Sometimes a casual encounter could entail a long-lasting affection. As cliché as it may sound, this remark may serve as an accurate opening line for the comprehensive project conducted by Mauro D’Agati in Sicily, Marzia’s Family. The photographer met a six years old chubby yet fairly charming kid Marzia on the beach a decade ago. The girl, her parents and siblings would go to the Agglomerato Industriale beach of Termini Imerese for a holiday to escape their bleak routine. Sicilian summer nights are warm, so the family would just put an encampment on the parking point next to an old truck. The vehicle generates family’s main income as Franco, the father, sells vegetables and fruit from it six days a week excluding Sunday. The rest are unemployed or have temporary jobs. Giovanna, Claudio, Marzia, Riccardo and Martina are the siblings ranging from twenty-two to six years old. Their mother, Giusy is in her early forties and helped out around the house by Franco’s mother and his unmarried sister, Angelina. They live in Via Decollati, behind the Central Station in a neighborhood called Oreto.
Their house, as well as many other ones in the area, used to be a stable. Apparently city residents are largely unaware of the living conditions of families like Marzia’s
Kateryna Filyuk
1. Edition of 300 10/2024
Texts by Kateryna Filyuk
Book Design by Mauro D’Agati
Graphic design execution:
Chanan Thongbhakdee
150 pages
24x32 cm
21 BW photographs
196 color photographs
Softcover
Digital print
ISBN 979-12-80423-46-7