Appenninica

• Prize
  Bronze in Press/Feature Story
• Photographer
  Marco Marucci, Italy
• Date of Photograph
  April 2019
• Studio
  Private

The strong smell, the dust and humidity. In a stable in Abruzzo (central Italy) the silence is broken by the breathing of their animals.The ancestral link between man and beast is an implicit collaboration.Being a shepherd is a real lifestyle.Its tradition would slip away, if not firmly held by those same calloused hands that hold the work tools.Hands of Italian families and workers from abroad.Here sheep belongs to the"appenninica"race.The annual ritual of the shearing is made of hugs and dances.A symbol of the dependence between animals and men in this delicate economic and cultural balance.

• Biography
  Marco Marucci was born in Bari, Italy, in 1982, his foray into the world of photography began through examining the environment around him and gradually developed into personal reflections of topics that had resonance to him. His nuanced grasp of capturing images photographically has enabled him to convey ideas and emotions derived from subjects pertaining to cultural and social issues. He believes that photography serves as a way to bring to light issues of social importance especially in communities facing specific challenges, whether that be social and economic, fundamental or cultural.
• Awards
  2014 Prix de la Photographie PARIS -Silver medal in "Press Feature-Story category" con "Il circo di Nando", e bronze medal in "Documentary Category" 2018 Honorable Mention in MIFA - Moscow International Foto Award with "Corviale: the football revolution" 2017 "The women of argan" shortlisted by World Nomade Travel Photography Scolarship