Camilla Gorini's Photographic Ode to Letizia Cariello's Hands
Italian photographer Camilla Gorini (born 1995, based in Milan) has created a photographic series titled 'Le Mani. L’arte del ricomporsi' dedicated to artist Letizia Cariello. The project focuses on hands as a symbol of sensitive strength, beauty, and connection between inner space and the external world. Gorini's images depict Cariello's artistic practice of repeatedly knotting fragile thread around solid iron nails, a ritualistic act to ward off solitude and unnatural fractures. The work draws inspiration from a 1963 note by Albert Camus in his 'Taccuini' about not detaching from the world and maintaining contact with truth, nature, and art. Gorini's research documents and conceptualizes fragility as an expression of the human condition, working in medium and large formats. The series is an homage to hands that teach the art of recomposition and are sincere traces of humanity.
Key facts
- Camilla Gorini is an Italian photographer born in 1995, based in Milan.
- The series is titled 'Le Mani. L’arte del ricomporsi' (The Hands. The Art of Recomposition).
- The project is dedicated to artist Letizia Cariello.
- Gorini's photographs depict Cariello's use of fragile thread knotted around iron nails.
- The work references a 1963 note from Albert Camus's 'Taccuini'.
- Gorini's research focuses on fragility as an expression of the human condition.
- The series employs medium and large format photography.
- The project was published on Artribune in May 2021.
Entities
Artists
- Camilla Gorini
- Letizia Cariello
- Albert Camus
Institutions
- Artribune
Locations
- Milan
- Italy