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Pickaxe and Rifle
Enver Hoxha’s socialist bunkers&#38;nbsp;












	The quest for freedom and democracy in Albania started some 30 years ago, when popular revolutions spreaded all over the country. In a couple of months the demonstrations brought to the first multi-party elections of the Balkan State (March 1991). Before that moment Albanians were living for decades under the isolationism of a ferocious socialist dictatorship. After the fall of the regime, in less than thirty years, the country has changed a lot on the path towards liberal democracy. The route is still far to be fully accomplished but there is a general will of leaving the past behind, starting from its architectonical remnants from the brutalist period as well as from the previous Italian fascist occupation. 
In this complex context, thousands of defensive bunkers are still lying as ubiquitous elements of the Albanian landscape and force the community to face its recent History. All these concrete structures of various dimensions were designed during the government of Enver Hoxha, the communist leader of the State from 1944 to 1985.


	Nobody knows their actual number: some estimates suggest that they might be up to 750,000, scattered all around the country. Their construction took place from 1967 until 1986 and it follows a fixed engineered drawing created by Josif Zagali, a military architect whose career followed the destiny of the regime itself. Zagali was a partisan during WWII and then became one of the closest advisors of the dictator. In 1974 he was accused of espionage and was finally sent to a labour camp. Only a few years before his death he repented for his loyalty to the regime. Despite this hectic rush, though, none of the bunkers have ever been used in a real conflict (or as a defensive device against an enemy invasion) during Hoxha’s rule.

The structures have today lost their original purpose and most of them lie in ruins or in full abandonment (while only a few have been converted to civil or private use), but they still represent a vivid testimony against nationalism and authoritarian regimes.





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&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ae24291bc69040ccf78d449f0629d51a5f8795246cb9ff406de2e521fbfa3db/Albania-015.jpg" data-mid="93091781" border="0" alt="Cape of Rodon. The entrance of a fortified tunnel, now in full abandonment" data-caption="Cape of Rodon. The entrance of a fortified tunnel, now in full abandonment" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ae24291bc69040ccf78d449f0629d51a5f8795246cb9ff406de2e521fbfa3db/Albania-015.jpg" /&#62;
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		<title>Tropographics</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/Tropographics</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:03:07 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

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&#60;img width="1200" height="800" width_o="1200" height_o="800" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/faaca7837d615f0faa2b492f1f8957270bf967875df08663b3d219999ce01378/01.-Vinsobres--France--September-2014.JPG" data-mid="95228560" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/faaca7837d615f0faa2b492f1f8957270bf967875df08663b3d219999ce01378/01.-Vinsobres--France--September-2014.JPG" /&#62;
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Tropographics
A trip through landscape and photography



A SooS Chronicles collective project.All pictures and text by Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni.Check out the whole feature ︎&#38;nbsp;here 


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	The term “trope” comes from the Greek word τρόπος (trópos).

A trópos is a recurring element.

A trópos is a motif in narrative. Yes, also in visual narrative.

A trópos is a cliché.




Everything can become a trópos, but each of them is not present as itself. It is there to direct to something else. A trópos keeps changing: that's what makes it always the same.
Tropographics is definitely not a series of beautiful pictures found by chance on the web.
	And it isn't either a collection of random weird scenes. This is instead our trip through landscape and photography, in search of tropes around the world. We created a special online archive to show the whole research. The website will be constantly updated and expanded with new categories.


All images have been taken using Google Street View.


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		<title>Granitsa</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/Granitsa</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 11:36:15 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

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Granitsa
The Russian community of Ida–Viru, Estonia













	
A SooS Chronicles collective project.All pictures and text by Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni.



















	Estonia is the northernmost of the three Baltic States. 1.3 million people live in the country and, as a consequence of 50 years of Soviet occupation from 1944 to 1991, a quarter of them are ethnic Russians. Half of them (moreless 130,000 people) is concentrated in one single county, called Ida-Viru. This little area shares its eastern border with Russia. A very peculiar one, indeed, since it parts far more than two sovereign States: crossing the border (granitsa, in Russian language) means to leave behind both European Union and NATO, of which Estonia is among the most loyal and committed members.


After the outbreak of the Ukrainian Civil War and the unilateral annexation of Crimea by Vladimir Putin in order “to defend Russian-speaking citizens abroad”, experts and strategists raised concerns towards Estonia, and especially Ida-Viru county, as the next possible target of the Kremlin’s brave expansionist policy. Indeed, in the whole EU there is no higher percentage of ethnic Russians compared with total population than the one of Ida-Viru: 73% (with peaks of 85% in the municipalities of Narva and Sillamäe).
	Here, in July 1993, a referendum was also held: the inhabitants were asked if they wanted the county to be autonomous from the newly declared Estonian Republic. The “yes” vote prevailed but the State Court ruled that the consultation contravened the Constitution and the movement for autonomy was deflated.
Estonia’s recent past went through a severe process of Russification, started with Stalin in the 50s and ended just after the country achieved the independence in 1991. Since that moment the Estonian government has not yet been fully able to equalize the living conditions of the vast Russian minority to the country average. Today some of the ethnic Russians have chosen to embrace with hope a common future under the Estonian flag, but on the other side there is still a huge number of them who have maintained their Russian citizenship. Furthermore, another significant part of the ethnic Russians (6.8% of Estonia’s population, according to Amnesty International’s 2015 report) are not willing to face the controversial Estonian language and culture “citizenship test” and therefore are living in the Baltic country as stateless persons.




	
	
	
	


