Lombardy is a densely populated area in North Italy with
about 10 million inhabitants. On February 16, 2020, a 38 year old Italian man
went to the hospital of Codogno, a small town not far from Milano, reporting
respiratory problems: this was the first case of Covid-19 registered in Italy.
On March 8, Lombardy was put under lockdown, which could not avoid a first,
devastating, wave of cases. In those months, my city, Milan, was filled with a
deep sense of community, quarantined people were chanting together ‘don’t give
up’ from their balconies to lift their spirits as the pandemic was growing.
Covid-19 cases started to decline in May 2020. The government allowed for
freedom of movement and launched botched plans to rescue the Italian economy.
Meanwhile, throughout the summer and later in autumn, the authorities
completely missed their opportunity to convey appropriate messages to raise
awareness and promote responsible behaviors. As a result, at the end of
September 2020 the virus regained strength, this was the start of the second
wave.
On October 25, as the pandemic was creeping back, I gathered my camera and went
to the Monumentale Cemetery of Milan. I had been in that place several times, I
knew it was a site filled with beauty and I wanted to experience that beauty
amidst this special time. My experience on that very day was extraordinary, I
was literally blown away by the poignant sense of humanity that people at the
cemetery had been able to convey to me. Ever since then, I’ve returned any time
I could, to live new experiences and enjoy fortuitous encounters. This document
contains some of the photographs I have taken in those intense moments of real
life.
A partire dall’ottobre 2020, mentre l’Italia si prepara ad affrontare la
seconda ondata del virus Covid-19, il fotografo Marco Claudio Campi si reca a
più riprese al Cimitero Monumentale di Milano, cercando di catturare la
bellezza di quei luoghi in un momento così speciale.
I suoi scatti, testimonianza dello struggente senso di umanità che le persone incontrate
al cimitero riuscivano a trasmettere, rappresentano veri e propri attimi di
vita vissuta, permeati da quella magia che spesso scaturisce dagli incontri
fortuiti.
Lombardy is
a densely populated area in North Italy with about 10 million inhabitants. On
February 16, 2020, a 38 year old Italian man went to the hospital of Codogno, a
small town not far from Milano, reporting respiratory problems: this was the
first case of COVID-19 registered in Italy. On March 8, Lombardy was put under
lockdown, which could not avoid a first, devastating, wave of cases. In those
months, my city, Milan, was filled with a deep sense of community, quarantined
people were chanting together 'don't give up' from their balconies to lift
their spirits as the pandemic was growing. COVID-19 cases started to decline in
May 2020. The government allowed for freedom of movement and launched botched
plans to rescue the Italian economy. Meanwhile, throughout the summer and later
in autumn, the authorities completely missed their opportunity to convey
appropriate messages to raise awareness and promote responsible behaviors. As a
result, at the end of September 2020 the virus regained strength, this was the
start of the second wave.
On October 25, as the pandemic was creeping back, I gathered my camera and went
to the Monumentale Cemetery of Milan. I had been in that place several times, I
knew it was a site filled with beauty and I wanted to experience that beauty
amidst this special time. My experience on that very day was extraordinary, I
was literally blown away by the poignant sense of humanity that people at the
cemetery had been able to convey to me. Ever since then, I’ve returned any time
I could, to live new experiences and enjoy fortuitous encounters. This document
contains some of the photographs I have taken in those intense moments of real
life.
Polistampa, 2023
Pagine: 112
Caratteristiche: ill. b/n, cart.
Formato: 21x24
ISBN: 978-88-596-2366-3
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