Projects by the students of the
Bachelor Major in Art, Major in Design,
and the Master in Eco-Social Design

Photography- Authoroty and pandemic

Course topic/s
Course/s

BA Visual Communication Project

Year

2020

semester

The focal point of my research sees the Casa Circondariale di Trento as the protagonist, considered as a separate reality in the Italian legal system which, facing an urgent situation, has been forced to operate in an ordinary way. In particular, my attention is addressed to the Prison Police officers who, by adopting the measures and following the protocol of the Azienda Sanitaria del Trentino, have managed the adversities and provided their service as ordinance. For privacy reasons it is not allowed to photograph the offices and the faces of the employees. The operating agents are captured from behind so that they would not be recognizable. By depriving them of their identity, the silhouettes of the subjects, besides being a common element that connects the shots, acquires the symbolic value of authority.