&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5f580801751c9f9a364b66ef7696d894d3f1e03b282b6ff534f439932466def3/Granitsa_01.jpg" data-mid="94420500" border="0" alt="Houses and offices in the centre of Narva" data-caption="Houses and offices in the centre of Narva" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5f580801751c9f9a364b66ef7696d894d3f1e03b282b6ff534f439932466def3/Granitsa_01.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2146e9371ebcd18d1c74605bac96485239be08453f47d28642ed2a4ebb53251b/Granitsa_02.jpg" data-mid="94420565" border="0" alt="Ljubov Zvereva is the head of the most important association in Narva gathering disabled people and war wounded of the Russian community. The association helps them in finding an occupation and in the everyday life activities, Narva" data-caption="Ljubov Zvereva is the head of the most important association in Narva gathering disabled people and war wounded of the Russian community. The association helps them in finding an occupation and in the everyday life activities, Narva" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2146e9371ebcd18d1c74605bac96485239be08453f47d28642ed2a4ebb53251b/Granitsa_02.jpg" /&#62;
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&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ede3912effaf6785ce8fd9c31e312266d8495734247c556d82c24028b4d5915a/Granitsa_07.jpg" data-mid="94420570" border="0" alt="Overlooking the Baltic Sea, the city of Sillam&#38;auml;e has been an important industrial centre of the former U.S.S.R., producing military hardware and in particular in the uranium processing field. The whole industrial activity was kept under military secret and Sillam&#38;auml;e remained a closed town until the independence of Estonia in 1991: it didn't appear on official maps and its inhabitants weren't able to move outside without a specific authorization" data-caption="Overlooking the Baltic Sea, the city of Sillamäe has been an important industrial centre of the former U.S.S.R., producing military hardware and in particular in the uranium processing field. The whole industrial activity was kept under military secret and Sillamäe remained a closed town until the independence of Estonia in 1991: it didn't appear on official maps and its inhabitants weren't able to move outside without a specific authorization" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ede3912effaf6785ce8fd9c31e312266d8495734247c556d82c24028b4d5915a/Granitsa_07.jpg" /&#62;
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&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80e6536eefd51d0af16b3474cd1d48944322945052bf63da5a1265a5fcbbc98b/Granitsa_12.jpg" data-mid="94420575" border="0" alt="Alla Matveeva wearing traditional Russian clothes. Alla is the director of Sv&#38;auml;togor, one of the slavic cultural centres of Narva, which has the aim of spreading and preserving the Russian traditions in the Ida-Viru county" data-caption="Alla Matveeva wearing traditional Russian clothes. Alla is the director of Svätogor, one of the slavic cultural centres of Narva, which has the aim of spreading and preserving the Russian traditions in the Ida-Viru county" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/80e6536eefd51d0af16b3474cd1d48944322945052bf63da5a1265a5fcbbc98b/Granitsa_12.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7148591e56a113a9586d4b02b4ebdc5047eb5248c87aa9d5de4f26226a19009a/Granitsa_13.jpg" data-mid="94420576" border="0" alt="One of the few caf&#38;eacute;s in Narva. Its twin city, Ivangorod, lies seamlessly after the border with Russia" data-caption="One of the few cafés in Narva. Its twin city, Ivangorod, lies seamlessly after the border with Russia" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7148591e56a113a9586d4b02b4ebdc5047eb5248c87aa9d5de4f26226a19009a/Granitsa_13.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d458269c3b3fc34f67bdf55ce01c0d8338217aa91be96d0a225ce4e8733fbc7/Granitsa_15.jpg" data-mid="94420578" border="0" alt="Soldiers of the Estonian Army during military training in the forest. Exercises are held quite often in order to keep the Army ready to defend the country from an attack by Russia, Uusk&#38;uuml;la" data-caption="Soldiers of the Estonian Army during military training in the forest. Exercises are held quite often in order to keep the Army ready to defend the country from an attack by Russia, Uusküla" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d458269c3b3fc34f67bdf55ce01c0d8338217aa91be96d0a225ce4e8733fbc7/Granitsa_15.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53f0c3ec92e77fda7f9e75429b1a8f2df2a4e2d8d34b9b0aaa7eef52d04b91a6/Granitsa_14.jpg" data-mid="94420577" border="0" alt="A grey passport, the one for stateless persons, grants anyway access to Russia and a maximum of 90 days of stay" data-caption="A grey passport, the one for stateless persons, grants anyway access to Russia and a maximum of 90 days of stay" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53f0c3ec92e77fda7f9e75429b1a8f2df2a4e2d8d34b9b0aaa7eef52d04b91a6/Granitsa_14.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8c6a2ba64642913bd56f59e8fae43b5172f58969b699fb12a55b10405a2ee561/Granitsa_19.jpg" data-mid="94420582" border="0" alt="Sillam&#38;auml;e" data-caption="Sillamäe" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8c6a2ba64642913bd56f59e8fae43b5172f58969b699fb12a55b10405a2ee561/Granitsa_19.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/23842e37a02edd2a2f022b2dd51969fb93366b8e8505c35e157274e86325e0de/Granitsa_29.jpg" data-mid="94420593" border="0" alt="Alina on the beach of Narva-J&#38;otilde;esuu" data-caption="Alina on the beach of Narva-Jõesuu" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/23842e37a02edd2a2f022b2dd51969fb93366b8e8505c35e157274e86325e0de/Granitsa_29.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7810b7e8cc77d94f228a59b16e9042097493bb5d730e3f9d5cc89db2a7835f0b/Granitsa_18.jpg" data-mid="94420581" border="0" alt="The Estonian-Russian border crosses the Baltic Sea, north of the touristic town of Narva-J&#38;otilde;esuu. The area has long been a popular summer destination, especially during the Soviet period, when it was visited in large numbers by representatives of the Russian intelligentsia and local people" data-caption="The Estonian-Russian border crosses the Baltic Sea, north of the touristic town of Narva-Jõesuu. The area has long been a popular summer destination, especially during the Soviet period, when it was visited in large numbers by representatives of the Russian intelligentsia and local people" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7810b7e8cc77d94f228a59b16e9042097493bb5d730e3f9d5cc89db2a7835f0b/Granitsa_18.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13812bddd104b0d9b772847eb5860c2d2f422afcc01b444487b0a9971cc683f9/Granitsa_16.jpg" data-mid="94420579" border="0" alt="Zoya Nikolaeva has worked in the Kreenholm textile factory of Narva (the biggest one of the city) until the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and the consequent closing down of the business" data-caption="Zoya Nikolaeva has worked in the Kreenholm textile factory of Narva (the biggest one of the city) until the collapse of the U.S.S.R. and the consequent closing down of the business" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13812bddd104b0d9b772847eb5860c2d2f422afcc01b444487b0a9971cc683f9/Granitsa_16.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c15ff99607262e13b7aa2023af58b188e98078380f6a03b1cc8bcd9850940134/Granitsa_22.jpg" data-mid="94420585" border="0" alt="Albina Pugatsenko inside the meeting room of the Russian cultural organization Nadezda, the biggest in Narva. She is the President of the association" data-caption="Albina Pugatsenko inside the meeting room of the Russian cultural organization Nadezda, the biggest in Narva. She is the President of the association" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c15ff99607262e13b7aa2023af58b188e98078380f6a03b1cc8bcd9850940134/Granitsa_22.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/212a331b1cae2c99c719b3866a886bb7b8f922b7c5bd085ea8f11026d0a21311/Granitsa_17.jpg" data-mid="94420580" border="0" alt="A Russian actor of the Sv&#38;auml;togor company before the beginning of a show" data-caption="A Russian actor of the Svätogor company before the beginning of a show" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/212a331b1cae2c99c719b3866a886bb7b8f922b7c5bd085ea8f11026d0a21311/Granitsa_17.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10bf12758fad51083b017bc39c89ada50fe30195eb9565cbc79b27968a816999/Granitsa_31.jpg" data-mid="94420596" border="0" alt="An abandoned traditional wooden Russian house in Narva-J&#38;otilde;esuu" data-caption="An abandoned traditional wooden Russian house in Narva-Jõesuu" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10bf12758fad51083b017bc39c89ada50fe30195eb9565cbc79b27968a816999/Granitsa_31.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7d61c238aa6dc43c74e4771c111e246bfd93a22a28e0e9a507ba4b4e15c59f5/Granitsa_32.jpg" data-mid="94420597" border="0" alt="First day of school, Narva" data-caption="First day of school, Narva" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7d61c238aa6dc43c74e4771c111e246bfd93a22a28e0e9a507ba4b4e15c59f5/Granitsa_32.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e308d9ac2274e8bfebdce50aae5f0cbb0c2fd64e59360a733beb5829b7d20f4/Granitsa_24.jpg" data-mid="94420587" border="0" alt="Inside a house in Viivikonna. Viivikonna is a rural village of Ida-Viru county that boomed, back in the 60s, after the opening of some sorrounding shale mines. A lot of workers first moved there and then quit the village after all the mines have been closed. Today the village is almost abandoned" data-caption="Inside a house in Viivikonna. Viivikonna is a rural village of Ida-Viru county that boomed, back in the 60s, after the opening of some sorrounding shale mines. A lot of workers first moved there and then quit the village after all the mines have been closed. Today the village is almost abandoned" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5e308d9ac2274e8bfebdce50aae5f0cbb0c2fd64e59360a733beb5829b7d20f4/Granitsa_24.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52390c86515e663e5bea3951f291a123f73731cec2222802785039263f72bf10/Granitsa_26.jpg" data-mid="94420590" border="0" alt="A representative of the Ukrainian minority visiting the town of K&#38;auml;smu" data-caption="A representative of the Ukrainian minority visiting the town of Käsmu" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52390c86515e663e5bea3951f291a123f73731cec2222802785039263f72bf10/Granitsa_26.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc1b1dbe9b302c215cccc75b428c6874e1d417b501c8f055fb89cf749cb5c546/Granitsa_20.jpg" data-mid="94420583" border="0" alt="Jana, 18, on the Sillam&#38;auml;e beach" data-caption="Jana, 18, on the Sillamäe beach" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc1b1dbe9b302c215cccc75b428c6874e1d417b501c8f055fb89cf749cb5c546/Granitsa_20.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d560b6f87960c4b1111060b65294dfb07eb3ff78807d8753f93a06aef47b5580/Granitsa_34.jpg" data-mid="94420599" border="0" alt="Gymnastics by the river Narva, the natural border between Russia and Estonia" data-caption="Gymnastics by the river Narva, the natural border between Russia and Estonia" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d560b6f87960c4b1111060b65294dfb07eb3ff78807d8753f93a06aef47b5580/Granitsa_34.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/61c90a3ae18be16253c0845688663cbd77ff8fa82ffcf7456c102dfeb991c83e/Granitsa_30.jpg" data-mid="94420594" border="0" alt=" The garden of a house in Narva-J&#38;otilde;esuu" data-caption=" The garden of a house in Narva-Jõesuu" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/61c90a3ae18be16253c0845688663cbd77ff8fa82ffcf7456c102dfeb991c83e/Granitsa_30.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a280edc524625b7f8329df66d14e160a2e5747671a15ae55b21964c5a3f305eb/Granitsa_23.jpg" data-mid="94420586" border="0" alt="A tomb of a soviet soldier in the Narva cemetery" data-caption="A tomb of a soviet soldier in the Narva cemetery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a280edc524625b7f8329df66d14e160a2e5747671a15ae55b21964c5a3f305eb/Granitsa_23.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4ca9274e5761ec35f2fc55486e4ab7863c5ae80507f162dc21cf8e52908b161a/Granitsa_21.jpg" data-mid="94420584" border="0" alt="Spruce pine forests near the shores of Peipsi lake" data-caption="Spruce pine forests near the shores of Peipsi lake" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4ca9274e5761ec35f2fc55486e4ab7863c5ae80507f162dc21cf8e52908b161a/Granitsa_21.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7836abadf24dc6dc1946200519c78b9b8818e23cbf770dfab5268b5b647a5056/Granitsa_37.jpg" data-mid="94420603" border="0" alt="Soviet flat block in Narva, Estonia" data-caption="Soviet flat block in Narva, Estonia" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7836abadf24dc6dc1946200519c78b9b8818e23cbf770dfab5268b5b647a5056/Granitsa_37.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7ebe54d35ef24a15a96573886a8abde9d1556e06982fddb92062d10bae6902e6/Granitsa_38.jpg" data-mid="94420604" border="0" alt="Kids climbing the wall of the Narva fortress" data-caption="Kids climbing the wall of the Narva fortress" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7ebe54d35ef24a15a96573886a8abde9d1556e06982fddb92062d10bae6902e6/Granitsa_38.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03ce901882682783483c132a17d89a1bd3b17f365e2e24e2ba468117e387519d/Granitsa_36.jpg" data-mid="94420602" border="0" alt="Stanislav, Sergey and Victoria are members of Pamjat, an organization that finances and takes care of the restoration of Soviet and Red Army monuments and memorials to bring them back to their original splendor, Narva" data-caption="Stanislav, Sergey and Victoria are members of Pamjat, an organization that finances and takes care of the restoration of Soviet and Red Army monuments and memorials to bring them back to their original splendor, Narva" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/03ce901882682783483c132a17d89a1bd3b17f365e2e24e2ba468117e387519d/Granitsa_36.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d82a8e2a28468b3344edfda82dca56fd12d1f99d53f5c6d817af917a39c6905/Granitsa_33.jpg" data-mid="94420598" border="0" alt="Just outside Narva" data-caption="Just outside Narva" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d82a8e2a28468b3344edfda82dca56fd12d1f99d53f5c6d817af917a39c6905/Granitsa_33.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4759ad6003b2c6d2e384e57c5913193c940217385bdb1e2660803a0a9e0c5ba/Granitsa_28.jpg" data-mid="94420592" border="0" alt="Narva, Estonia" data-caption="Narva, Estonia" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4759ad6003b2c6d2e384e57c5913193c940217385bdb1e2660803a0a9e0c5ba/Granitsa_28.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/30ab2b9bce483fb512d4d0106d2232a956a94493e4c3d5f53ea9e83214172bf3/Granitsa_27.jpg" data-mid="94420591" border="0" alt="Russian watchtower on the border marked by the river Narva" data-caption="Russian watchtower on the border marked by the river Narva" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/30ab2b9bce483fb512d4d0106d2232a956a94493e4c3d5f53ea9e83214172bf3/Granitsa_27.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f9b70c8eedfa26656d135ca8e33b87b92e65dd162a3256531b28b13fd42eaf6e/Granitsa_35.jpg" data-mid="94420601" border="0" alt="Apple orchard in Kohtla-J&#38;auml;rve" data-caption="Apple orchard in Kohtla-Järve" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f9b70c8eedfa26656d135ca8e33b87b92e65dd162a3256531b28b13fd42eaf6e/Granitsa_35.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c87721b0694ec183238ef680b23e00f009320825a1afe3a8ccb382b59279b66/Granitsa_25.jpg" data-mid="94420588" border="0" alt="Estonia is one of the least religious countries in the world. The second religious group of the country is represented by the Orthodox Church, to which the Russian minority belongs to. Vladimir Lihhat&#38;scaron;ov is the Archipriest of Sillam&#38;auml;e" data-caption="Estonia is one of the least religious countries in the world. The second religious group of the country is represented by the Orthodox Church, to which the Russian minority belongs to. Vladimir Lihhatšov is the Archipriest of Sillamäe" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c87721b0694ec183238ef680b23e00f009320825a1afe3a8ccb382b59279b66/Granitsa_25.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/204075b51ef071d9581428e547b3bf5b08d64c47c6dacac8b156f79f28e14f7c/Granitsa_39.jpg" data-mid="94420605" border="0" alt="Valentina Egorova is the director of the Sillam&#38;auml;e House of Culture: &#38;quot;You often feel nostalgic about the old times, when you had job security and no worries for food and basic necessities&#38;quot;" data-caption="Valentina Egorova is the director of the Sillamäe House of Culture: &#38;quot;You often feel nostalgic about the old times, when you had job security and no worries for food and basic necessities&#38;quot;" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/204075b51ef071d9581428e547b3bf5b08d64c47c6dacac8b156f79f28e14f7c/Granitsa_39.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1347390d6fe267ec4acebe6ada68a14a660dacd31c0598cba0cb2f0ba06aced/Granitsa_40.jpg" data-mid="94420607" border="0" alt="Abandoned holiday resort on the Peipsi lake, Uusk&#38;uuml;la" data-caption="Abandoned holiday resort on the Peipsi lake, Uusküla" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1347390d6fe267ec4acebe6ada68a14a660dacd31c0598cba0cb2f0ba06aced/Granitsa_40.jpg" /&#62;



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		<title>The Great Illusion</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/The-Great-Illusion</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 13:22:03 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://filippobardazzi.it/The-Great-Illusion</guid>

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&#60;img width="1920" height="600" width_o="1920" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49cfa9d04890337e0baab8e059ad325bc1f3e6858019e3eabe8ee55d5f80f22a/Fracking-012.JPG" data-mid="95561879" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/49cfa9d04890337e0baab8e059ad325bc1f3e6858019e3eabe8ee55d5f80f22a/Fracking-012.JPG" /&#62;

The Great Illusion
The search for shale gas in Europe

A&#38;nbsp;SooS Chronicles collective project.
All pictures and text by Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni.














