“Case Parcheggio” were built in 1980 in the Tamburi district of Taranto, south of Italy, known for its proximity to the largest steel mill in Italy and one of the most polluting industries in Europe. Born to place the displaced people of the “Old City” following the earthquake in Irpinia, the buildings were supposed to remain standing for a few months. Forty years have passed, but those houses built with large quantities of tar and asbestos, without an adequate sewer system, are still there. The mineral dust used to produce steel, carried by the wind, is constantly inhaled by the inhabitants. Very few of them work for the steel mill (for years now in a very serious crisis), but everyone breathes its poisons every day. The absence of national and local institutions and the state of neglect in which the area is located, have made the phenomenon of crime increasingly widespread here. In Taranto, those who talk about Case Parcheggio describe them as a ghetto-neighborhood. in 2014 I started telling the story of the inhabitants of the Parking Houses, especially the children who populate the streets of the neighborhood. My intention is to photograph them over time and see them grow. These images are just a part of a diary that I will continue to fill with any medium that allows me to photograph...

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Category: People and Communities