Gomma Photography Grant 2021
Balance
Photographer
Andrea Alessandrini
Balance
27 Jan, 2022
Balance is achieved when the sum of all of the forces acting on a body is equal to zero, meaning that the body is in a state of rest. I am interested in exploring the concept of balance from a physical and mental point of view. I found discipline in observing the surroundings, researching visual balance and in photographic experimentation. The aim was to keep everything under control. Balance is a project I developed in a space in which I was forced to stay for an indefinite period of time. Therefore, I decided to collaborate with the other people who shared that space with me.
About the photographer
Andrea Alessandrini
Andrea Alessandrini was born and works in Rome. He studied documentary photography at the Roman School of Photography, at LUZ and at D.O.O.R. Academy. He works on long-term personal projects and is one of the photo-lab coordinators at the CivicoZero centre for young migrants in Rome, founded by Save the Children. His works have been exhibited at the SI FEST OFF 2017 in Savignano sul Rubicone and at the Gibellina PhotoRoad 2019. His book Piccola Russia was shortlisted at MACK First Book Award 2020, Fiebre Dummy Award, PHOTO 2020 x Perimeter International Photobook Prize and Kassel Dummy Award 2020. Piccola Russia was published in march 2021 by Witty Books.