	

 New opportunities in unconventional gas exploitation let Europe dream of lightening its dramatic dependence on Russian supplies.


Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, is the controversial method used to drill this type of gas. It is an invasive process that employs high-pressure water jets mixed with specific chemicals to break the shale rocks and to extract the gas contained in them. According to some studies, fracking would have serious consequences on the environment and it would require a strict regulation, which is still absent from the vague energy policy of the European Union.

	

Among the European countries interested in shale gas explorations, only three have currently granted permits for drilling to energy companies: Poland, United Kingdom and Romania.

Local farmers and activists have joined together a big anti- fracking movement that arose against this decision, while the first tests confirm that european unconventional gas deposits are poorer than expected and their extraction would have limited benefits and no significant impact on consumption.







&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46c52b661863cd0800b73b62d5cf5ccb1bf61c18f6db757a502ced2502dd35f7/Fracking-001.JPG" data-mid="95560306" border="0" alt="Balcombe, United Kingdom. An anti-fracking protester in front of the gate of the Balcombe drilling site, West Sussex. From the 25th of July 2013, part of the population of Balcombe and activists from all over Britain gathered against unconventional gas explorations. They initially occupied the land on which the rig was supposed to be erected and then the road that leads towards Brighton. The so-called Great Gas Gala lasted 68 days: it did not prevent Cuadrilla from drilling, but it was a first and important moment of self-awareness for the British anti-fracking movement" data-caption="Balcombe, United Kingdom. An anti-fracking protester in front of the gate of the Balcombe drilling site, West Sussex. From the 25th of July 2013, part of the population of Balcombe and activists from all over Britain gathered against unconventional gas explorations. They initially occupied the land on which the rig was supposed to be erected and then the road that leads towards Brighton. The so-called Great Gas Gala lasted 68 days: it did not prevent Cuadrilla from drilling, but it was a first and important moment of self-awareness for the British anti-fracking movement" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/46c52b661863cd0800b73b62d5cf5ccb1bf61c18f6db757a502ced2502dd35f7/Fracking-001.JPG" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef167892dbcec16e27b328a27f004d4beaaa76e7d7b36fe720760f9fe344878c/Fracking-002.jpg" data-mid="94478765" border="0" alt="Vaslui, Romania. Anti-fracking graffiti in the center of Vaslui, the county seat of one of the poorest and most rural area of Romania" data-caption="Vaslui, Romania. Anti-fracking graffiti in the center of Vaslui, the county seat of one of the poorest and most rural area of Romania" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef167892dbcec16e27b328a27f004d4beaaa76e7d7b36fe720760f9fe344878c/Fracking-002.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4766c46aed19a9c365408dcc4cbf06b082a39009f07f33c6023240fc2c633577/Fracking-003.jpg" data-mid="94478766" border="0" alt="Dobryni&#38;ograve;w, Poland. A farmer in Dobryni&#38;ograve;w, eastern Poland. Land grabbing and land pollution are big concerns related to shale gas drillings. Companies often test the presence of underground gas on rural areas: local agriculture and environment are likely to be destroyed by any future drilling for commercial purposes" data-caption="Dobryniòw, Poland. A farmer in Dobryniòw, eastern Poland. Land grabbing and land pollution are big concerns related to shale gas drillings. Companies often test the presence of underground gas on rural areas: local agriculture and environment are likely to be destroyed by any future drilling for commercial purposes" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4766c46aed19a9c365408dcc4cbf06b082a39009f07f33c6023240fc2c633577/Fracking-003.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/90753251a6e586aca3bdda1078eba090ab4457ebd9fe2b9e58f9688ad23d9248/Fracking-004.jpg" data-mid="94478767" border="0" alt="Pungesti, Romania. The first shale gas exploration site of Romania is located in Silistea, a village within the Pungesti commune" data-caption="Pungesti, Romania. The first shale gas exploration site of Romania is located in Silistea, a village within the Pungesti commune" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/90753251a6e586aca3bdda1078eba090ab4457ebd9fe2b9e58f9688ad23d9248/Fracking-004.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6038107157c434a420414ccbacb5583c5da3c304c1a013e6b863332d2e5745b7/Fracking-005.jpg" data-mid="94478768" border="0" alt="Zwierzyniec, Poland. Roztocze National Park is located within one of more than 100 areas that the Polish government has granted to companies interested in unconventional gas exploration. Fracking process requires a huge quantity of water: for this reason, lots of drilling sites rise up in the nearby of big water reserves. If shale gas production started in this region, the environmental balance of the park would be surely lost" data-caption="Zwierzyniec, Poland. Roztocze National Park is located within one of more than 100 areas that the Polish government has granted to companies interested in unconventional gas exploration. Fracking process requires a huge quantity of water: for this reason, lots of drilling sites rise up in the nearby of big water reserves. If shale gas production started in this region, the environmental balance of the park would be surely lost" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6038107157c434a420414ccbacb5583c5da3c304c1a013e6b863332d2e5745b7/Fracking-005.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/099f6290a57b88a45d272a6d4b75cf2a7c6f1db98b5c30ad53026dd87e610c19/Fracking-006.jpg" data-mid="94478769" border="0" alt="Balcombe, United Kingdom. A protester welcomes the cars crossing the community camp near Balcombe, West Sussex" data-caption="Balcombe, United Kingdom. A protester welcomes the cars crossing the community camp near Balcombe, West Sussex" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/099f6290a57b88a45d272a6d4b75cf2a7c6f1db98b5c30ad53026dd87e610c19/Fracking-006.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0377197bdebf201ff8dc8b2cdb9693adad867371eed29b67b69b908ef9eb1be2/Fracking-007.jpg" data-mid="94478770" border="0" alt="Bruxelles, Belgium. A billboard by the American Chevron corporation inside a railway station in Bruxelles. During the last June, the Belgian capital has hosted the G8 summit about clean energy and climate change" data-caption="Bruxelles, Belgium. A billboard by the American Chevron corporation inside a railway station in Bruxelles. During the last June, the Belgian capital has hosted the G8 summit about clean energy and climate change" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0377197bdebf201ff8dc8b2cdb9693adad867371eed29b67b69b908ef9eb1be2/Fracking-007.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d50e9784834fb2008b2acf4ef2c7d8e649eea346f05a53a9eba6b0ded80d955f/Fracking-008.jpg" data-mid="94478771" border="0" alt="Lublewo, Poland. A gas flare is a combustion device used in oil or gas production sites having wells and rigs. This operation consists in burning off the overproduced gas, which would be too much expensive to stock and transport. Gas flaring has serious environmental consequences and it is a significant source of carbon dioxide (as well as several other carcinogenic substances) emissions" data-caption="Lublewo, Poland. A gas flare is a combustion device used in oil or gas production sites having wells and rigs. This operation consists in burning off the overproduced gas, which would be too much expensive to stock and transport. Gas flaring has serious environmental consequences and it is a significant source of carbon dioxide (as well as several other carcinogenic substances) emissions" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d50e9784834fb2008b2acf4ef2c7d8e649eea346f05a53a9eba6b0ded80d955f/Fracking-008.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/43bf4518f666f528544c4bfdf78606a4961ae1cc2c1259b60f5f035c5ff4fa52/Fracking-009.jpg" data-mid="94478772" border="0" alt="Izvoarele, Romania. Inside a damaged house in Izvoarele, Galati county. In October 2013, the village of Izvoarele was the epicenter of an intense seismic activity. People believe that the cause of the earthquakes is to be found in the experiments of hydraulic fracturing that were supposed to be conducted in the nearby town of Schela. These assumptions have never been confirmed" data-caption="Izvoarele, Romania. Inside a damaged house in Izvoarele, Galati county. In October 2013, the village of Izvoarele was the epicenter of an intense seismic activity. People believe that the cause of the earthquakes is to be found in the experiments of hydraulic fracturing that were supposed to be conducted in the nearby town of Schela. These assumptions have never been confirmed" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/43bf4518f666f528544c4bfdf78606a4961ae1cc2c1259b60f5f035c5ff4fa52/Fracking-009.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/444ea349fdd5a42fb19f467acc638871c0b99622baa6d086b5706d857af9bba9/Fracking-010.jpg" data-mid="94478774" border="0" alt="Zurawlow, Poland. When in June 2013 the farmers of Zurawlow, a small village in south-eastern Poland, discovered that Chevron was about to rise up a drilling site for shale gas extractions on their lands, they gave birth to the Occupy Chevron movement. After 400 days of protests and permanent occupation of their fields, the villagers managed to block Chevron's intention and to stop the operations" data-caption="Zurawlow, Poland. When in June 2013 the farmers of Zurawlow, a small village in south-eastern Poland, discovered that Chevron was about to rise up a drilling site for shale gas extractions on their lands, they gave birth to the Occupy Chevron movement. After 400 days of protests and permanent occupation of their fields, the villagers managed to block Chevron's intention and to stop the operations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/444ea349fdd5a42fb19f467acc638871c0b99622baa6d086b5706d857af9bba9/Fracking-010.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/128422a7752dfb964a6861523ea21972ec0bc7dae90969ccbac86201e599e9bf/Fracking-011.jpg" data-mid="94478775" border="0" alt="Dobryni&#38;ograve;w, Poland. Workers inside the Dobryniow fracking site, in the nearby of Lublin" data-caption="Dobryniòw, Poland. Workers inside the Dobryniow fracking site, in the nearby of Lublin" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/128422a7752dfb964a6861523ea21972ec0bc7dae90969ccbac86201e599e9bf/Fracking-011.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e3b239fb74d245a8146f8a9efcdf9f9cd9074d529daca7a454c7ef92987ef40/Fracking-012.jpg" data-mid="94478776" border="0" alt="Silistea, Romania. Alexandru used to share a small house with a group of anti-fracking protesters next to the Chevron drilling platform in Pungesti. The house became the Resistance of Pungesti headquarters. In February 2015 Chevron officially quit Romania due to &#38;ldquo;poor exploration results and prolonged protests by environmentalists&#38;rdquo;" data-caption="Silistea, Romania. Alexandru used to share a small house with a group of anti-fracking protesters next to the Chevron drilling platform in Pungesti. The house became the Resistance of Pungesti headquarters. In February 2015 Chevron officially quit Romania due to “poor exploration results and prolonged protests by environmentalists”" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e3b239fb74d245a8146f8a9efcdf9f9cd9074d529daca7a454c7ef92987ef40/Fracking-012.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cadb74b70d1c34a8e706b3f2fe90bdb7d527a8d7dda3a8c7f554690cab352c2/Fracking-013.jpg" data-mid="94478777" border="0" alt="Cumbria, United Kingdom. These fields on the border between Scotland and England are part of one of the many concessions granted by the British government for preliminary drilling tests. British shale gas exploration plants are supposed to be erected on areas that are now often used for farming and herding" data-caption="Cumbria, United Kingdom. These fields on the border between Scotland and England are part of one of the many concessions granted by the British government for preliminary drilling tests. British shale gas exploration plants are supposed to be erected on areas that are now often used for farming and herding" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cadb74b70d1c34a8e706b3f2fe90bdb7d527a8d7dda3a8c7f554690cab352c2/Fracking-013.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b0fe1717e671dd82c4dc65fa249966bb515bdc34389f682e32b10f09c31a377/Fracking-014.jpg" data-mid="94478778" border="0" alt="Pungesti, Romania. The entrance to the Chevron shale gas extraction site in Pungesti, eastern Romania. On the 7th of December 2013, during some violent protests against fracking, the fences of the platform were totally destroyed by the population. Since that day, the Romanian government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, declared the area a special security zone. This decision entails a constant presence of the Gendarmerie on site and restricted access to the village" data-caption="Pungesti, Romania. The entrance to the Chevron shale gas extraction site in Pungesti, eastern Romania. On the 7th of December 2013, during some violent protests against fracking, the fences of the platform were totally destroyed by the population. Since that day, the Romanian government led by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, declared the area a special security zone. This decision entails a constant presence of the Gendarmerie on site and restricted access to the village" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b0fe1717e671dd82c4dc65fa249966bb515bdc34389f682e32b10f09c31a377/Fracking-014.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cbd421766ebdfeb4e308a5a9676d24fe5946673a3d56ccb9780dfbfccbefd163/Fracking-015.jpg" data-mid="94478779" border="0" alt="Grabowiec, Poland. The inner courtyard of Emil Jabłonski's house. Emil is the sołtys, i.e. the village leader, of the agricultural district of Zurawlow. Emil was among the first farmers to take action against the shale gas exploration plans on the fields of Zurawlow. The whole Jabłonski family is involved in sugar beet, maize and wheat cultivations and cattle farming" data-caption="Grabowiec, Poland. The inner courtyard of Emil Jabłonski's house. Emil is the sołtys, i.e. the village leader, of the agricultural district of Zurawlow. Emil was among the first farmers to take action against the shale gas exploration plans on the fields of Zurawlow. The whole Jabłonski family is involved in sugar beet, maize and wheat cultivations and cattle farming" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cbd421766ebdfeb4e308a5a9676d24fe5946673a3d56ccb9780dfbfccbefd163/Fracking-015.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8804c8b328fd3354208703c2f58c6f7cb82820dd6b3c5be12d738e66d874781/Fracking-016.jpg" data-mid="94478780" border="0" alt="C&#38;eacute;vennes, France. In July 2011 France was the first European country to pass a law (&#38;ldquo;Loi Jacob&#38;rdquo;) banning the technique of hydraulic fracturing for extracting natural gas and oil. The big popular demonstration of Villeneuve de Berg on February 2011 was an important turning point in the cancellation of the first exploration permits within the C&#38;eacute;vennes National Park area and towards the national moratorium on hydraulic fracturing" data-caption="Cévennes, France. In July 2011 France was the first European country to pass a law (“Loi Jacob”) banning the technique of hydraulic fracturing for extracting natural gas and oil. The big popular demonstration of Villeneuve de Berg on February 2011 was an important turning point in the cancellation of the first exploration permits within the Cévennes National Park area and towards the national moratorium on hydraulic fracturing" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8804c8b328fd3354208703c2f58c6f7cb82820dd6b3c5be12d738e66d874781/Fracking-016.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e25cb3cc5dcaf8a1294d27402870b1ef01338d8fe8aa661b22c5257fa9dbcbd/Fracking-017.jpg" data-mid="94478781" border="0" alt="Paltinis, Romania. A child holds a lamb in front of his house. Paltinis, a small village in the Vaslui region, is mainly populated by Gypsies, entirely devoted to agriculture and livestock farming. In order to produce shale gas, Chevron wants to install its second Romanian fracking well here in Paltinis" data-caption="Paltinis, Romania. A child holds a lamb in front of his house. Paltinis, a small village in the Vaslui region, is mainly populated by Gypsies, entirely devoted to agriculture and livestock farming. In order to produce shale gas, Chevron wants to install its second Romanian fracking well here in Paltinis" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e25cb3cc5dcaf8a1294d27402870b1ef01338d8fe8aa661b22c5257fa9dbcbd/Fracking-017.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c45295c21dc13063c8ef81db3e6e626f92c62bfff9b747cbe8f35941dc5a0670/Fracking-018.jpg" data-mid="94478782" border="0" alt="Llantrithyd, United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, drillings and fracking licences have already impacted the real estate market, decreasing home and property value. Llantrithyd is a tiny Welsh village surrounded by nature. The area has been identified by Coastal Oil and Gas as a suitable site for unconventional gas explorations: the community is strongly opposing this proposal" data-caption="Llantrithyd, United Kingdom. In the United Kingdom, drillings and fracking licences have already impacted the real estate market, decreasing home and property value. Llantrithyd is a tiny Welsh village surrounded by nature. The area has been identified by Coastal Oil and Gas as a suitable site for unconventional gas explorations: the community is strongly opposing this proposal" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c45295c21dc13063c8ef81db3e6e626f92c62bfff9b747cbe8f35941dc5a0670/Fracking-018.