{"id":2155,"date":"2010-06-06T15:19:41","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T13:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photogeisha.org\/?p=2155"},"modified":"2017-10-15T18:23:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-15T16:23:19","slug":"la-capitale-del-mondo-the-capital-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/?p=2155","title":{"rendered":"La Capitale del Mondo &#8211; The Capital of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Avevo quasi dimenticato quanto fosse elettrizzante la Capitale del Mondo.<\/p>\n<p>E&#8217; qui che, tanti anni fa, la mia fotografia \u00e8 sbocciata in qualcosa di decente.<br \/>\nE&#8217; qui che ho deciso di soffrire, liberamente e consapevolmente.<br \/>\nE&#8217; qui che ho imparato l&#8217;incomparabile &#8220;piacere di osare&#8221;.<br \/>\nLa ricerca ossessiva di un linguaggio originale.<\/p>\n<p>Quanti ricordi negli anni folli e favolosi del Lower Est.<br \/>\nIl lavoro in Galleria, le notti in bianco, i casting pieni di modelle fantastiche.<br \/>\nLe produzioni fotografiche tirate su con due lire, le prime mostre, le immancabili sperimentazioni casalinghe.<br \/>\nLe scomodit\u00e0, i sacrifici, le lacrime. L&#8217;adrenalina in circolo h 24.<\/p>\n<p>Quei pochi amici che hanno lasciato un segno indelebile. A dispetto della distanza, a dispetto della vita.<br \/>\nLi voglio ringraziare uno dopo l&#8217;altro. Richela, David, Uma, Marco, Franco, Vaida, Dina, Albano, Eleonora, James.<\/p>\n<p>Se oggi sono cos\u00ec come sono, lo devo in parte anche a loro.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">English <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">I had almost forgotten the Capital of the World.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">It&#8217;s here that, many years ago, my photography became a reality.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s here that I decided to suffer, freely and consciously.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s here that I learned the incomparable &#8220;pleasure of being daring&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe obsessive search for an original language.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">How many memories in those wild and wonderful years.<br \/>\nThe work at the Gallery, the sleepless nights, the gorgeous models.<br \/>\nThe photo shootings, the first exhibitions, the many trials and errors.<br \/>\nDiscomfort, sacrifice, tears. Pure adrenaline 24 hours a day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">The few friends who left an indelible mark. Despite the distance, despite the life.<br \/>\nI wanna remember them one by one. Richela, David, Uma, Marco, Franco, Vaida, Dina, Albano, Eleonora, James.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\">If today I am the way I am, it&#8217;s also thank to them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/06_06_10_usa_2010_mii_1398_pg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2154 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/06_06_10_usa_2010_mii_1398_pg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #732d03;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/06_06_10_usa_2010_mii_1399_pg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2156 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/public\/06_06_10_usa_2010_mii_1399_pg.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"272\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avevo quasi dimenticato quanto fosse elettrizzante la Capitale del Mondo. E&#8217; qui che, tanti anni fa, la mia fotografia \u00e8 sbocciata in qualcosa di decente. E&#8217; qui che ho deciso di soffrire, liberamente e consapevolmente. E&#8217; qui che ho imparato l&#8217;incomparabile &#8220;piacere di osare&#8221;. La ricerca ossessiva di un linguaggio originale. Quanti ricordi negli anni&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/?p=2155\" class=\"gdlr-button with-border excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[784,785,907,2070,2730,3954,4287,4314,4804,5128,5757,5817,6024,6030,6491,6623,7341,8170,8480,8758,9139,9273,9654,10133,10134,10135,10136,10263,10605,11256,11946,11961,13176,13463,13467,13702,14746,14889,15378,15660,16009,16746,16907,16909,17539,17571],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2155"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9153,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155\/revisions\/9153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umbertostefanelli.com\/photogeisha\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}