Life and Death - Mexican Rhapsody

• Prize
  Bronze in Book/People
• Photographer
  Giuseppe Cardoni
• Technical Info
  Leica M7

In Oaxaca Region, Mexico the mourning is exhibited with sounds, costumes, music, dances and colors, but also with disturbing masks and presences, making the fear and the restlessness almost familiar and friendly. Sacred and profane touch each other, just like life and death, until they become one. Exorcising the death with fun and joy was a constant in the pre-Columbian cultures. After all, the saying goes: “to die laughing”. The expression is not a symptom of lightness, but the proof that men laugh to ward off the death. The death, not the dead. The dead ones, instead, are closer than ever.

Lives in Umbria,Italy. Engineer. His main interest has been B/W reportage. He coauthored the book “STTL La terra ti sia lieve”. With Luigi Loretoni, he published in 2008 the photographic book “Miserere”, in 2011 “Gubbio, I Ceri” and in 2014 “Kovilj”; he is coauthor of the book “I colori del Jazz”. Also in 2014 he has published, "Boxing Notes". In 2020, he published “Vita e Morte - Rapsodia Messicana” and in 2021 "Passione per lo Sport"; in 2023 "In and out of the ring" and "Metropolitan Fragments". He has been awarded or has been a finalist in many national and international competitions.