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f18aee4310c6b14791077892533fa335de0b1aa604f5d0e6b11b7565800997e8/Fracking-026.jpg" data-mid="94478790" border="0" alt="Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is the world's most famous beer Festival and largest funfair, held annually in Munich, southern Germany. In 2013 the German Brewers Federation strongly opposed the draft regulations concerning the exploitation of unconventional gas and the use of fracking in the country because the legal changes planned by the federal government were &#38;ldquo;not sufficient to guarantee the security of drinking water supplies and to take into account the requirements of the German Beer Purity Law&#38;rdquo;, which only allows water, barley and hops in the production of beer. For now shale gas explorations are blocked in Germany, although the country is estimated to have between 700 and 2300 billion cubic meters of shale gas reserves, according to the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources." data-caption="Munich, Germany. Oktoberfest is the world's most famous beer Festival and largest funfair, held annually in Munich, southern Germany. In 2013 the German Brewers Federation strongly opposed the draft regulations concerning the exploitation of unconventional gas and the use of fracking in the country because the legal changes planned by the federal government were “not sufficient to guarantee the security of drinking water supplies and to take into account the requirements of the German Beer Purity Law”, which only allows water, barley and hops in the production of beer. For now shale gas explorations are blocked in Germany, although the country is estimated to have between 700 and 2300 billion cubic meters of shale gas reserves, according to the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f18aee4310c6b14791077892533fa335de0b1aa604f5d0e6b11b7565800997e8/Fracking-026.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f0acc429f8be4a0a30ed2e9423f349409a123489968e476aaaf696ce9ad0314/Fracking-020.jpg" data-mid="94478784" border="0" alt="Karmin, Poland. Fracking operations produce loud noise and need a stable enlightenment, even during the night. When drilling sites and houses are at a short distance, family life is going to be significantly changed" data-caption="Karmin, Poland. Fracking operations produce loud noise and need a stable enlightenment, even during the night. When drilling sites and houses are at a short distance, family life is going to be significantly changed" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f0acc429f8be4a0a30ed2e9423f349409a123489968e476aaaf696ce9ad0314/Fracking-020.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d7899fd091a0b2979390e7184ea6a3152b0d4e51340ada6413b13190c08d2781/Fracking-021.jpg" data-mid="94478785" border="0" alt="Paltinis, Romania. Some houses in eastern Romania still don't have running water. Aquifer and groundwater pollution would be major issues in the gipsy village of Paltinis, where Chevron had planned to open its second fracking site in the country." data-caption="Paltinis, Romania. Some houses in eastern Romania still don't have running water. Aquifer and groundwater pollution would be major issues in the gipsy village of Paltinis, where Chevron had planned to open its second fracking site in the country." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d7899fd091a0b2979390e7184ea6a3152b0d4e51340ada6413b13190c08d2781/Fracking-021.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb634d00b40465d1a36d1328c447885e794cb547993a3758f0a900b3745535c6/Fracking-024.jpg" data-mid="94478788" border="0" alt="Paks, Hungary. Despite Hungary's significant unconventional gas deposits, the Prime Minister Viktor Orb&#38;agrave;n decided not to exploit these resources in the country. On the other hand, in 2014 Hungary signed a general agreement with Russia on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The Russian state company Rosatom will finance with 10 billion Euro the construction of two new reactors of the Paks nuclear power plant, the first and only operating in Hungary" data-caption="Paks, Hungary. Despite Hungary's significant unconventional gas deposits, the Prime Minister Viktor Orbàn decided not to exploit these resources in the country. On the other hand, in 2014 Hungary signed a general agreement with Russia on cooperation in the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The Russian state company Rosatom will finance with 10 billion Euro the construction of two new reactors of the Paks nuclear power plant, the first and only operating in Hungary" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb634d00b40465d1a36d1328c447885e794cb547993a3758f0a900b3745535c6/Fracking-024.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e04245d6196b73402a8220c2114b30299804954962ea948c8f4eb794d1e13d17/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-3.jpg" data-mid="94478799" border="0" alt="Paltinis, Romania. Ioan and Maria in the courtyard of their house. Paltinis is a village located in a peripheral area of Vaslui county and it is mostly inhabited by gypsies, whose lives strongly depend on agriculture and farming. In Paltinis, Chevron had planned to drill its second well for shale gas extraction of Romania. Yet, in February 2015, Chevron officially quit Romania due to &#38;ldquo;poor exploration results and prolonged protests by environmentalists&#38;rdquo;" data-caption="Paltinis, Romania. Ioan and Maria in the courtyard of their house. Paltinis is a village located in a peripheral area of Vaslui county and it is mostly inhabited by gypsies, whose lives strongly depend on agriculture and farming. In Paltinis, Chevron had planned to drill its second well for shale gas extraction of Romania. Yet, in February 2015, Chevron officially quit Romania due to “poor exploration results and prolonged protests by environmentalists”" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e04245d6196b73402a8220c2114b30299804954962ea948c8f4eb794d1e13d17/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-3.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e8dff2e60b74adf856a76959fdc15e96abc541642704bcc4acfd3b2a0c78cfa/Fracking-023.jpg" data-mid="94478787" border="0" alt="Lubocino, Poland. A PGNiG worker is verifying the progress of excavation in the fracking site of Lubocino, northern Poland" data-caption="Lubocino, Poland. A PGNiG worker is verifying the progress of excavation in the fracking site of Lubocino, northern Poland" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e8dff2e60b74adf856a76959fdc15e96abc541642704bcc4acfd3b2a0c78cfa/Fracking-023.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35927ca362b34ba8ef40a887fc1161b0e139aa2bdff198b462f8b271b1b68baf/Fracking-025.jpg" data-mid="94478789" border="0" alt="Krupe, Poland. The Polish-American director, Lech Kowalski, during the shooting of his latest documentary, Drill Baby Drill, dedicated to shale gas extractions in Europe and United States" data-caption="Krupe, Poland. The Polish-American director, Lech Kowalski, during the shooting of his latest documentary, Drill Baby Drill, dedicated to shale gas extractions in Europe and United States" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35927ca362b34ba8ef40a887fc1161b0e139aa2bdff198b462f8b271b1b68baf/Fracking-025.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1354" height="1080" width_o="1354" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5e9e692c5f845649b8f9be5a54611eedf56a7914a1b14a99393ea2afafd90c7/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-6.jpg" data-mid="94478802" border="0" alt="Zurawlow, Poland. Marcin is an activist from Warsaw: he moved to the village of Zurawlow to help the farmers during their anti-fracking protest. These lands have been identified and granted by the Polish government for the exploration of unconventional gas" data-caption="Zurawlow, Poland. Marcin is an activist from Warsaw: he moved to the village of Zurawlow to help the farmers during their anti-fracking protest. These lands have been identified and granted by the Polish government for the exploration of unconventional gas" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5e9e692c5f845649b8f9be5a54611eedf56a7914a1b14a99393ea2afafd90c7/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-6.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/403bd9c41f93f89047579ead422a5bd195e09c7abc102d916efb711de0db9cf7/Fracking-028.jpg" data-mid="94478794" border="0" alt="Aujac, France. Andr&#38;eacute; Agniel, former Mayor of Aujac from 2001 to 2014, poses next to the Rue Josh Fox plate. This street has been named after the young American director and activist Josh Fox, author of Gasland. In 2010 this documentary was the first and the most important testimony against fracking that led to the creation of several protest movements all over the world. Rue Josh Fox was inaugurated on the 29th of May 2014" data-caption="Aujac, France. André Agniel, former Mayor of Aujac from 2001 to 2014, poses next to the Rue Josh Fox plate. This street has been named after the young American director and activist Josh Fox, author of Gasland. In 2010 this documentary was the first and the most important testimony against fracking that led to the creation of several protest movements all over the world. Rue Josh Fox was inaugurated on the 29th of May 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/403bd9c41f93f89047579ead422a5bd195e09c7abc102d916efb711de0db9cf7/Fracking-028.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b37f68a870823d01efb7cec203d226d33830879ba785e7c6de6abb7f919a12d/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-10.jpg" data-mid="94478806" border="0" alt="Ogonki, Poland. Edward Sawicki during the drilling of a personal water well for agricultural purposes. Edward is one of the most famous anti-fracking protester of northern Poland: his property is on one of the concessions granted by the Polish government for the exploration of unconventional gas" data-caption="Ogonki, Poland. Edward Sawicki during the drilling of a personal water well for agricultural purposes. Edward is one of the most famous anti-fracking protester of northern Poland: his property is on one of the concessions granted by the Polish government for the exploration of unconventional gas" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4b37f68a870823d01efb7cec203d226d33830879ba785e7c6de6abb7f919a12d/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-10.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e9279bc8d5b71b75e81384e2f15dbb0218a3f62aa90c9ffbe3194f9926350de/Fracking-030.jpg" data-mid="94478796" border="0" alt="Lubycza Krolewska, Poland. Abandoned drilling rig platform for shale gas extraction" data-caption="Lubycza Krolewska, Poland. Abandoned drilling rig platform for shale gas extraction" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6e9279bc8d5b71b75e81384e2f15dbb0218a3f62aa90c9ffbe3194f9926350de/Fracking-030.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c8583524ec36d23bf45452fa090fe4f3d5783a942bd3846e80ba177a89050812/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-1.jpg" data-mid="94478797" border="0" alt="Barlad, Romania. Barlad, Vaslui county, is the city where the first Romanian anti-fracking riots started in 2012. During these events the population officially asked the government to impose the immediate cancellation or suspension of concessions for shale gas exploitation in the country and a moratorium on fracking" data-caption="Barlad, Romania. Barlad, Vaslui county, is the city where the first Romanian anti-fracking riots started in 2012. During these events the population officially asked the government to impose the immediate cancellation or suspension of concessions for shale gas exploitation in the country and a moratorium on fracking" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c8583524ec36d23bf45452fa090fe4f3d5783a942bd3846e80ba177a89050812/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-1.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/508bb6216df6897f9c6ce58705347d4f19b8930d689bdd5a4f58d6e8954af5df/Fracking-027.jpg" data-mid="94478791" border="0" alt="Miłowo, Poland. Deforestation caused by experimental tests of shale gas extractions in Milowo, northern Poland" data-caption="Miłowo, Poland. Deforestation caused by experimental tests of shale gas extractions in Milowo, northern Poland" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/508bb6216df6897f9c6ce58705347d4f19b8930d689bdd5a4f58d6e8954af5df/Fracking-027.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86eb5270c020478c227e7623bd424018fea0e9f517375a442764715ff8c4e09f/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-8.jpg" data-mid="94478804" border="0" alt="Villedieu, France. An activist of the Ardeche collective shows his t-shirt. The motto on it says &#38;ldquo;If the law authorizes drillings, I am an outlaw&#38;rdquo;" data-caption="Villedieu, France. An activist of the Ardeche collective shows his t-shirt. The motto on it says “If the law authorizes drillings, I am an outlaw”" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86eb5270c020478c227e7623bd424018fea0e9f517375a442764715ff8c4e09f/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-8.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f360c1360ef8d5e451f4a05a21a7dfcf9bfe78935992606a3b597a75793c824/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-4.jpg" data-mid="94478800" border="0" alt="Balcombe, United Kingdom. The British anti-fracking movement is characterized by spectacular actions. After blocking the road for a few hours with a huge tripod on which he was sitting, Jamie was captured and arrested by the police" data-caption="Balcombe, United Kingdom. The British anti-fracking movement is characterized by spectacular actions. After blocking the road for a few hours with a huge tripod on which he was sitting, Jamie was captured and arrested by the police" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f360c1360ef8d5e451f4a05a21a7dfcf9bfe78935992606a3b597a75793c824/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-4.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/901516e16c45be6323d8df717476a12e4bcb0f147bec57517a7225d0c9e8940a/Fracking-022.jpg" data-mid="94478786" border="0" alt="Rome, Italy. Head office of ENI. In 2010 ENI oil company obtained three licenses for the shale gas exploitation in Poland. After less than four years, the company abandoned the project, due to the very complex extraction techniques and the regulatory plan imposed by Polish government" data-caption="Rome, Italy. Head office of ENI. In 2010 ENI oil company obtained three licenses for the shale gas exploitation in Poland. After less than four years, the company abandoned the project, due to the very complex extraction techniques and the regulatory plan imposed by Polish government" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/901516e16c45be6323d8df717476a12e4bcb0f147bec57517a7225d0c9e8940a/Fracking-022.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f8cc18e80343704b2bab56df339392146a5f55d6bb0a8b1422f2e7e581dd89b/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-11.jpg" data-mid="94478807" border="0" alt="Barjac, France. Edouard Chaulet is the anti-fracking mayor of Barjac, a commune in the Gard department. The village lies within one of the three permits that have been cancelled by former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in 2011" data-caption="Barjac, France. Edouard Chaulet is the anti-fracking mayor of Barjac, a commune in the Gard department. The village lies within one of the three permits that have been cancelled by former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy in 2011" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f8cc18e80343704b2bab56df339392146a5f55d6bb0a8b1422f2e7e581dd89b/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-11.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1349" height="1080" width_o="1349" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8cdbc7374ddb9afdbbd1bf0f21f1087ce5f846cef2cb40f915018fa1207f2e31/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-12.jpg" data-mid="94478808" border="0" alt="Zurawlow, Poland. Henryka is a farmer from the village of Zurawlow, in south-eastern Poland. Chevron was about to rise up a drilling site in Zurawlow for shale gas extractions. After 400 days of protests and permanent occupation of their fields, the villagers managed to block Chevron's intention and to stop the operations" data-caption="Zurawlow, Poland. Henryka is a farmer from the village of Zurawlow, in south-eastern Poland. Chevron was about to rise up a drilling site in Zurawlow for shale gas extractions. After 400 days of protests and permanent occupation of their fields, the villagers managed to block Chevron's intention and to stop the operations" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8cdbc7374ddb9afdbbd1bf0f21f1087ce5f846cef2cb40f915018fa1207f2e31/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-12.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a4824977e335068ee3c0da666a89bb078430a30778a5c86bbe95efae30d8b10/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-13.jpg" data-mid="94478809" border="0" alt="Lancashire, United Kingdom. Gas storage site near Blackpool. In 2011 the shale gas extractions were suspended in the UK after a series of small earthquakes in Blackpool, Lancashire. The responsibility of the micro-earthquakes was given to fracking, the process that was used to explore unconventional gas basins in the countryside around the city. The drilling company, Cuadrilla, commissioned an investigation into the seismic activity that confirmed this cause, too. Its drilling activity resumed anyway in December 2012" data-caption="Lancashire, United Kingdom. Gas storage site near Blackpool. In 2011 the shale gas extractions were suspended in the UK after a series of small earthquakes in Blackpool, Lancashire. The responsibility of the micro-earthquakes was given to fracking, the process that was used to explore unconventional gas basins in the countryside around the city. The drilling company, Cuadrilla, commissioned an investigation into the seismic activity that confirmed this cause, too. Its drilling activity resumed anyway in December 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a4824977e335068ee3c0da666a89bb078430a30778a5c86bbe95efae30d8b10/Selezione-Ampia-Fracking-13.jpg" /&#62;
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		<title>Standing Still</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/Standing-Still</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 14:48:22 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

