ENTRY DESCRIPTION
"In Italy on October 9, 1963, at 10:39pm 260 million cubic metres of rock broke off from the top of Monte Toc, on the border between Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia. It fell into the reservoir of the Vajont Dam, producing an enormous wave of at least 50 million cubic metres of water. The dam, completed in 1959 and one of the biggest in the world at the time, did not suffer any serious damage. However, flooding destroyed several villages in the valley and killed almost 2,000 people. A third of the population of Longarone, the largest village downstream of the dam, perished."

A few years ago i was under that dam, it was raining, I saw this person with an umbrella. It seemed to me a photographically interesting situation. When i saw the shot at home i thought it could represent man's impotence towards the violated nature that rebels.

AUTHOR
Biologo, appassionato da molti anni di fotografia. Mi piace il fotoreportage urbano, di viaggio.

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