KEEP ON ROCKING ON COVID19 WORLD is the title i have chosen for my photography project during the lockdown.
The idea was to let the emotions flow, since this period had seen to limit everybody’s freedom.
I shot 9 of my dear girlfriends in LA, while rocking out on their favorite Rock song, in a liberation and cathartic dance.
Corona Virus changed the game in their lives and in their jobs, but as we say “THE SHOW MUST GO ON”, so they managed to survive, reinventing their businesses, finding calm in the frantic and still world, trying to keep themselves safe working out every day, finding new passions, discovering new skills because all that we had it was TIME.
ALICE BRACCINI, public relations specialist, founder of Violetta Group. Italian born and worldly raised, I believe communication is deeply rooted into our being humans - through our voices and our artistic expressions, from photography to dance and figurative arts, we make life a memorable journey.
CRY BABY BY JANIS JOPLIN
ELISABETTA TEDLA, Human Being/Creativity Connector: half Italian/half Eritrean, living in LA.
During this time I was reminded that we are all human beings and our main ‘job’ it to BE, it created a sense of ease in me. It thought me how to be still and gave me the opportunity to be in touch with myself in a different way. I don’t think 2020 will be remembered as a bad year, to the contrary, I hope it will bring the necessary changes our society needs. One can only hope, right? Well, I keep on dreaming...
DONT STOP ME NOW BY QUEEN
KATRINA CASTANEDA, a Filipina America, working in heritage conservation. I feel like this pandemic has taught me how to be more compassionate and honest with myself. It isn’t always easy, but I’m learning to be OK with Tourette’s fits and bad days. And I’m noticing how hard it is for me to pause but mostly how good it feels to stop, dance, and let go.
ATWA BY SYSTEM OF A DOWN
SILVIA FRIGERIO, PROJECT MANAGER-INTERIOR DESIGN: born and raised in Como, Italy.
“... to the WONDERMENT mood on-repeat, to the magic behind it."
I learned a new time: how to be still, how to be ready...so ready, to embrace the unknown .
ROCK YOU LIKE A HURICANE BY SCORPIONS
COXY, film director and screenwriter. Born in Italy, I was very inspired by this unprecedented moment and the change it carried. It was an opportunity to stop, listen and connect with humanity on a deeper level. I wrote new and created new projects, with a message of love.
IN BLOOM BY NIRVANA
VICTORIA PALMA:, born and raised in Puebla, Mexico. “On a journey of self discovery.”I believe everything that happens is an opportunity to learn. I used this time to make peace with some aspects of myself I didn’t know I was struggling with. I’m certain we are gonna come back stronger.
SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRITS BY NIRVANA
SILVIA PAGLIARANI, producer: Italian, based in LA, mother of two. During the pandemic we took one day at the time. Just thinking about getting through dinner is our goal. My kids help me staying in the moment, to be present for them and definitely not waist my time. They drive me insane and also keep me sane, weird, right?
LAST NIGHT BY THE STROKES
ELLA CANNON, actress: A free range woman raised in country Australia. I have spent so much time chasing life that I forgot what it felt like to stop.I used this time to breathe in the ocean air, to laugh with my family, and I’ve learned that everything I’d been looking for was right there all along.
SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG BY ACDC
VERONICA RADAELLI, producer: Life is unpredictable and not always under our control. After running for years finding myself to stop, breathe and re connect.
Even if isolated away, I was never alone.
SLEEPING NOW IN THE FIRE BY RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