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&#60;img width="1920" height="600" width_o="1920" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c1a5ea92edb379b0cd1b8e9b88f4fa2b09fc8d18ac3aac2011a83c48281ff577/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_013.JPG" data-mid="95562660" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c1a5ea92edb379b0cd1b8e9b88f4fa2b09fc8d18ac3aac2011a83c48281ff577/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_013.JPG" /&#62;

Standing Still
A photographic survey of the American West&#38;nbsp;



A SooS Chronicles collective project.All pictures and text by Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni.




	

For a long time the Far West has been the destination of adventurers, loners and pioneers moved either by vocation or by need. For these people the unexplored territories beyond the frontier represented a real step forward towards freedom and, possibly, glory. This unusual embrace between civilization and a wild, magnificent, but sometimes also inhospitable and violent, nature originated the American man.
The Far West played a key role not only in the geographical definition of the U.S., but also in the creation of an epic (as well as a political doctrine of expansion) that became the cultural cornerstone for the growing country. It is no coincidence that the Western epic experienced its greatest glory in the twentieth century when the U.S.A. emerged as the dominant world power.

	We felt it was important to make this journey. A trip that allowed us to observe the condition of American Western symbols in the territory in which they were born.

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Today immobility and stillness distinguish the condition of the contemporary West. Although some environmental and cultural changes have impacted the region, they have been unable to free this land from its famous iconography and the history it stands for. A myth that affects an environment so deeply can only become its constant aspect, doomed continually to repeat itself.





