ENTRY DESCRIPTION
Armido first learned about his illness - a very aggressive form of ALS - in September 2016, after a serious respiratory arrest. Since his admission at the nursing home, a slow and painful agony began, during which Armido had to live a excruciating series of "last times": always completely lucid, he manifested his desire to spend his last Christmas at home, to be able to watch his favorite soccer team, Fiorentina, play at the stadium one last time and to attend his nephew’s confirmation. After almost a year of battling one of the most devastating illnesses known to mankind, Armido - loving and kind till the very last moment - gave his consent for palliative treatment. Leaving the unbearable emptiness of those who, without knowing, taught us ultimate lessons of humanity.

AUTHOR
I'm an Italian photojournalist interested in social issues. In 2014 I photographed the "UNESCO World Forum for Culture and Cultural Industries", the "Stati Generali della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo" and "Festival delle Religioni" (as in the following years). I curated photoshoots for exhibitions dedicated to Salvador Dalì, Antony Gormley, Jeff Koons, Pontormo, Bronzino, Jan Fabre and John Currin. Since 2016 he follows and documents the work of a group of nurses. Some of my photojournalistic reportages were published in magazines as LensCulture, Social Documentary Network and Witness Journal. I'm also member of some important photographic associations such as Wedding Photojournalist Association, Wedding Photography Select, Fearless Photographers, Best of Wedding Photography and Wedding Photography Select.

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