Project Detail: Everyone has his own way of leaping into the dark

Contest:

LuganoPhotoDays 2018



Brand:

LuganoPhotoDays



Author:

Filippo Venturi

Status:
Selected

 

Project Info

Everyone has his own way of leaping into the dark

The Cave of Poetry (Grotta della Poesia) is located in Roca Vecchia, just 20 kilometres from the town of Otranto, in Italy.
It is a natural cavity shaped by the sea in the rocky coast over the centuries.
The name of the cave comes from the Greek word "posiĆ ", a term used in antiquity to indicate a cave in which it was possible to drink fresh water, it seems that in the past a spring of fresh water gushed from the cave.
It is here, in this sort of natural pool, that the local population and tourists come to experience what has become a collective ritual in which the fear of emptiness is faced with the support and encouragement of the people present, who await their time before diving into the void.
The fear of the single person is shared and, sometimes, the waiting before the dive lasts for minutes, while the others keep silent and then burst into applause once the dive is performed.

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