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Gomorrah Girl

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16
Status
Public
Created
May 24, 2013
Updated
Feb 09, 2022
Categories
Contemporary Issues Documentary

Photos (16)

Forcella, Naples. Annalisa Durante's necklace around the neck of Giovanni Durante (her father). Since the day she died Giovanni Durante brings breakfast with milk at 9 every morning to his daughter's grave. © Valerio Spada.
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Excelsior Boxe Gym, Marcianise, Caserta. Italian boxing champion Viviana, 18 years old. © Valerio Spada.
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La Vela Rossa (The Red Sail), main corridor, 11th floor, Scampia, Naples. © Valerio Spada.
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Scampia, Naples. "The killer of Scampia," 31 years old, with his girlfriend at the Vela Rossa, the most notorious of three buildings in the Scampia neighborhood of Naples. He served 12 years in prison for a murder he committed when he was 19. He has two trials going at the moment for robbery and some misdemeanor crimes for which he might serve another 20 months. He and his girlfriend were arguing when I met them. He agreed to me taking the portrait, she didn't. © Valerio Spada.
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La Vela Rossa (The Red Sail), 9th floor, Scampia, Naples. Anna, nine years old. © Valerio Spada.
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Pozzuoli, Naples. Letter of a woman detained in the female prison in Pozzuoli. In the letter she describes the conditions on the inside; in a cell with room for 4 beds, there are 14 mattresses on the floor, people sleep on top of each other, guards don't deliver money that relatives bring for the prisoners and the pasta has worms in it. © Valerio Spada.
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Scampia, Naples. Brother and sister kissing. © Valerio Spada.
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"La Scuola" or "I Puffi" (The School or Smurfs House), Scampia, Naples. Arguably the most dangerous place in Italy, where an average of 300 people per hour go to have there shot, it used to be a kindergarten. © Valerio Spada.
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Liceo Elsa Morante, Scampia, Naples. Angela, 18 years old. © Valerio Spada.
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Polizia Scientifica, Via Medina, 6th floor, Naples. Weapons seized from the Casalesi's family in Aversa, in the forensic laboratory. © Valerio Spada.
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La Vela Rossa (The Red Sail), 10th floor, Scampia, Naples. © Valerio Spada.
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La Vela Rossa (The Red Sail), 9th floor, Scampia, Naples. Francesca's mother with her sister's friend and son in their kitchen. © Valerio Spada.
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Naples. TV ad for a "neomelodic" singer. © Valerio Spada.
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La Vela Blu (The Blue Sail), Scampia, Naples. © Valerio Spada.
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Liceo Elsa Morante, Scampia, Naples. Marianna, 18 years old. © Valerio Spada.
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La Vela Rossa (The Red Sail), Scampia, Naples. Francesca's sister, single mother. © Valerio Spada.
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