Screams of Africa

• Prize
• Photographer
  Gianfranco Ferri, Italy
• Studio
  HM

This sequence of images has been realized to stigmatize a kind
of communication that does not leave any space to ambiguities
of interpretation. It is intentionally composed by a first face that
looks far from the others. It is the identity of Hope, that never
dies and always looks forward. The other kids come from
haggard villages or orphanages of the site, everyone of them
living in different social contexts, but also owning the same
sphere of necessities (affection, food, health and instruction).
As many other children in Kenya, their eyes impress something
like a silent help request, that is screamed loudly, at the same
time, through the strong contrast of black and white, every face
pictured in an independent psychological space, everyone of
them with his own strength of communication, everyone linked
to the same dramatic faith, the lack of certainties and
perspectives. When I walk through the streets and I meet them
in my Kenya, even if I’m absorbed into the colourful world of
Africa, everywhere I can only see their big, white, bright eyes
that scream out their needs and their dreams; these are the
shouts of my Africa, which breaks my heart every time I come
back, which breaks my heart every time I think that it’s
impossible to me to embrace them all. Those are the shouts of
Hope that resound to the spectators with the frustration of an
unbearable impotence.
When I look at them I only see their eyes...
As if I’m walking through the night...
With an heavy stone in my chest...
And a nut locked in my throat...
Only their eyes...
It’s an unbridgeable emptiness...
In which their screams resound...
Till they make me mad about deafness...

Born in 1969, he loved photography and travels since he was a child. He suddenly started feeling the necessity of realizing his passions with increasing constancy, trying to catch the depth into random moments of anybody’s life, drawing them as freely and spontaneously as possible. He could also be defined as the creator of a great quantity of masterpieces, that have nature’s astonishing world as protagonist, capturing impressive scenes tough the reflex eye. Furthermore, as a tireless rover, he realized many reportages during his travels in Jordan, Cambodia, Thailand, UAE, Kenya, Ethiopia, Ukraine, Morocco, Tunisia, UK, Poland, Spain, Germany, USA and Canada.

Awards MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2017
3rd place winner category events

PARIS PX 3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAFIE
1ST place winner category people /book proposal
2ND place winner category wedding
honorable mention category people

TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2016
1ST place category winner people
gold winner subcategory people/children
10 honorable mentions category
people/lifestyle/wildlife/
architecture interiors/editorial photo essay/portrait

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2016
3rd place subcategory winner people/wedding
10 honorable mentions category nature /wildlife/people/culturefine art portrait/lifestyle/fine art landscape/family/editorial conflict

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS 2015 ONE SHOT TEME COMPETITION ” THE FAMILY OF MAN ”
2 honorable mention category childhood/youth

INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS 2015
3 honorable mentions category people /children /event / tradition and cultures

MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL FOTO AWARDS 2015 :
3rd place category winner editorial / conflict
9 honorable mentions category people/culture/lifestyle/fine art portrait//children/fine art landscape