LA BEHIND THE DOOR

The project is called “LA BEHIND THE DOOR”. Its a collection of portraits (all shot with a ROLLEIFLEX using Kodak TriX 400 ISO in B/W) of people behind doors (windows mainly) during this pandemic. It's a beautiful art piece I am very proud of, and hopeful

The project is called “LA BEHIND THE DOOR”. Its a collection of portraits (all shot with a ROLLEIFLEX using Kodak TriX 400 ISO in B/W) of people behind doors (windows mainly) during this pandemic. It's a beautiful art piece I am very proud of, and hopefully with the price I could turn it on a photo book to share with the world.

It’s possible that one day historians will define, perhaps trivially, our present time as a “transitional period”, from a secure and stable past (although the short memory of our generation has allowed for some grave mistakes to be repeated) to a future undefinable - not because of the lack of opportunities, but for the lack of ideas, willingness and hope.

This collection of portraits is, in fact, the result of this belief. Using the analogy of inside/outside we delve into the eye of the observer and the reality of the subject - meeting each other without sharing the same space or the same point of view, separated by an unsure barrier, both physical and psychological. The curiosity of the subjects to both watch and be watched, but also the conscious unwillingness to surpass the imagined barrier, to look at each other but also freeze in time, to attack and to be attacked, to intrude and to protect, to accept and refuse.

Maybe Covid19 made us realize how fragile and complex our existence really is, even if at times it appears to be solid, well-defined and irreversible. And maybe we also realized that a society, when lacking strong connections, doesn’t truly move forward and that people depend on human connection. This newly revealed need for connection, solidarity and common sharing will have to be what steers future politics and humanity itself. Or at least we can hope…