Project Detail: Behind The Dream

Contest:

Reportage and Documentary 2019



Brand:

LuganoPhotoDays



Author:

Melissa Carnemolla

 

Project Info

Behind The Dream

The portrait of a community far away from society's gaze

"Behind the Dream" is the first chapter of a long term project I started in 2015 when a film production company hired me as a photographer for the movie "I Was a Dreamer" by Michele Vannucci. The film, tells the true story of Mirko who born and raised in one of the poorest suburbs of Rome: La Rustica. At the end of the shootings, I got interested in the people who lived there. For a while, I took the decision to move and live there with them. La Rustica is isolated from society's gaze. It is known for a high-crime and for the disadvantageous economic and social conditions under which its inhabitants are living. My goal as a photographer was to portrait this place, avoiding the common image of Rome' s suburbs and reach a new perspective focus on people's intimacy.

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