"The Running Girl" Photograph by Mario Boccia

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Ended:June 20th 2021, 12:00pm EDT

Winner: Chiarachino

€350($375 USD)

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The Prize

Sarajevo, September 30, 1993

“Sitting outside a small bar in the center, Edoardo were waiting for a coffee.

The city's truce is holding. From their positions, the Bosnian Serbs are not firing. In the rest of the country, former Croatian and Muslim allies are fighting bitterly. East Mostar is on its knees, besieged by soldiers praying to Medjugorje. Pocitelj, which overlooks the Neretva, is razed to the ground.

The day before yesterday, the Muslim Bošnjacki Sabor rejected a proposal for an international ceasefire based on the ethnic partition of the country, and today the official parliament ratified the decision.

The coffee arrives just as there is a chilling hiss above us, followed by an explosion. I take the cameras and run to where the grenade fell (...) The road is deserted. There is no photo.

Another explosion, but further away. I see something moving. A girl runs towards me. I snap and curse that I have not set the camera to continuous shooting, as she passes, ignoring me.

I shoot again, but I have the gaze of the running girl in my head. She was angry, not afraid. Now there is silence, and I think that maybe I took a good shot.

I go back to the bar. The cups full of coffee are still on the table. I take them and enter the bar. A gesture to say that the danger has passed. But my hands start shaking and the coffee spills out. Everyone laughs. At least it served this purpose.”

The photo is taken from a scene of the film “Venuto al mondo” (2012) by Sergio Castellitto, based on the novel by Margaret Mazzantini (Campiello prize 2008).

It was chosen as the cover by Chiara Ingrao for her book “The rest is silence” and by Tullio Bugari for "The running girl".

Dimensions 30x40 cm.

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The Cause

The aim of ResQ Onlus is to save the lives of castaways in the Mediterranean - often men, women and children attempting to escape conflict or serious humanitarian crises – using a rescue ship that lends its support to the operational civilian fleet. The association was set up at the end of 2019 by a group of friends and today has almost 600 members and thousands of donors who have joined forces to offer a concrete response to the humanitarian emergency that has been unfolding in our waters for many years. Following the Lampedusa shipwreck in October 2013, there have been at least 20 thousand deaths in the Mediterranean (and the numbers are certainly higher because many victims are never found). Since the beginning of this year, at least 500 people have already lost their lives attempting to cross this stretch of water.

We are working towards going to sea to carry out our first rescue mission in the summer of 2021. ResQ’s ship will be about 40 meters long, weighing between 450 and 500 tons, and will be fully equipped for rescue missions. On board the ship twill be a crew comprising professionals and specialized volunteers: seafarers, rescuers, doctors and nurses, cultural mediators, as well as the chance to host journalists and photojournalists who can document events.

We are very nearly ready but we need everyone’s help for the final push. We are looking a contribution that will help us to push the ship towards its launch, to fill the hold and the galley, to set sail and navigate the sea. The “C’è una nave” campaign will give everyone the chance to “board” ResQ by taking part in the CharityStars auctions and the crowdfunding initiative on the association’s website.

Website

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Item #P56454

In condition as donated.

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