TITLE: Open Gaze

In Zagora, boys and girls of all ages spend their days together in the labyrinthine streets of the village. I was fortunate enough to connect with them, living on the streets myself for a while and becoming a child again.
This photo is an invitation to never stop feeling wonder.

AUTHOR: Moira Spitoni (Italy)

I am a self-taught photographer. My photographic journey began about ten years ago by chance, when a friend placed an old Canon in my hands, which later became my first semi-professional camera. Along the way, I was fortunate to meet photographers who deeply influenced my practice, both in digital and analog photography. Most importantly, these encounters helped me understand how to shape and direct my research, which moves between social photography, reportage, and street photography.

My work focuses on people, gestures, tensions, and the sense of community, with a humble attempt to reveal what I consider an inner truth — something we might call the soul: invisible and intangible, yet clearly present.

I consider myself a student of photography rather than a photographer. Each image is an act of presence and learning, a way of slowing down and fully inhabiting the moment I am observing.