&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c32d57efd442c65bd43dd1f63d48206ef7573a0b40fc73a97ecc8edb9cc9bace/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_001.jpg" data-mid="93101850" border="0" alt="Animas Forks, Colorado, 2012. Animas Forks is a former mining town founded in 1875. It has been slowly abandoned from the first decade of the 20th century. Today is one of the several ghost towns left in the state of Colorado" data-caption="Animas Forks, Colorado, 2012. Animas Forks is a former mining town founded in 1875. It has been slowly abandoned from the first decade of the 20th century. Today is one of the several ghost towns left in the state of Colorado" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c32d57efd442c65bd43dd1f63d48206ef7573a0b40fc73a97ecc8edb9cc9bace/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_001.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3f07ad6364e980bdb275372f9222a057910dec72b70358277672527f65158034/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_004.jpg" data-mid="93101852" border="0" alt="Golden, Colorado, 2012. Kim Fry is a member of the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association. CGRA was founded in 1981 and it is the oldest association of the United States that promotes rodeo events in the gay community" data-caption="Golden, Colorado, 2012. Kim Fry is a member of the Colorado Gay Rodeo Association. CGRA was founded in 1981 and it is the oldest association of the United States that promotes rodeo events in the gay community" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3f07ad6364e980bdb275372f9222a057910dec72b70358277672527f65158034/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_004.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f52ecf49dbdf4fe262a74fbd043861128c97b24f0df2583e25aa2bb4d9b59c2/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_002.JPG" data-mid="95562550" border="0" alt="Guffey, Colorado. Charles Morielli is the guardian of this curious exhibition of sundries in Guffey, a little town entirely devoted to antiques. The items are often not on sale and they belong to the american western tradition" data-caption="Guffey, Colorado. Charles Morielli is the guardian of this curious exhibition of sundries in Guffey, a little town entirely devoted to antiques. The items are often not on sale and they belong to the american western tradition" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f52ecf49dbdf4fe262a74fbd043861128c97b24f0df2583e25aa2bb4d9b59c2/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_002.JPG" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/691ea93c60b5015a378bea22104f88ac778463aed5d0973bfeea855a8a66fb1f/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_006.jpg" data-mid="93101854" border="0" alt="Salida, Colorado, 2012. A skatepark at the foot of the hills surrounding the city of Salida. In the background, the big capital letter on the side of the mountain (in this case an &#38;ldquo;S&#38;rdquo; standing for Salida) is a frequent element in the landscape of the West" data-caption="Salida, Colorado, 2012. A skatepark at the foot of the hills surrounding the city of Salida. In the background, the big capital letter on the side of the mountain (in this case an “S” standing for Salida) is a frequent element in the landscape of the West" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/691ea93c60b5015a378bea22104f88ac778463aed5d0973bfeea855a8a66fb1f/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_006.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52ad5d068cb06324441728d6416200d2f47587a71c41e1949be22d6483e3fa70/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_003.jpg" data-mid="93101851" border="0" alt="Durango, Colorado, 2012. Every year in October the city of Durango hosts the biggest cowboy gathering of Colorado. Concerts, horse ridings and other events are held to celebrate and keep alive the western spirit" data-caption="Durango, Colorado, 2012. Every year in October the city of Durango hosts the biggest cowboy gathering of Colorado. Concerts, horse ridings and other events are held to celebrate and keep alive the western spirit" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52ad5d068cb06324441728d6416200d2f47587a71c41e1949be22d6483e3fa70/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_003.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2bdba40362a8c6d1a7a7546ff2c2955633b85920163c88e36a177b2c6a695f3c/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_005.jpg" data-mid="93101853" border="0" alt="Center, Colorado, 2012. Frontier Drive-In Theater" data-caption="Center, Colorado, 2012. Frontier Drive-In Theater" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2bdba40362a8c6d1a7a7546ff2c2955633b85920163c88e36a177b2c6a695f3c/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_005.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/efd0ae93a92cba6f65801b3bcaf907bbce5a76542ea8651973af0f1446f9e154/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_008.jpg" data-mid="93101856" border="0" alt="Victor, Colorado, 2012. Sue Kochevar and Micheal Nothaus, a former miner and son of German immigrants, work together in the Fortune Club Diner (one of the only two diners now open in Victor). Everyday the Fortune Club serves breakfast and lunch to the workers of the Victor gold mine" data-caption="Victor, Colorado, 2012. Sue Kochevar and Micheal Nothaus, a former miner and son of German immigrants, work together in the Fortune Club Diner (one of the only two diners now open in Victor). Everyday the Fortune Club serves breakfast and lunch to the workers of the Victor gold mine" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/efd0ae93a92cba6f65801b3bcaf907bbce5a76542ea8651973af0f1446f9e154/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_008.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef985300ea2903f8f9acea40b4887de495442a75fe2b2a94d576b41f474153fc/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_009.jpg" data-mid="93101857" border="0" alt="Summit County, Colorado, 2012" data-caption="Summit County, Colorado, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ef985300ea2903f8f9acea40b4887de495442a75fe2b2a94d576b41f474153fc/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_009.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86e1b322d6707b6e9321d4c978fe2bed60f7d3a722f021974db88147fa9def4e/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_010.jpg" data-mid="93101858" border="0" alt="Fairplay, Colorado, 2012. South Park City" data-caption="Fairplay, Colorado, 2012. South Park City" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86e1b322d6707b6e9321d4c978fe2bed60f7d3a722f021974db88147fa9def4e/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_010.jpg" /&#62;
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&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3d3f019cbe78a4e2f4d70550adf20c1a1eed6982bf5362f53d5e25d32344cbff/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_012.jpg" data-mid="93101860" border="0" alt="Villa Grove, Colorado, 2012. Amber in her general store" data-caption="Villa Grove, Colorado, 2012. Amber in her general store" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3d3f019cbe78a4e2f4d70550adf20c1a1eed6982bf5362f53d5e25d32344cbff/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_012.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1a997e39037e1497b7e04676d4e33d9cf566bd6570f09afcd1c6efa07d862dd/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_013.jpg" data-mid="93101861" border="0" alt="Sunset on Delta County, Colorado." data-caption="Sunset on Delta County, Colorado." src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1a997e39037e1497b7e04676d4e33d9cf566bd6570f09afcd1c6efa07d862dd/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_013.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5bf9503ff431d1c76402b96664e0d39e024507d92cc0946ab8052a2fd08012a9/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_015.jpg" data-mid="93101863" border="0" alt="Jefferson, Colorado, 2012" data-caption="Jefferson, Colorado, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5bf9503ff431d1c76402b96664e0d39e024507d92cc0946ab8052a2fd08012a9/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_015.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df5f5933790a95ec6a1de5c6b0a20b7564946288219843967e485601d92c0552/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_014.jpg" data-mid="93101862" border="0" alt="Durango, Colorado, 2012. During a country concert" data-caption="Durango, Colorado, 2012. During a country concert" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/df5f5933790a95ec6a1de5c6b0a20b7564946288219843967e485601d92c0552/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_014.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae48414810037944383baae2b07784429ba4e2cad5b79e874411b69d8f8264df/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_011.jpg" data-mid="93101859" border="0" alt="Paonia, Colorado, 2012" data-caption="Paonia, Colorado, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae48414810037944383baae2b07784429ba4e2cad5b79e874411b69d8f8264df/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_011.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/117184824e8384e384ceab25387c8daf4487d9d9c77970302d9925c10d902c03/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_018.jpg" data-mid="93101866" border="0" alt="Grand Junction, Colorado, 2012. Spectators of an air show in Grand Junction, the most populous city of western Colorado" data-caption="Grand Junction, Colorado, 2012. Spectators of an air show in Grand Junction, the most populous city of western Colorado" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/117184824e8384e384ceab25387c8daf4487d9d9c77970302d9925c10d902c03/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_018.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/451e53ef337bae5956f38943d9c2b39f2f4506415eea57557dcd7c39ebadf363/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_020.jpg" data-mid="93101868" border="0" alt="Victor, Colorado, 2012. Preparing for Halloween" data-caption="Victor, Colorado, 2012. Preparing for Halloween" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/451e53ef337bae5956f38943d9c2b39f2f4506415eea57557dcd7c39ebadf363/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_020.jpg" /&#62;
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&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c491019aaa9b80f49a56406f666e77dbcfa57461a2ed827673925f1019049965/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_019.jpg" data-mid="93101867" border="0" alt="Silverplume, Colorado, 2012" data-caption="Silverplume, Colorado, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c491019aaa9b80f49a56406f666e77dbcfa57461a2ed827673925f1019049965/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_019.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/81d7cb713db65e1f83a32cf000b91012f29f34aa72ab5b063a1853a736c1f1cd/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_021.jpg" data-mid="93101872" border="0" alt="Red Cliff, Colorado, 2012. Established in 1879 by silver miners, Red Cliff has today a population of less than 300 people" data-caption="Red Cliff, Colorado, 2012. Established in 1879 by silver miners, Red Cliff has today a population of less than 300 people" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/81d7cb713db65e1f83a32cf000b91012f29f34aa72ab5b063a1853a736c1f1cd/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_021.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c1db4c033f072ed02d06879cf123d798a88636ed8c9f1c4c859dd72d4f55fd8/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_022.jpg" data-mid="93101874" border="0" alt="Silverton, Colorado. Frank Montonati shows an old photograph of his ancestors, moved from northern Italy to Colorado in 1870. Frank is a mining engineer and since 1966 he has worked in mining camps all over the world. Today he coordinates the operations in his own gold mine in Silverton together with his son" data-caption="Silverton, Colorado. Frank Montonati shows an old photograph of his ancestors, moved from northern Italy to Colorado in 1870. Frank is a mining engineer and since 1966 he has worked in mining camps all over the world. Today he coordinates the operations in his own gold mine in Silverton together with his son" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c1db4c033f072ed02d06879cf123d798a88636ed8c9f1c4c859dd72d4f55fd8/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_022.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8a9ab65eda3c8c6c053b1954d667c52fff7b08a9acc941046fac09a538bf9cc3/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_023.jpg" data-mid="93101876" border="0" alt="Goldfield, Colorado, 2012. Goldfield was built at the end of the 19th century to give shelter to the hundreds of miners working in the area. Nowadays Goldfield is nearly a ghost town. Behind the few wooden cabins left, the Cripple Creek &#38;amp; Victor gold mine is still active. It is property of the south African company AngloGold Ashanti and it is the most productive gold mine of Colorado" data-caption="Goldfield, Colorado, 2012. Goldfield was built at the end of the 19th century to give shelter to the hundreds of miners working in the area. Nowadays Goldfield is nearly a ghost town. Behind the few wooden cabins left, the Cripple Creek &#38;amp; Victor gold mine is still active. It is property of the south African company AngloGold Ashanti and it is the most productive gold mine of Colorado" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8a9ab65eda3c8c6c053b1954d667c52fff7b08a9acc941046fac09a538bf9cc3/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_023.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c3472ab856a9634d203bd50170461e9aef2f87f3f59d43bd326fa7abbfc28a5/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_025.jpg" data-mid="93101879" border="0" alt="San Luis, Colorado, 2012" data-caption="San Luis, Colorado, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c3472ab856a9634d203bd50170461e9aef2f87f3f59d43bd326fa7abbfc28a5/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_025.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/775af1ccb0c02ff628ceb11021000886b347579238aefcfb02f91adee5a0fbe7/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_024.jpg" data-mid="93101878" border="0" alt="Ouray, Colorado, 2012. Ouray is a former mining town built in the second half of the 19th century. The entire present-day economy of Ouray is based on tourism and the town bills itself as the &#38;ldquo;Switzerland of America&#38;rdquo; because of its geographic position" data-caption="Ouray, Colorado, 2012. Ouray is a former mining town built in the second half of the 19th century. The entire present-day economy of Ouray is based on tourism and the town bills itself as the “Switzerland of America” because of its geographic position" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/775af1ccb0c02ff628ceb11021000886b347579238aefcfb02f91adee5a0fbe7/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_024.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/950708f6e35368c307f303dabef27073b2777cbf397164f7976e6e0422121b06/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_026.jpg" data-mid="93101881" border="0" alt="Montrose, Colorado, 2012. Graffiti portraying the final scene of the 1969 western movie True Grit. The film was entirely shot in Ouray and Montrose Counties. John Wayne won the only Academy Award of his long career for the role of Rooster Cogburn in this picture" data-caption="Montrose, Colorado, 2012. Graffiti portraying the final scene of the 1969 western movie True Grit. The film was entirely shot in Ouray and Montrose Counties. John Wayne won the only Academy Award of his long career for the role of Rooster Cogburn in this picture" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/950708f6e35368c307f303dabef27073b2777cbf397164f7976e6e0422121b06/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_026.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/219cda5eda7d7da71dd164473ef2e7ed7c106a03f9af6901cb27fc5dd5d6122d/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_034.jpg" data-mid="93101895" border="0" alt="Victor, Colorado, 2012" data-caption="Victor, Colorado, 2012" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/219cda5eda7d7da71dd164473ef2e7ed7c106a03f9af6901cb27fc5dd5d6122d/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_034.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/897538ecb73473936659b39b8c7f3a4e8bfe4f9e2743611cdf854afe79400f81/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_027.jpg" data-mid="93101884" border="0" alt="Keota, Colorado, 2012. Chris and Nathan, students at the University of Boulder, in the ghost town of Keota during the set-up for a photographic project about the declining power of the United States of America" data-caption="Keota, Colorado, 2012. Chris and Nathan, students at the University of Boulder, in the ghost town of Keota during the set-up for a photographic project about the declining power of the United States of America" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/897538ecb73473936659b39b8c7f3a4e8bfe4f9e2743611cdf854afe79400f81/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_027.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7fd5e9addaee6bd1d1137a020d603d52ff19aae2c48707918e8d8eb8a815cfc9/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_036.jpg" data-mid="93101897" border="0" alt="Guffey, Colorado, 2012. Horse skeletons pulling a paddy-wagon" data-caption="Guffey, Colorado, 2012. Horse skeletons pulling a paddy-wagon" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7fd5e9addaee6bd1d1137a020d603d52ff19aae2c48707918e8d8eb8a815cfc9/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_036.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf1a0d0ae923a8cc8a46c078a6b50dceb0218db824e8f2c4a73f5f46ffeb6d59/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_028.jpg" data-mid="93101887" border="0" alt="Silverton, Colorado, 2012. A view of Silverton, a former silver-mining town" data-caption="Silverton, Colorado, 2012. A view of Silverton, a former silver-mining town" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf1a0d0ae923a8cc8a46c078a6b50dceb0218db824e8f2c4a73f5f46ffeb6d59/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_028.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18c1a65832b1057b506af8e880effd002e2cc449c4c953bfa2643399e5a9ed61/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_030.jpg" data-mid="93101891" border="0" alt="Nederland, Colorado, 2012. Bo, the Iceman, and Lexi after their monthly transport of dry ice. Since 1994 Bo is the caretaker of the frozen corpse of Bredo Morstel, a Norwegian man got hibernated after death by his son and kept by that time in a bizarre cryogenic center in Nederland. In order to keep the temperature inside the coffin low enough to maintain the corpse, Bo must carry once a month more than 1,500 pounds of dry ice with his pick-up truck from Boulder to Nederland" data-caption="Nederland, Colorado, 2012. Bo, the Iceman, and Lexi after their monthly transport of dry ice. Since 1994 Bo is the caretaker of the frozen corpse of Bredo Morstel, a Norwegian man got hibernated after death by his son and kept by that time in a bizarre cryogenic center in Nederland. In order to keep the temperature inside the coffin low enough to maintain the corpse, Bo must carry once a month more than 1,500 pounds of dry ice with his pick-up truck from Boulder to Nederland" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18c1a65832b1057b506af8e880effd002e2cc449c4c953bfa2643399e5a9ed61/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_030.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a1287e40dfea0e78a4a5fa07bca428c9b2b6992fb8c3fd576f88efe48ea375a/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_031.jpg" data-mid="93101892" border="0" alt="Central City, Colorado, 2012. Central City, &#38;ldquo;the richest square mile on Earth&#38;rdquo; is one of the most famous cities linked to the gold rush of the 19th century. As the mineral extraction became less profitable, Central City started its conversion from mining to gambling town and it now hosts several casinos" data-caption="Central City, Colorado, 2012. Central City, “the richest square mile on Earth” is one of the most famous cities linked to the gold rush of the 19th century. As the mineral extraction became less profitable, Central City started its conversion from mining to gambling town and it now hosts several casinos" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6a1287e40dfea0e78a4a5fa07bca428c9b2b6992fb8c3fd576f88efe48ea375a/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_031.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f33b960905357dd33144ef96f096d0ad59231a109b20e30a877ef49a6796c71/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_033.jpg" data-mid="93101894" border="0" alt="Golden, Colorado, 2012. During a gay rodeo" data-caption="Golden, Colorado, 2012. During a gay rodeo" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6f33b960905357dd33144ef96f096d0ad59231a109b20e30a877ef49a6796c71/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_033.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5669b3b8cd7d1477db0942bd1a8f21b3e4b62d76d81adc22d6291e8c44f04d56/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_017.jpg" data-mid="93101865" border="0" alt="Keota, Colorado, 2012. Keota was a station stop on the Colorado-Wyoming Division of the Burlington Missouri Railroad. After the severe dust storms and the Great Depression of the Thirties, it began the depopulation of the town. In 1975 the station was abandoned and the trackage completely removed. Today Keota is almost totally uninhabited" data-caption="Keota, Colorado, 2012. Keota was a station stop on the Colorado-Wyoming Division of the Burlington Missouri Railroad. After the severe dust storms and the Great Depression of the Thirties, it began the depopulation of the town. In 1975 the station was abandoned and the trackage completely removed. Today Keota is almost totally uninhabited" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5669b3b8cd7d1477db0942bd1a8f21b3e4b62d76d81adc22d6291e8c44f04d56/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_017.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85f2ae3d47c920b57bb382322cbc37c29f36cb19bd4005668f3e52c466602d90/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_032.jpg" data-mid="93101893" border="0" alt="Genoa, Colorado, 2012. Jerry Chubbuck, a retired sheriff, is the caretaker of the Wonder Tower in Genoa. In the building have been stored thousands of oddities and other bizarre items found by Jerry himself during 60 years of quests in the West. Before the abandonment of the town, the Wonder Tower used to host a restaurant, now partially converted into Jerry's house" data-caption="Genoa, Colorado, 2012. Jerry Chubbuck, a retired sheriff, is the caretaker of the Wonder Tower in Genoa. In the building have been stored thousands of oddities and other bizarre items found by Jerry himself during 60 years of quests in the West. Before the abandonment of the town, the Wonder Tower used to host a restaurant, now partially converted into Jerry's house" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85f2ae3d47c920b57bb382322cbc37c29f36cb19bd4005668f3e52c466602d90/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_032.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35bb32b8a7456ad2e62823336c748cd30d70be8b3042c590666606be1e767a26/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_037.jpg" data-mid="93101917" border="0" alt="St. Elmo, Colorado, 2012.A ghost town on the Rocky Mountains" data-caption="St. Elmo, Colorado, 2012.A ghost town on the Rocky Mountains" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35bb32b8a7456ad2e62823336c748cd30d70be8b3042c590666606be1e767a26/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_037.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d78c8dc67e0591cc1f3405435fef0508e57bac61cd318819f43fd421e275b1a4/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_035.jpg" data-mid="93101896" border="0" alt="Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 2012. The San Juan Shootists meet once a month to hold their Fast Draw championship in Pagosa Springs. During this tournament, based on the romance and legend of the Old West, every shooter must prove his ability in striking a target in less than no time with a real Colt gun" data-caption="Pagosa Springs, Colorado, 2012. The San Juan Shootists meet once a month to hold their Fast Draw championship in Pagosa Springs. During this tournament, based on the romance and legend of the Old West, every shooter must prove his ability in striking a target in less than no time with a real Colt gun" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d78c8dc67e0591cc1f3405435fef0508e57bac61cd318819f43fd421e275b1a4/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_035.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0f3cd6240fd97a1da4e3de681e7f5c75c491319fe5c074fe2b2754440e67783/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_029.jpg" data-mid="93101890" border="0" alt="Hooper, Colorado, 2012. San Luis Valley is considered among specialists one of the most profitable places in the United States for UFO sightings. Judy Messoline is the owner of the UFO Watchtower in Hooper, Colorado. After closing her cattle ranch because of the dry weather conditions, in 2000 she began this activity on the same property. Since that moment the center reported 66 UFO sightings and more than 20,000 among tourists and campers every year" data-caption="Hooper, Colorado, 2012. San Luis Valley is considered among specialists one of the most profitable places in the United States for UFO sightings. Judy Messoline is the owner of the UFO Watchtower in Hooper, Colorado. After closing her cattle ranch because of the dry weather conditions, in 2000 she began this activity on the same property. Since that moment the center reported 66 UFO sightings and more than 20,000 among tourists and campers every year" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0f3cd6240fd97a1da4e3de681e7f5c75c491319fe5c074fe2b2754440e67783/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_029.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c27628abdfc354e419633d41b00ee5437d75b02dca1de9110ea8823e143dc39e/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_038.jpg" data-mid="93101918" border="0" alt="Empire, Colorado, 2012. Pioneer cemetery" data-caption="Empire, Colorado, 2012. Pioneer cemetery" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c27628abdfc354e419633d41b00ee5437d75b02dca1de9110ea8823e143dc39e/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_038.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/637bee0f44ebe1998d095db0337502d16a0ff30ed654eb5134970786774fe178/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_039.jpg" data-mid="93101919" border="0" alt="Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 2012. In 2012 more than 4000 wildfires burned across the state of Colorado. They caused the death of six people and destroyed 370,000 acres of forest with an estimated loss of 538 million dollars, according to the reports by the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control" data-caption="Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, 2012. In 2012 more than 4000 wildfires burned across the state of Colorado. They caused the death of six people and destroyed 370,000 acres of forest with an estimated loss of 538 million dollars, according to the reports by the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/637bee0f44ebe1998d095db0337502d16a0ff30ed654eb5134970786774fe178/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_039.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1350" height="1080" width_o="1350" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f58bdf41e46b834b65b9ec532b01557101def8cb089cf14a7a9a7f80991854c3/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_040.jpg" data-mid="93101920" border="0" alt="Genoa, Colorado, 2012. The construction of the Interstate 70 diverted all the traffic from the old Route 24, which used to run through the town of Genoa, on the new highway. This is the main cause of the current isolation of Genoa: its population has been cut in half in recent years and its business district is now entirely abandoned" data-caption="Genoa, Colorado, 2012. The construction of the Interstate 70 diverted all the traffic from the old Route 24, which used to run through the town of Genoa, on the new highway. This is the main cause of the current isolation of Genoa: its population has been cut in half in recent years and its business district is now entirely abandoned" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f58bdf41e46b834b65b9ec532b01557101def8cb089cf14a7a9a7f80991854c3/STANDINGSTILL_LCFB_040.jpg" /&#62;



