Reportage and Documentary 2019
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Melissa Carnemolla
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.