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LOCKED IN LIMBO sent on 01 Maggio 2024 (11:23) by Mauro De Bettio. 35 comments, 4006 views.

1/125 f/2.8, ISO 500, hand held.

All'interno della prigione di Manila, ho catturato la cruda realtà di una cella sovraffollata con 194 detenuti, molti dei quali associati alla famigerata gang Sputnik. Per riuscire ad entrare nella cella, fotografarli e raccontare le loro vite ho dovuto superare un rituale di iniziazione, incluso tatuarmi sulla pelle lo stemma della loro gang (Manila, Filippine - Marzo 2024)




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sent on 02 Maggio 2024 (18:42) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Dramatic and chilling.
The courage of those who, like you, document and bear witness to
subhuman realities such as this one, should be rewarded
.


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sent on 02 Maggio 2024 (19:03) | This comment has been translated    

Thanks a lot to everyone!

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sent on 02 Maggio 2024 (21:00) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

He deserves an EP
to get tattooed of course :-)

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sent on 02 Maggio 2024 (21:33) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

That too ! Thank you..

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sent on 26 Maggio 2024 (23:20) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

There were 195 people in that cell,
one came in and out with 194 approvals to tell a story.
When words are useless and images tell a story...
Good light Mauro.

avatarjunior
sent on 06 Gennaio 2025 (21:30) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Congratulations, great work.

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sent on 24 Febbraio 2025 (18:45) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

An extraordinary photo I've been looking at for half an hour

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sent on 26 Febbraio 2025 (11:37) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Very kind Patrizio, thank you!

avatarjunior
sent on 14 Marzo 2025 (15:59) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Congratulations for his work, the photos tell with great sensitivity and photographic technique very interesting realities.

avatarsenior
sent on 15 Marzo 2025 (3:42) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Sei really kind, thank you very much!
MAuro

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sent on 29 Marzo 2025 (20:43) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

intense and very emotional... I would like to ask you Mauro: To be able to enter the cell, photograph them and tell their lives I had to pass an initiation ritual ... What was it about? And then "including tattooing the emblem of their gang on my skin" did you have to or did you want it? congratulations, Peter :-)

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sent on 31 Marzo 2025 (1:09)


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Grazie mille Peter.
Per entrare nella cella e documentare le loro storie, ho dovuto guadagnarmi la loro fiducia, superando 2 rituali di iniziazione che rappresentava una sorta di accettazione all'interno della gang. In quel contesto, le regole erano chiare: solo i membri della gang potevano accedere alla cella, e il loro potere era talmente forte da superare perfino quello delle guardie carcerarie.

Nel primo sono stato "sculacciato" 7 volte con una tavola, nel secondo il tatuaggio con il simbolo della gang sull.a parte destra del corpo.

Per evitare che, una volta all'esterno, potesse attirare attenzioni pericolose, il mio bodyguard, che mi accompagnava per proteggermi, ha scelto di farselo in un punto nascosto per evitare rischi inutili (sulla chiappa).

L'ho dovuto fare o l'ho voluto? Quando mi hanno detto le condizioni non ho esitato. Era l'unico modo per entrare davvero nelle loro vite, per raccontarle dall'interno, per essere accettato come uno di loro, anche solo per un istante. Il confine tra necessità e scelta, in quei momenti, diventa sottile.

In ogni caso sono fierissimo dii questp tatuaggio.

A presto    


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sent on 31 Marzo 2025 (1:36) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

nice experience, I still haven't seen all the photos for lack of time but first then I would like to see them ... I remember a program with Luigi Pelazza who went around the world and documented prisoners, I really liked his program, I don't remember the name anymore but I think you could know him. good continuation and thanks for the answer, greetings from Peter :-)

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sent on 18 Maggio 2025 (17:35) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Finally, I can't take these perfect postcards and licked like polished carnival sweets. There are still people who dig inside through photography, in search of the essence of the human species, and detect its true nature, going beyond the concept of "good / evil". Your images take me to the stomach, they excite me, they move me, they reflect me. I wish I had made them. Thank you Mauro

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sent on 19 Maggio 2025 (12:27) | This comment has been automatically translated (show/hide original)    

Thank you so much Max, you are kind.
Greetings
Mauro


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