The very first time I see the Ice. The real Ice. Icebergs floating, dancing, sinking, melting in the Jokulsarlon Glacier Lagoon in Iceland. I spent hours and hours observing breathtaking the magic of the light reflecting on the water, looking the movements, listening to the sounds, in silence and in peace and harmony with the nature in an unreal, timeless space.
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Inside and outside the capital. Addis Ababa, a universe-city in metamorphosis. A passage during the most important religious festival of the country, Timkat, the epiphany of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church that celebrates the baptism of Christ in the Jordan River during three days of prayers, parades and crowd blessings. Fragments – photographs, audios and short videos – alternating faith and daily life, skyscrapers and dust roads, Coptic crosses and minarets, afro-pop and liturgical litanies, glasses filled up with tej and hypnotic dances in a night bar, the acrobats of a small circus in a suburbs gym and the Rift Valley lakes, turbulent chants outside a countryside church and the severe homily of the Patriarch, the coffee ceremony and the marabous. Dentro e attorno alla capitale. Addis Abeba, città-universo in metamorfosi. Un attraversamento nei giorni della più importante festa religiosa del paese, il Timkat, l’epifania della Chiesa ortodossa etiope che celebra il battesimo di Cristo nel fiume Giordano con tre giorni di preghiere, parate e benedizioni di massa. Frammenti – fotografie, audio e brevi video – che alternano fede e vita quotidiana, grattacieli e strade di polvere, croci copte e minareti, afro-pop e litanie liturgiche, i calici rimboccati di tej e […]
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