Io Milano
Io Milano
aprile 2020, la città vista dai Carabinieri attraverso l'occhio di un fotografo
When, with great clarity of vision, Carlo Mari proposed that I assist him in creating a photographic essay of the city of Milan at the height of its exposure to the attack by a threat as invisible as it was insidious,..I failed to appreciate, anywhere near as much as I should have, the depth of what he had in mind ...But I had got it wrong. It was necessary to bear witness....
..Today, as things have eased down, I admire the excellent work he did and I am grateful for his intuition and the skill he demonstrated in offering us a living testament to what was a very strenuous period, which his artistic shots capture better than any written commentary could ever do thanks to their flowing simplicity.
This book is unusual in that it shows how, during this extremely delicate period, the Carabinieri did not keep the city under control – rather, they accompanied it. The photos depict a city that looks empty and alone, yet it is just an “interrupted” city...These photographs indelibly portray people putting their lives on the line with ordinary courage, individuals doing their jobs, day after day, in circumstances that could not have been less ordinary.
Gaetano Angelo Maruccia
Lieutenant General
Vice Commander General of the Carabinieri
Io Milano
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THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS
I could hear the sound of my footsteps. The sound of my footsteps and my laboured breathing through the facemask, breaths short and tense because of my toing and froing across the great empty spaces of a reality that was surreal...or real, imaginary, science fiction, but still absolutely true, present...The city, at times detested for its overblown frenzy and accelerated vitality, is now at a standstill, muffled. As though it were all there for me alone. A fluffy dream, one of those dreams that make you feel at peace and give you a good night’s sleep. But then the awakening is rude: it was all just a dream and the reality is quite different, the real Milan is alive and always in a hurry.
This book is a delightful, fluffy dream, which for a moment allows us to discover a beautiful city, a city that has been granted a short lull to show itself in all of its greatness, in absolute silence.
Carlo Mari
Milan, April 2020
Distribuito nelle librerie in Italia da fine Settembre 2020.
Tutte le fotografie di questo libro sono disponibili stampate FineArt in differenti formati e in edizione limitata con certificato.