DESCRIPTION
In China Land, my view is uchronic. We are in Prato, the place in Europe with the
highest ratio of Chinese inhabitants within the population. Starting from the 90’s, immigration has
been increasing and unstoppable. They said that they were coming from Wenzhou. Also, that they
work like machines. They had this in common with the local entrepreneurs and for while they
intermingled with them with their activities: they opened small laboratories and worked with
fabrics not caring much about hygiene and safety rules. Until the world crisis happened, that
brought all the Pratesi to their knees and giving the Chineses the control of the town, the
supremacy of cultural symbols. In a short time, the Chinese community seized the historical centre
and layed down their language and habits, covering the walls with colorful signs.
Prato is here, but somewhere else. Maybe is the ability of “not to see” like a no remembering - an
archetype of the contemporary life?
AUTHOR
Born in Florence, Italy, on 03 30 1965, where he still lives. In 1998 he graduates from the photography school Art.E in Florence. From 2003 to 2005 he develops the project “Reflexions” in Paris, with others photographers under the supervision of Giorgia Fiorio and Gabriel Bauret. Then He had an intense exhibition activity in Italy and abroad either in public than private museums and gallery, in several cities as New York, London, Paris, Los Angeles, Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Tel Aviv, Milan, Rome, Turin, Venice, Florence, Naples, Pietrasanta, Genoa ( last of them in Biennale di Venezia 2011 and Rencontres Des Arles 2012). He got several prizes. First prize in A better world in 2008 ( third in 2010), first prize in portfolio ariosto 2007, honorable mention in IPA international photographer awards PRO in 2010 and 201, honorable mention in PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris professional in 2011, Finalist in Arte laguna Prize in 2011 and 2012, Winner of Premio Musa in 2011 in the Biennale of the Absurd in Castelvetro Modena, third prize in international contest Rovereto Immagini in 2011, winner of Memorial Mario Giacomelli in 2011, selected for Descubrimientos Photoespana 2012, finalist of Premio Ponchielli 2012, winner of Donkeyart Prize 2012, winner of Fofu phot’art challenge 2012, winner of Malamegi prize 2014, winner of IFAP prize in 2017. He published in several magazines, some of them Vanity fair, Espresso, Sette Magazine. In 2008 he published the book “Mirror”, in 2013 the ebook "Eolo" and in 2015 the book "Contemporanea". He is a member of Synap(see) collective.
