The year was 1962. An unexpected snowstorm blanketed Senigallia, in the Italian province of Ancona. The freezing temperatures chipped at the daily routine of local seminarians. Their moments on the snow, captured on film, have achieved posterity, and so has their photographer.
Mario Giacomelli obtained, but not without struggle, permission to live one year with the seminarians.
Mario Giacomelli witnessed the ailments of old age for elderly priests, as well as the enthusiasm of the youngest, all reflected in his images.
He saw within religion a way to ask oneself existential questions, and during his life, his photographic work on daily routines and landscapes showed that.
The seminarian’s joy, playing in the snow, marked Mario Giacomelli. He realized that despite all they gave up, through their vocations they were still able achieve happiness. The exhibit will be at Museo di Roma in Trastevere until the end of January.
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