romania.
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Aline in her family’s home in Tulcea , Romania.

© Chiara Fossati - Penelope, 17 years old, wants to go on her skateboard every day.
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Penelope, 17 years old, wants to go on her skateboard every day.

© Chiara Fossati - Arianna, 22 year old, want to become a photographer. Italy.
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Arianna, 22 year old, want to become a photographer. Italy.

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