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The Empty House
by Gianluca Cecere
Before, during and after the Kosovo war – in 1999 – 1.800 people disappeared, right in a time when it was easy to die or to vanished into thin air.
The Empty House is the story of broken lives, entangled in the fingers of those waiting an answer, be it only a grave to weep on. This is the story of an absence.
At one stage, terror added up to the desperation of families left without any information about their father, son, or brother anymore. When Carla Del Ponte, former prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, published her book of memoirs – The Hunt – 500 people, mostly Serbians, harboured a suspicion on something that, at the time, could only be whispered, like a ghost story.
The house, in northern Albania, where according to Belgrade Prosecutor's office many people have been brought and stripped of their organs – then sold on the illegal international market – is still there. There lives the Katuci family. There, a family tries to shield its tranquillity from the anguish of thousands of other families.
The Empty House is the story of broken lives, entangled in the fingers of those waiting an answer, be it only a grave to weep on. This is the story of an absence.
At one stage, terror added up to the desperation of families left without any information about their father, son, or brother anymore. When Carla Del Ponte, former prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, published her book of memoirs – The Hunt – 500 people, mostly Serbians, harboured a suspicion on something that, at the time, could only be whispered, like a ghost story.
The house, in northern Albania, where according to Belgrade Prosecutor's office many people have been brought and stripped of their organs – then sold on the illegal international market – is still there. There lives the Katuci family. There, a family tries to shield its tranquillity from the anguish of thousands of other families.
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Of all the journalistic photo stories I have viewed over the years I have never seen a collection of images where each and every one was as powerful as the next. Kudos to you Gianluca for not only being able to tell a story but having an incredible eye.
these photos are so beautiful!!
This is absolutely stunning, visually and emotionally. Without the back story we still get a sense of the raw emotion in these people and this place. Outstanding work.
i love your series
beautifully tagic
Impressive work.
like a good picture often does,
every picture tell’s it’s own story by it self.
This does make the whole story even more interesting.
Compliments.
Additional comment;
Before reading the narrative one immediately knows what the story is about, from the first image on.
This is heavy stuff.
quite cliche reportage shots most of them(with a couple of briliant exceptions).color manipulation exagerated
what an incredibly beautiful series. wow! I’m really impressed.
I like the 3rd one!! Good luck for the competition.
Johannes
Stunning! already admired at Visa pour l’Image! Good Luck!
By far the best series here. There is not one that is close to this. Visually and subjectwise. All the best ! slaven
Excellent pictures!!
I agree with Slaven…outstanding work!
I love every image in this series. Glad you are in the lead. Good Luck!