AMARCORD
Mola di Bari 2005 - present
For more than twenty years, I have been photographing Mola di Bari, building an evolving visual archive of the town and its people.
The project observes the transformations of a community through everyday life, portraits, work and crafts, children, the sea and fishing, local traditions and the places that shape the identity of the town. Rather than documenting a fixed moment, the archive has grown alongside Mola itself, recording changes in its social fabric, landscape and collective memory.
The photographs move between documentary observation and a personal relationship with the place. Over time, the archive has become both a record of a community and an intimate visual memory of the town where I live and work.
The title Amarcord refers to the Italian expression for “I remember”, famously associated with Fellini's film of the same name. Here, it reflects the personal and collective memory built through twenty years of photographing Mola di Bari.
The research has also developed into a series of artist's books, including Amarcord. A People's Atlas of Mola di Bari, Gli Ultimi Pescatori. Archivio del mare di Mola di Bari and Folklore. Cronache del Sacro e del Profano.
