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The Hands of the City
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The Hands of the City
Claudia Pajewski’s The Hands of the City documents the reconstruction of L’Aquila after an earthquake devastated the city in 2009. Following years of uncertainty, workers finally began rebuilding the city three years ago. A city, however, doesn’t rebuild itself. It is rebuilt by thousands of people, thousands of hands, the ones that Pajewski calls ‘The Hands of the City’. |
Claudia Pajewski
Claudia Pajewski is an independent photographer who lives and works between Rome and L’Aquila. Her photographic research often tends towards the strongly political, focusing in particular on issues of gender identity and social change. Specialising in documentary photography, portraits and stage photography, she won the Hysterio Prize in 2012 and has been published in national newspapers such as the Repubblica XL, whom she collaborated with between 2008 to 2013. |
Photographing the aftermath
Pursuing the role of activist in 2009, Pajewski documents the reality of Abruzzo through her photographs. Her images candidly present the facts of the aftermath, not only modifying the poetics of the event, but also give life to the long-term reconstruction project led by the migrant workers. |
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