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Caged Souls
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" Caged Souls " is a 150 pages book, published by Editoriale Il Cittadino s.r.l. on July 2015 First Edition, commissioned by the Institute of Healthcare of Regione Lombardia, Milano , Italy.
The project is a research about the life condition of psychological unstable patients hospitalized for many decades in a mental clinic.
I have spent 3 days a week for about 8 months in the mental clinic ..at first with no camera simply trying to know them, to know their daily life.. ..looking, when possible , for a human contact...for a word .. afterword's when I felt was the right moment I start to take pictures even if emotionally has always been very hard and intense ...... using the language of Black and White that I believe , in this case , is the deepest message to help our imagination and over all the one that make us think more .
It would have been too simple to show their human suffer and desperate conditions.. the purpose of these images has never wanted to shock or to arouse compassion , exactly the opposite I " just " tried to give back respect, humanity and dignity to all the more 200 unlucky people I met in those months, who always given me so much ...... I will never ever forget.
I will always be thankful for the life lesson I learn from these unlucky people.
With the French advertising agency RSCG, translating the Roux Seguelà project for the supporting campaign of the French Socialist Party for the election of President Mr.François Mitterand. His passion for Africa dates back to the early nineties and his books “Himba” and “Ndebele”, the result of personal research on African peoples, were published by the Federico Motta Publishing House respectively in 1997 and 1998. In 1991, he was awarded the "New Faces Photographer in Europe " Taormina/ Italy by an International Jury. In 2004, Agfa Gevaert Germany invited him to Cologne as member of the international jury for the Worldwide Agfa Gevaert BW Photo Contest - ACTION, EMOTION & MEMORIES. His “African images” have been used by the Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 2007 Mrs. Doris Lessing, Mr.Ryszard Kapuscinski and the 1991 Nobel Prize winner for Literature Mrs.Nadine Gordimer for their books “Sorriso Africano”, “Lapidarium”, “Ebano” (Italian and Spanish editions) and "Storie".
Examples of Caminata's work have appeared in numerous catalogues ,publications and books.
In Chianciano / Italy 2010 won the International Award for Digital Photographics Art in the Black &White section.
In 2016 with his third book won a second place at Moscow International Foto Award 2016 in two different sections Book/ Documentary and People .
He lives and works in Milan.
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" Caged Souls " is a 150 pages book, published by Editoriale Il Cittadino s.r.l. on July 2015 First Edition, commissioned by the Institute of Healthcare of Regione Lombardia, Milano , Italy.
The project is a research about the life condition of psychological unstable patients hospitalized for many decades in a mental clinic.
I have spent 3 days a week for about 8 months in the mental clinic ..at first with no camera simply trying to know them, to know their daily life.. ..looking, when possible , for a human contact...for a word .. afterword's when I felt was the right moment I start to take pictures even if emotionally has always been very hard and intense ...... using the language of Black and White that I believe , in this case , is the deepest message to help our imagination and over all the one that make us think more .
It would have been too simple to show their human suffer and desperate conditions.. the purpose of these images has never wanted to shock or to arouse compassion , exactly the opposite I " just " tried to give back respect, humanity and dignity to all the more 200 unlucky people I met in those months, who always given me so much ...... I will never ever forget.
I will always be thankful for the life lesson I learn from these unlucky people.
About author:
Born in Milan in 1955, Sergio Caminata studied photography, started out as a freelance reporter and, in 1974, went on to work in the fashion field. His editorial photos have accompanied the texts of some of the most important international fashion magazines , including Vogue Italia, Donna, Glamour,Elle (U.S., U.K., Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Swedish and Argentinean editions), Grazia, Harper’s Bazaar and Madame Figarò.With the French advertising agency RSCG, translating the Roux Seguelà project for the supporting campaign of the French Socialist Party for the election of President Mr.François Mitterand. His passion for Africa dates back to the early nineties and his books “Himba” and “Ndebele”, the result of personal research on African peoples, were published by the Federico Motta Publishing House respectively in 1997 and 1998. In 1991, he was awarded the "New Faces Photographer in Europe " Taormina/ Italy by an International Jury. In 2004, Agfa Gevaert Germany invited him to Cologne as member of the international jury for the Worldwide Agfa Gevaert BW Photo Contest - ACTION, EMOTION & MEMORIES. His “African images” have been used by the Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 2007 Mrs. Doris Lessing, Mr.Ryszard Kapuscinski and the 1991 Nobel Prize winner for Literature Mrs.Nadine Gordimer for their books “Sorriso Africano”, “Lapidarium”, “Ebano” (Italian and Spanish editions) and "Storie".
Examples of Caminata's work have appeared in numerous catalogues ,publications and books.
In Chianciano / Italy 2010 won the International Award for Digital Photographics Art in the Black &White section.
In 2016 with his third book won a second place at Moscow International Foto Award 2016 in two different sections Book/ Documentary and People .
He lives and works in Milan.
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