![[cml_media_alt id='1714']Around #19 - Autumn in Berlin - © Marco Ristuccia[/cml_media_alt]](http://www.marcoristuccia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/MARCO_RISTUCCIA_Around_19_Fall_01.jpg)
(Photo: Around #19 – Autumn in Berlin – © Marco Ristuccia)
New shot for my series “Around”, a photo composition around some colored trees in this beautiful autumn in Berlin.
The artwork is printed in limited edition. It is available for sale by contacting me directly or by ordering it on-line on my Fine Art Showroom.
![[cml_media_alt id='1637']Photo: a child on a swing hanging from the remains of an immigrants' boat. - © Marco Ristuccia[/cml_media_alt]](http://www.marcoristuccia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/MARCO_RISTUCCIA_HighHopes_800px-800x600.jpg)
Photo: a child on a swing hanging from the remains of an immigrants’ boat. – © Marco Ristuccia
I’m very happy to have been selected as one of the finalists of the Photissima Art Prize Torino 2015 with my shot about the consequences of immigration (click here for more details on the story behind it).
The photo will be exhibited during the connected festival/fair. You’ll find the coordinates here below:
Where:
Spazio MRF (capannone ex DAI)
Corso Settembrini 164
10135 Torino
ITALY
When:
20 November – 20 December 2015
Opening:
19 November at 19:00
Photissima Art Fair & Festival Torino 2015
www.photissima.it
exhibitor@photissima.it
(+39) 393 60 62 994
![[cml_media_alt id='1637']A child on a swing hanging from the remains of an immigrants' boat. - © Marco Ristuccia[/cml_media_alt]](http://www.marcoristuccia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/MARCO_RISTUCCIA_HighHopes_800px.jpg)
(Photo: a child on a swing hanging from the remains of an immigrants’ boat. – © Marco Ristuccia)
Place: Beach of Noto, near Siracusa (Sicily – Italy).
Year: 2014
A happy child is playing on a swing hung by unaware bathers on the remains of an immigrants’ boat. The vessel ran aground and then was slowly swallowed by the wet sand of the shore, to the point of leaving only the top metal structure exposed, making it unrecognizable to beach goers (see the original ship here below).
![[cml_media_alt id='1622']The immigrants' stranded ship[/cml_media_alt]](http://www.marcoristuccia.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/YouReporter_Barcone_Spiaggiato-640x424.jpg)
(Photo: the immigrants’ stranded ship – © YouReporter)
Piaggio Ape 501 – Salvatore Diamante – Gardener
This project shows a world whose roots lie in my childhood spent in Sicily, the place where I was born. It’s about one of the most precarious categories of workers who try to survive from day to day by making a living without the certainty of tomorrow. They are street vendors, farm hands, smiths, and other small artisans and workers who still represent an important working class, particularly in South Italy, that is largely affected by the current crisis and in general by globalization. Read more →
A lot of debates about mobile photography are still ongoing. Recently I read an article written by an Italian journalist, Roberto Cotroneo, who defines himself as an intellectual, writer and poet. In this article he nostalgically (and also pathetically) criticizes the alleged poor quality of the new mobile means and softwares. Continue reading →