Release by Kehrer of Alberto Gandolfo‘s book, Habitat. Alberto Gandolfo’s research aims to document the living conditions of irregular migrants employed in undeclared work in southern Italy. For two years, the author traveled between various informal settlements, which are cyclically dismantled by local authorities.
The home is the context in which human beings feel they belong, the symbolic place that represents the point of departure and return, refuge and security, intimacy and stability, but which can be transformed into something insecure, unstable and dangerous, subverting the very concept of habitat that provides the conditions for development and well-being.
The book is a visual testimony to the need of human beings to create a place of reference, a refuge that corresponds to their identity.
Alberto Gandolfo (b. 1983) is an Italian photographer based in Sicily, specializing in portraiture. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Palermo’s Galleria d’Arte Moderna and Sydney’s Head On Photo Festival. In 2016, he co-founded Eglise to promote photography in Palermo. He won first prize at the 2018 Fotografia Europea festival for Quello che resta, published as a book in 2019. Habitat is his second book.
Alberto Gandolfo : Habitat
Kehrer
Edited by Benedetta Donato
Designed by Tomo Tomo
Texts by Benedetta Donato, Cecilia Ferrara
Hardcover 21 x 28 cm
104 pages
84 color ills. English, Italian
ISBN 978-3-96900-156-1
Euro 44,00
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