Cantiere Escavazione Porti

July 10, 2009 by Mauro Taraborelli Leave a Comment

The Senigallia harbor contained a derelict industrial complex called “Cantiere Escavazione Porti”. This facility was devoted to harbor dredging and was composed by office buildings and workshops for equipments maintenance.
It had been decomissioned for some years before its demolition in June 2009, as a part of a major development plan involving the entire harbor. In those years, its buildings offered shelter for the local fishing float equipments and was, for some times, occupied by squatters.

In May 2009, before the demolition, the municipality gave free access to the facility in order to made easy the pedestrian passage between two parts of the harbor.
It was a sunny holiday morning when I decided to photograph the interior of the “Cantiere Escavazione Porti”. As I wandered around the rooms, I was striken by the contrast between the outside, with the sun light and the voices of the passers-by, and the inside, silent and with the signs of decay all around.

With the photographs presented in this folio, I try to convey the sense of “wonder” I felt when I explored those buildings. They were at the end of their life, but their whole life was still there for me to see.

If you wish, you can see the entire folios as a flickr set or download a selection in PDF (3.82 MB).

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at the end of a fishing day

May 20, 2009 by Mauro Taraborelli Leave a Comment

Senigallia, the city where I live, lies on the italian coast of the Adriatic sea. The city harbor is divided in two parts: one turistic, the other used by a small fishing float.
The fishermen fish for anchovies, mackerels, soles, clams and squids; all tipical of the Adriatic sea. They go to sea early in the morning and came back some hours later. Their catches are sold directly in the harbor and sent to the local markets.

For the mid afternoon all is finished. Fishermen are gone home and the harbor is quiet. Especially in the rainy and hazy spring afternoon like when I went there.

At the end of a fishing day - Everything in order, III

I wandered near the boats all by myself, captured by the stillness of the scene. The silence was almost complete.

The equipment and the tools used for fishing were neatly packed, stacked and ordered. Drops of rain shined from the fishing nets where tiny remains of fishes and crabs were entangled. The boats were lifeless, waiting for another work day in the calm water of the harbor.

At the end of a fishing day - Resting tools, I

I was fascinated by those objects: their shapes, their texture. I walked and photographed slowly, trying to capture the feeling of the scene: peaceful, like in kind of suspended time.

At the end of a fishing day - Remains, I

Later on, selecting the images for this folios, I thought that what best represented that afternoon were the details: the nets, the tools, the remains. Like ancient symbols to remind us of the daily work (and struggle) of the fishermen.

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