ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Char Kaliganj, slum and home to one of the largest shipyards in Asia. A city made from the giant skeletons of old ships, which provide employment for around 15 thousands souls that work to both break down the massive shipping vessels, as well as create new ships from the salvaged parts. The noise is incredibly loud. Looks like time is marked by thousands of hammers banging incessantly against the bodies of these huge ships to remove the rust.
Rusty, old supertanker ships come to die in this place when their lives as vessels on the ocean expire. The age of labourers ranges from 8 to 80 and they all work together.
The work is hard, crude, dirty and dangerous but it gives thousands of them employment and wages to feed their families.
AUTHOR
Born and raised in a little village in the Italian Alps, now based in Barcelona, Mauro had from a young age the desire to tell. He discovered that the camera was the right tool for him, the eye through which he could speak to the world. His curiosity for different cultures and ways of living led him to the most hidden corners of the planet to capture the emotion and trauma of suffering humanity of several individuals and their unique histories.
“During my long trips I had the good fortune to meet great people and from each one of them I absorbed something: happiness, joy, passions, and sometimes even anger, sadness and shame. Emotions that sometimes were like punches in the stomach that took my breath away. I always feel a huge responsibility in finding the correct approach with people, to be able to properly explain with the images what they experience to others that are not aware of it. Despite often the conditions and situations in which I am are not easy, I always do my best to capture the smiles and joy that often I see on them. It’s extremely important for me to show those particular emotions because they represent their strength and resilience.
I am convinced It’s a source of inspiration for all of us because it shows that anything is possible when you face something with the hearth and the courage from within".
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