Il Teatro Margherita di Bari ospita fino all’8 dicembre la 67ª edizione della World Press Photo Exhibition, una mostra che, attraverso 130 scatti, ci proietta nel cuore degli eventi che hanno segnato l’ultimo anno. Dalla guerra in Palestina alla crisi climatica, dai disordini politici ai diritti civili, le foto ci raccontano storie di dolore, di speranza e di resistenza.
L’inaugurazione è avvenuta questo pomeriggio; presenti, fra gli altri, il sindaco di Bari Vito Leccese, il direttore di Cime Vito Cramarossa e il presidente del Teatro pubblico pugliese Paolo Ponzio.
L’immagine vincitrice, scattata da Mohammed Salem, ritrae il dolore straziante di una donna palestinese che stringe il corpo della nipote, vittima di un attacco a Gaza. Uno scatto che ci ricorda l’impatto devastante della guerra sulle persone comuni.
La mostra, organizzata da Cime con il sostegno di Regione Puglia e Comune di Bari, non è solo un’esposizione di fotografie. È un vero e proprio viaggio emotivo che ci invita a riflettere sul mondo che ci circonda e sulle sfide che l’umanità deve affrontare.
Quest’anno, un’area speciale è dedicata ai fotografi caduti mentre svolgevano il loro lavoro. Un modo per ricordare il coraggio di chi, con la sua macchina fotografica, ha cercato di documentare la realtà e di dare voce ai più deboli.
Dada Paul Rakotazandriny (91), who is living with dementia, and his granddaughter, Odliatemix Rafaraniriana (5), get ready for church on Sunday morning at his home in Antananarivo, Madagascar. 12 March 2023Joeline (Fara) Rafaraniriana (41) and her daughter, Odliatemix Rafaraniriana (5), lie together on the bed they share with Dada Paul Rakotazandriny (91) in their home in Mandrosoa Ivato, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Fara is the sole provider for the family of three and struggles to balance her time between caring for her father, work and spending time with her daughter. 12 March 2023Shila,32, (nickname) poses for a portrait at the Daughters of Charity training center in the town of Mekele, Tigray region, northern Ethiopia, November 02, 2023. Shila was a mother of three who ran a hairdressing salon before Eritrean soldiers invaded their border town. She was kept captive and repeatedly raped for three months; her daughter, then 13, was attacked so badly she needed multiple surgeries to recover. Shila gave birth to a boy from her rapes, but her daughter – who was held separately – does not know that her mother was also attacked. Shila does not know if she will ever be strong enough to tell her daughter the truth.The training of mobilized conscripts of 68th brigade in Donetsk region, not far from frontline. 68th brigade recently liberated Blagodatne village during the Ukrainian counter-offensive. The instructors came from US, working for NGO “Saber”.The kid is setting “a checkpint” in Zelene village Kharkiv region.Theo Dagnaud scans the horizon to make sure there are no buccaneers visible at the end of a patrol of an area that will now be marked as controlled on the Sopfeu maps.A migrant walks over a freight train known as the beast as he arrives at Piedras Negras, in Piedras Negras, Oct 8, 2023.De Coto family poses for a portrait aboard a freight train known as “The Beast” on their way to Ciudad Juarez before the end of Title 42 in Samalayuca, Mexico, May 8, 2023.
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