Sanità

The Rione Sanità is solitude and love, irony and tragedy, faith and sin. The contrasts generate surreal existences. The street and the house merge together, the private becomes public and the public hides the secrets of the private. Silence is a rare gift for these alleys, but in its revelation you rediscover the naked and immense soul of a forgotten humanity. Sanità is a portrait of intimate life in the Rione Sanità. It is a love letter dedicated to a way of living that we have forgotten and to its authenticity. At the center of my work are the inhabitants of the district and their daily life suspended between the stigma of marginality and the great economic and political processes of gentrification. The Rione Sanità, situated in the heart of Napoli, is one of Europe’s most densely populated places. The district, born as a residential area for noble and aristocratic families, has become one of the most complex in Napoli due to the construction of the Sanità’s bridge. It has excluded the neighborhood from the city’s life. The Rione Sanità is developed in a depression: it is an urban reality in itself, which is not necessary to cross to move from one side of the city to another. This isolation has led to the proliferation of various social problems such as unemployment, school dropouts. At the same time, the district has retained its identity. In recent years there has been a great revaluation of the area which began in particular with the enhancement of the artistic and cultural heritage of the district.Among the inhabitants of the Rione Sanità has grown a strong sense of belonging only scratched on the surface by modernity. The district welcomes a vast humanity with different geographical origins and different personal stories. This diversity is a wealth. There is not only marginality, but also an extraordinary vitality. Inside these doors and windows you can find an amazing energy of life full of dignity where precious authentic stories tell the nature of humanity in everyday life.