Imperfection

Photographs and texts Giuseppe Sannino

Editing Andrea De Franciscis e Roberta Fuorvia

Graphic Project Michi Mizzo

Size 18cm x 24cm

Editions 100

Finished to print in Naples, July 2023

Imperfection is an autobiographical project exploring the sense of belonging and identity. It is a body of work which tells a story of travel and returning to Italy after many years away. Giuseppe Sannino’s photographs belong to an architecture of a distant past, oneiric spaces and vast landscapes which put into question one’s own ideas of searching for home.
“At times human beings unconsciously create borders around their own home, land or country and don’t take a risk to explore that which is unknown. Fear of the different, fear of the invader, a fear that rocks core beliefs and destabilises routine.
Traveling: creates a rupture to this ideology and questions one’s own safety and comfort zone.
What then is home?
Is it a specific place or maybe even a time one remembers?

The sense of home. Perhaps this is what it is. A sense…

It creates a feeling of something not quite clear.

Is it a dream of the past? Is it a photograph of a family reunion or of an old partner?
Is home a mountain? Strong and imposing.

No pretenses nor expectations.

Is home an island?

Surrounded by water. Spherical space. Complete control.
Those long trees branch out and reach out as a parent’s embrace. All the trees remind me of home, of that last hug before setting off again. I see only layers of memories which intertwine between tree branches and empty streets, coming back to a constant solitude.
Is home salvation?”

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