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Bronze 2024 People / Culture

The Evening Fires

  • Photographer
    Chiara Felmini
  • Prize
    Bronze in People / Culture

The Mundari are cattle farmers who live in symbiosis with their Ankole Watusi cattle, characterized by their large horns. In a cattle camp, everyone plays the role of her. The cattle disperse from the banks of the White Nile River into the long grasses of the floodplain and instinctively return before sunset, when dust rises near the herd and smoke from the fires mix to create an atmospheric atmosphere. Children with few guards sleep with cows.

Born in Turin in 1965, photographer from the age of 8, when I received my first camera as a gift. Animals have been part of my life, professional and otherwise, for over 30 years and photographing them has been an absolutely natural path. Only later did my love for travel lead me to discover my passion for documentary and reportage photos. Photographer to tell stories, for an aesthetic and emotional research; the constant search for light, color, the moment but above all the interaction with the people I meet gives me a great boost to sharing and understanding human nature .