Ciro Battiloro – Sanità

The winner of the third annual Foto Forum Santa Fe Photography Award is Italian photographer Ciro Battiloro with his series Sanità; a portrait of intimate life in the Rione Sanità. Please join us for the opening reception of this astonishing body of work.

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 aristocratic families, has become one of the most complex in Napoli. Rione Sanità is developed in a depression: it is an urban reality in itself. This isolation has led to the proliferation of social problems such as unemployment, school dropouts and the prevalence of criminal organizations. At the same time the district welcomes a vast humanity with different geographical origins and different personal stories. This diversity is a wealth. 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. At the center of this 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.