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Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Photographer
Nicola Zolin
Life on the utopian waves
Gomma Photography Grant 2021 Finalists

Gomma Photography Grant 2021

Life on the utopian waves

Photographer

Nicola Zolin

Life on the utopian waves

06 Feb, 2022

It all started as a dream, the one of young people wanting to live their life in a different way, with the energy of their passion and their ideals. When Fred left his hometown in Alaska in his quest for utopia, he wished to live a life in a moving community, traveling and doing circus in contact with people, inspire others with the magic of the performances and finding a sustainable way of traveling to be in harmony with the environment. First it was the bike-circus, then the ‘Sea Clown Sailing Circus’, three boats sailing the Ionian Sea of Greece to bring circus in places where it was basically nonexistent. Every year the crew of artist changes, but the same spirit remains, even in the last two years despite the Covid-19 restrictions, which actually inspired the crew to incorporate Ancient Greek philosophy myths with their circus performances. The goal of this nomad crew is to allow people to reconnect to the child inside of themselves, and a way to spread hope, light, happiness and magic in a time where dreaming seems have become more difficult for the people and to invite them of their constant quest for an utopian world.

About the photographer

Nicola Zolin

Nicola Zolin, 37, photojournalist and writer, interested in the social and environmental transformations at the borders of Europe, Middle East and Asia. He earned a BA in Mass Communication and a MSc in International Relations. His projects about the youth of Iran, Gaza and Ukraine, about people looking for freedom outside social structure, about the asylum seekers from the Middle East on the way to Europe, and several others, intend to break the stereotypes that often certain media narratives create. His works has appeared in some of the most important magazines and newspapers such as Der Spiegel, De Volkskrant, Al Jazeera, Courrier International, Politico, Stern, Vice News, La Repubblica. He published two books: 'I passeggeri della Terra' for Polaris (2016) and ‘U paese è mondo intero for Prospero’ (2020).