The Forgotten Crafts

This is part of an ongoing project I have had the pleasure to work on. In 2019, I went back to my hometown in Italy with the idea to explore jobs that are almost forgotten and that new generations are not taking on anymore. This might be because automation is making the job redundant or simply the younger generation is not interested in pursuing a career in said job. The concept behind this project was to focus on how a specific job has changed throughout the ages and how it might be able to survive in a world that is constantly changing whilst not paying attention to what it leaves behind. Traditions are getting lost every day and with them we lose a sense of who we are and where we come from. I have explored this topic by inviting people from different careers who have been doing the job for decades and they have “passed it on” to their sons/daughters and grandsons/granddaughters. The premise was simple. I started shooting whilst we talked about what they are particularly proud about, how did it all start and finally their fears for the future in terms of how the job will evolve or if it will last at all.