Identità perduta

Lives carved in stone of individuals who have crossed our country, leaving indelible imprints. Founding fathers, writers, scientists, poets, patriots, and Enlightenment figures, shrouded in cellophane, as if these figures do not want to see what is happening today or even hide them to avoid revealing our identity, our roots.Those romantic, nationalist, and patriotic ideals are no longer defining. History is no longer of interest. The culture of the new generation consists of exchanges of words through mobile phones or the internet, which has isolated the youth. The ways in which the new identity takes shape are made up of 'social' networks, which passively influence the civic life of the country, and this is not just a problem for the young. An identity lost because today, perhaps, we no longer know who we are. The individual, now situated in an all-pervasive contemporaneity, where only the present, the moment, the instant exist, forgets the past and stops thinking about the future. This is influenced by the low level of civic-mindedness and trust in institutions. It is the effect of a prolonged crisis that shows no signs of ending, of a people with dormant or perhaps extinguished energies. Negative photographs aim to highlight precisely this aspect, the decline of a country that has forgotten its own history. There is a feeling that our destiny is no longer in our hands. I would like to be proven wrong."
Some phrases and reflections have been incorporated from a document titled 'Journey in Italy in Search of Lost Identity,' edited by Giulia Cogoli and Vittorio Meloni for Fiducia, a communication project by Intesa Sanpaolo.