[T]his work is about adolescence. The protagonists are young people living a part of their lives in the “elsewhere” of a therapeutic rehabilitation center. In this “place not place” they do pass a youth made of jokes, loves and quarrels, with a lot of “suspended” moments and gazes lost in emptiness, waiting for something undefined. The “suspension” is the main theme of this work: is a state of mind, the atmosphere of these young lifes.
07/25/2015 – Rome (Italy). Sara is 16 years old, she plays the keybord during a Letizia drums concert. Letizia drums is a musical group which includes some of the teenagers from the centre03/21/2015 – Rome (Italy). Chiara is 14 years old, she plays the keyboard. She has lived in the center for about one year.01//05/2016 – Rome (Italy). Davide smoke in the garden of a club where a musical band which includes some guys of herapeutic rehabilitation center plays.02/14/2015 – Rome (Italy). Fabio Massimo is 17 years old, he talks on a cell phone in the centre’s garden.01/24/2015 – Rome (Italy). In the center is celebrating the birthday of grandson of a guest05/16/2015 – Rome (Italy). A young man walks on the table in the garden02/28/2015 – Rome (Italy). Livia is 17 years old. She puts on a dress in the entrance
I’ve adopted a sober photographic language, avoiding sensationalism, trying to see through wounds and cries of anger. They helped me to realize the cause of their anger and the pain is hidden in their silences. Something that belongs to us is hidden in their gaze, gestures, details. (Santolo Felaco)
