noemi zaltron

“Italy now” aims to depict the current situation of Italy by the point of view of the youngs. In the past years, the economy, social, health and cultural environments in Italy are in crisis, and it also has been the first European country hit by covid.

When it looked liked the worst has passed, the most far-right party since Mussolini has won the election.
These series of events are having a stronger impact on the younger generation, whose life and future has been heavily changed by the past years.
Through this project I want to explore the feeling of this generation, regarding the present days: thoughts, ideas, news, memories will create an archive of people, places and objects that represent Italy nowadays.

Italy has always been my home but not my house, for several years I have lived abroad, where I developed a strong interest in the concept of belonging. I questioned myself many times how my life would have been if I have never moved outside Italy (I have also explored this topic in two of my project: “The life I have never lived” and “Going back is harder than going away”) and now that I am back I have a better understanding of my feelings and my personal life in the country where I was born.

I want now extend my interested in the concept of “belonging to Italy” to the people around me; I want to know what they think about the places where they spend their everyday and what pushes them to stay (or to leave); therefore I have started exploring this concept with my camera meeting people between 18 and 35 years old and talking as I very often do, but this time my act of taking picture is more conscious.