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&#60;img width="1502" height="581" width_o="1502" height_o="581" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/13f5c5dc428007fc26dbb51e69cb0b69a2b3139be3d0b226f8f0a0f61fc5bb56/SooS_Chronicles_FoFu_03.jpg" data-mid="168040533" border="0" alt="FoFu Catalogue, Vanzi Editrice, 2013" data-caption="FoFu Catalogue, Vanzi Editrice, 2013" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/13f5c5dc428007fc26dbb51e69cb0b69a2b3139be3d0b226f8f0a0f61fc5bb56/SooS_Chronicles_FoFu_03.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1500" height="590" width_o="1500" height_o="590" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da27c78ac1ee55a80b4e75eae7ce7f9aac7facbb54b12bce9f5912cf8a5fa1a1/SooS_Chronicles_FoFu_04.jpg" data-mid="168040534" border="0" alt="FoFu Catalogue, Vanzi Editrice, 2013" data-caption="FoFu Catalogue, Vanzi Editrice, 2013" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/da27c78ac1ee55a80b4e75eae7ce7f9aac7facbb54b12bce9f5912cf8a5fa1a1/SooS_Chronicles_FoFu_04.jpg" /&#62;
&#60;img width="1500" height="585" width_o="1500" height_o="585" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e06d62b5f12c7d93d342c7605a2b2f4672557bb759b3164f82fde9a2e2428685/SooS_Chronicles_FoFu_05.jpg" data-mid="168040535" border="0" alt="FoFu Catalogue, Vanzi Editrice, 2013" data-caption="FoFu Catalogue, Vanzi Editrice, 2013" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e06d62b5f12c7d93d342c7605a2b2f4672557bb759b3164f82fde9a2e2428685/SooS_Chronicles_FoFu_05.jpg" /&#62;


