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Silent Theater

In the haunting silence of Giovanni Maria Sacco’s ‘Silent Theaters’, abandoned factories echo the dignified beauty of decay, reminding us that endings are merely transitions. Sacco’s lens captures more than ruin; it presents a metaphor for life’s impermanent stages, inviting us to find grace in what we leave behind.

Kehrer Verlag
2023 Hardcover 28,8 x 24 cm 144 pages 101 duotone illustrations English

ISBN 978-3-96900-124-0

Artist: Giovanni Maria Sacco

Texts: Laura Cosso, Giovanni Maria Sacco

Design: Kehrer Design (Laura Pecoroni)

Awards International Photography Awards: 2015, 2016 (3), 2018 (2), 2019 (3), 2020 (3), 2021 (3), 2022 (4), 2023 (4), 2024, 2025 (2)
Moscow International Foto Awards: 2016, 2017, 2020 (2)
Budapest International Foto Awards: 2023, 2024, 2025
Tokyo International Foto Awards: 2017, 2018, 2020 (3), 2022 (3), 2024 (2 + 1st place in Book), 2025 (3 + 1st Place in Books)
PX3 Prix de la Photographie Paris: 2017, 2020 (2), 2021 (3), 2022 (3), 2023 (2), 2024 (2), 2025 (3)
Fine Art Photography Awards: 2017, 2018 (2), 2019, 2020, 2021(2), 2024 (3), 2025 (2)
ND Awards: 2016, 2018, 2020 (2), 2021(2), 2022, 2024 (2), 2025 (2)
Monochrome Awards: 2017, 2018 (2), 2019 (2), 2020, 2022(2), 2024
Monovision Awards: 2020, 2022 (3), 2023 (2), 2024, 2025
Analog Sparks: 2023 (2), 2024, 2025
Architecture Master Prize: 2021, 2022 (2 + Best of Best), 2023 (1 + Best of Best), 2024
Arte Laguna Prize: 2024 (2)
refocus awards: 2023, 2024
Siena Creative Awards, 2021, 2022
Urban Awards: 2021 (finalist), 2023 (Civic Museum prize)