Sculptures è a tutti gli effetti un instant book le cui fotografie sono state girate nel giro di un paio d'ore a Washington DC il 14 dicembre 2014, e più precisamente, durante le proteste per i diritti civili che hanno avuto luogo nella capitale dopo la sparatoria fatale ed i disordini civili di Ferguson.
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Abiding by the
facts, we can affirm that Sculptures is in all respects an instant book
whose photographs were shot over the timespan of a few hours in Washington D.C.
on December 14, 2014, and more precisely, during the civil rights protests that
took place in the capital after the fatal shooting and civil unrest originating
in Ferguson. Rizzi gives back a sharp and paradigmatic work on American
society as a whole, and on the importance of a political demonstration that is
a sign of the times and is coherent to its prescribed script, he plays with the
fragments and cracks of what could be a historic moment for the struggle of the
black community but that does not appear to be so: the sculptures at
play in this event are part of a larger scenario that provides for their
presence and contribution as actors both united and alone. This kind of
structural weakness of the human element does not manifest in what is portrayed
in the photographs which always appears to be plastic and structured, but
instead lives within this visual paradox, as testimony to the distance in the
union, and a fragility, despite the solidity, structure, and plasticity within
each one of us.
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"I'm surprised myself, I never
imagined i could leave in order to document a single day of a manifestation.
And I still feel this surprise, but I wanted to be present at the biggest event
for the rights of Afroamericans from Martin Luther King's times. The very
strong sense of brotherhood I felt towards this human and ethnic group of
people was triggered in me by a love affair I had with an Afroamerican girl
(born in Italy from American father): when the riots in Ferguson started, I
asked myself what I could do to bear witness to the very serious events that were
taking place there and, at the same time, to demonstrate my closeness to the
person I loved." Alessandro Rizzi
Facciamo
i nostri complimenti ed i migliori auguri al nostro fotografo per il
lavoro fatto, ed invitiamo i nostri lettori ad acquistare il libro e
visitare il sito della casa editrice Yard Press così da potere
apprezzare il mirabile lavoro che stanno svolgendo per la cultura
fotografica contemporanea.
Maria Cristina de Zuccato | Aldo Sardoni.
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