“BEACHFUL” is a project I have been working to for almost two years and applies not only to a simple set of days at the beach but the way in which people of my shares is related to the sea. The beach not only let us strip of some clothes but also of some inhibitions. The beach is a place to socialize, to drown the problems, to re-establish a connection, to overcome shyness . The relationship with the common space becomes different, the barriers fall and distances from the stranger or the unknown are canceled. Understanding the beach as a large theater where people plan their sporting skills to the party, the revelry. But also a place to search for the little ones, intent on discovering what lies beneath the surface of the sea.
It wasn’t therefore difficult to approach people, because people at the beach also lose much of their distrust towards the photographer.
If the inhabitants of the north the beach is pure relaxation, for those in the south (but I think more widely to the south of the world) the beach is a second home, the place where contact with the sun and the sea flows into a single joy, a time light and carefree; a place where the reluctance and bustle of city life finally finds a vent. The happy faces of children or the motorcycle ride to the beach are evidence.
Every shot was taken in Porticello, a little a small fishing village on the outskirts of Palermo, Sicily.
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I’m an amateur photographer from Palermo, Sicily . I started taking pictures at the age of 15 years using the Polaroid of my older brother. My greatest influences: Newton, Doisneau and Basilico
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