591 Exhibition: Maurizio Cimino
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Ciudad de la furia
Buenos Aires ti entra nelle vene, languida come un bacio di
nostalgia sanguemista.
Buenos Aires degrada in un mare viola di struggente rim-
pianto che ti si fissa nel cuore.
Allegria disperata artisti di strada Sante Madres, riaffiora il
dolore.. Mansìon Serè !
I ragazzi di Moròn gridano Justicia... gatillo fàcil strascichi
di orrore.
Cartoneros affamati di vita, bordelli istituzionali, el paco
consuma ragazzini innocenti.
Il vortice ondeggiando frenetico culla scioperi cantati e am-
malia tassisti immigrati.
Buenos Aires ti brucia, ti desidera, ti stringe: passione vera
amore totale.
- Maurizio Cimino
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Around the year of 2000 there was a collapse of the Argentian economy and the people of the city faced very harsh conditions. A state of emergency was declared resulting only in increased protest in the streets. In December 2001 many people got killed in clashes between police and protesters. I recall these events and realize that they happened just a few years ago.
Roberto Goyeneche sings: ¿Cómo olvidarte en esta queja, cafetín de Buenos Aires? - "How can I forget you in my lament "cafetín de Buenos Aires"? If you are the only one in life who resembled my mother. In your strange association of smart guys and self-killers I learned philosophy... dice... gamble and the bitter poetry of not to think of myself." (Lyrics by: Enrique Santos Discepolo - Translated by:Ramon Peñalva) See: www.planet-tango.com
It is a city I have wanted to visit many times, but I have never got closer than to the airport on a flight to Santiago de Chile. I remember trying to feel the smell of the city, with little success. Maurizio gives me something more. Thanks. - Mr Urbano
Maurizio Cimino
Born: 1969
Lives in: Naples-Italy
Inspiration (photographers): Robert Frank, Josef Koudelka, Diane Arbus...
Quote: "Above all, I know that life for a photographer cannot be a matter of indifference." - Robert Frank
Website: www.mauriziocimino.com
Blog: Sweet 'n' Cruel
Also see the series Via del reposo published on 591.
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"Cimino's photographic work is a kind of choice, his images are a mirror and at the same time they create a dialogue with a part of the world... they re-create a background and affirm a cultural issue, a “punctum” (Roland Barth) which allows a critic reading of photography and at the same time the demystification of enforced history." - by Pino Bertelli (free translation from text in Italian - thanks Simona!)
www.pinobertelli.it
(Reporters Sans Frontieres)
Comments
it's true..Buenos aires is such a special place-
hasta luego