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		<title>Se Ne Sono Andati Tutti</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/Se-Ne-Sono-Andati-Tutti</link>

		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 15:10:43 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://filippobardazzi.it/Se-Ne-Sono-Andati-Tutti</guid>

		<description>


&#60;img width="1920" height="600" width_o="1920" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/157e6c4df215512b593d3b6f08800ac764074d11e0399feef6f32ceba7565b7f/Pieve-Santo-Stefano.JPG" data-mid="95563857" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/157e6c4df215512b593d3b6f08800ac764074d11e0399feef6f32ceba7565b7f/Pieve-Santo-Stefano.JPG" /&#62;

Se ne sono andati tutti
Tuscany blues&#38;nbsp;












	












Se ne sono andati tutti is a trip through the minor landscapes of Tuscany, a region that everyone is used to knowing for its beauty and harmony. An everyday reality, rich in variety and dissonance, lies beyond this conventional and stereotyped vision, only good for careless tourists.

 &#38;nbsp;&#38;nbsp; So far, I've spent my whole life in Tuscany and I've always seen and felt this land as a nostalgic place of mind. Most of the time this wistful mood is triggered in my eyes by 'familiar' elements of the landscape that often don't keep up with our fast-changing age.


 All elements of a transforming environment, though, may lose their original purpose but they can never be deprived of their consistence.
	They always survive as suspended traces of disused destinies.
 I was looking for a photography to be together intimate and direct to translate into images this view on my own world. Instant photography perfectly embodied both of these characteristics.


All images have been shot on original Polaroid peel–apart films. The film used was a Type 100 Paul Giambarba Blue Edition, expired in 2009 and now discontinued. The peculiarity of this film is the final result, whose colour tone can range from deep blue to magenta, depending on light conditions and exposure.





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		<title>TIPI</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/TIPI</link>

		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:30:23 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

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TIPI. Storie dal distretto












	


	
	
	
	





Workplaces and human capital have been the two characters that allowed the growth of the Prato textile district and the development over the decades of an  inestimable historical, architectural and industrial 

heritage. The specificity of both these aspects are linked together by an ideal scheme, made up of environments and people that share common aspects. TIPI deconstructs this relationship into its basic components and through a continuous change of perspective tries to offer new attention to a familiar and deeply felt theme for the local community.

The images here shown come from 8 realities of the area, quite heterogeneous one from another: companies in regular and complete activity are flanked by spaces that used to be workplaces 

 in the recent past 

and that today are part of a process of reconversion and regeneration.






	






TIPI is a commissioned project, funded by the Municipality of Prato - Department of Tourism and promoted by the Textile Museum Foundation and by CDSE - 

Centro di Documentazione Storico Etnografica.




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&#60;img width="1620" height="1080" width_o="1620" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2735b0cb9b99261864ff99494ff5492f23ac13e26d7940b1a4c9853ac0fc2c59/03ok.jpg" data-mid="177099374" border="0" alt="TIPI exhibition @ Spazio Campolmi, Prato (Italy)" data-caption="TIPI exhibition @ Spazio Campolmi, Prato (Italy)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2735b0cb9b99261864ff99494ff5492f23ac13e26d7940b1a4c9853ac0fc2c59/03ok.jpg" /&#62;
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	<item>
		<title>Mapsulon for Point.51</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/Mapsulon-for-Point-51</link>

		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 13:20:53 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

		<guid isPermaLink="true">https://filippobardazzi.it/Mapsulon-for-Point-51</guid>

		<description>


&#60;img width="1920" height="600" width_o="1920" height_o="600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ad0a19777d66312a14fc06929e8a2437c55c5b885c69d9b310fdeda85e77aa2/Mapsulon-05.jpg" data-mid="114781840" border="0"  src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ad0a19777d66312a14fc06929e8a2437c55c5b885c69d9b310fdeda85e77aa2/Mapsulon-05.jpg" /&#62;

Mapsulon
for Point.51













	


	
	
	
	




	
	
	
	




A SooS Chronicles collective feature.All pictures by Filippo Bardazzi and Laura Chiaroni.


There is a country in the
Tuscan-Emilian Apennines that does not appear on any map. A
micro-nation that first emerged in 1996, when the winds of secession
blew across northern Italy after the electoral success of Umberto
Bossi and his political party, the right-wing Lega Nord (Northern
League). Its name is Mapsulon and its self-declared territory mostly
overlaps with the municipality of Maresca, a pleasant village less
than 20 miles away from Pistoia, a city northwest of Florence. The
beginning of this bizarre and little-known story dates back to the
early 1990s, when a small group of young and literate friends, born
or raised in the village of Maresca, imagined a different world based
on art, amusement, and political utopias. 
“We were standing at a
crossroads,” recalls Secondo Calibano, one of the founding fathers
of Mapsulon.




 








	





 

“Lega Nord had been promoting the independence of
Padania from Italy for years, and the electoral triumph of the party
in 1996 seemed to make this scenario absolutely plausible.”&#38;nbsp;Padania, the nation that the Lega Nord wished to create, would have stretched from the Italian Alps to the northern border of Tuscany – almost exactly where the village of Maresca stood. Soon, uncertainty about the village's fate began to unsettle life within this little world. “We began to ask ourselves if the future of our community would have been with the new emerging country or with the remains of Italy,” Secondo recalls. Amid this precarious political situation, the people of Maresca decided to take their destiny into their own hands. On the 15th of September 1996 – the day when Padania celebrated its intended self-determination, Maresca declared independence – naming itself Mapsulon. Proud of their Etruscan origins, the villagers felt that they had nothing in common with Padania; nor with the bureaucracy of the Italian state.
From the text appeared on Issue #4 of Point.51 Magazine (July 2021)


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&#60;img width="1920" height="1536" width_o="1920" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74809a5d61c5302631a56e4eb1e52d95b00dabc99b917bcaf3ef5ffed7b5ec69/Mapsulon-09.jpg" data-mid="114409417" border="0" alt="The name of the new micro-nation came from a movie, I figli di Belial (The sons of Belial) by Tomas Ciampi, where the word &#38;quot;Mapsulon&#38;quot; appeared for the first time as a nickname of the village of Maresca. This artifice was inspired by the work of the writer H.P. Lovecraft. In his fictional world all plots took place in Arkham, a fictituos town that closely resembled his hometown, Providence" data-caption="The name of the new micro-nation came from a movie, I figli di Belial (The sons of Belial) by Tomas Ciampi, where the word &#38;quot;Mapsulon&#38;quot; appeared for the first time as a nickname of the village of Maresca. This artifice was inspired by the work of the writer H.P. Lovecraft. In his fictional world all plots took place in Arkham, a fictituos town that closely resembled his hometown, Providence" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/74809a5d61c5302631a56e4eb1e52d95b00dabc99b917bcaf3ef5ffed7b5ec69/Mapsulon-09.jpg" /&#62;
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&#60;img width="1920" height="1536" width_o="1920" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/150be999be601b3f79833b06c18828c63a54db5c6d55f0da348ab898f28d4020/Mapsulon-22.jpg" data-mid="114409437" border="0" alt="Tomas Ciampi, director and musician, is one of the Founding Fathers of Mapsulon" data-caption="Tomas Ciampi, director and musician, is one of the Founding Fathers of Mapsulon" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/150be999be601b3f79833b06c18828c63a54db5c6d55f0da348ab898f28d4020/Mapsulon-22.jpg" /&#62;
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		<title>Prato Textile District</title>
				
		<link>https://filippobardazzi.it/Prato-Textile-District</link>

		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2021 17:10:12 +0000</pubDate>

		<dc:creator>Filippo Bardazzi Photography</dc:creator>

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		<description>


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Prato Textile District&#38;nbsp;
for COVISIONI: / LUZ Photo Agency 













	


	
	
	
	


The
textile district of Prato is the biggest cluster of Europe devoted to
the production of wool yarns and fabrics. More than 7.000 companies
are currently working in the district. The first activities in this
field date back to the Middle Ages, when the wool was recycled using
the waters of the river Bisenzio that flows through the city from the
Apennines. In the '90s the textile production of Prato went into
crisis, due to rising competition of industries based in several
emerging countries. Now, the uncertainty brought by the COVID-19
pandemic might be a new setback for the economy of the district and
we still do not know how many companies will survive these hard
times. One thing is, though, already taken for granted: this health
disaster will force all activities to adopt extraordinary and
expensive measures of social distancing and occupational safety.


 








	



COVISIONI: is a collective project ran by 40 photographers coming from all the 20 Italian regions that has the aim of documenting the changes the country is facing after the COVID-19 pandemic. 


COVISIONI: is also a book, published in September 2021.


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