ENTRY DESCRIPTION
This is one of the wonderful little everyday-gestures that during all my life I have observed in her.
Placida, my grandmother, she was 39 years old way back in '63, when under the wave of the Vajont she lost her husband.
A person who, unfortunately, fate has not left the time to let me know.
Everyone knew that that piece of mountain would have fall in that artificial lake.⠀
But no one expected that the water would sweep away forever an entire village and almost all its inhabitants.
A wave that left her, and a handful of souls, completely alone in the world.

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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