Marco Delogu
Capalbio
This project was born out of a close bond with a region and its community – horsemen and shepherds – and a story of friendship with some of the people portrayed. I don’t go hunting and I don’t know how to shoot, but I have a great respect for boar hunts and the rituals surrounding them. During the winters in Maremma, I heard many hunting stories and rediscovered “Il Cinghiale del Diavolo” by Emilio Lussu, which is republished here. Capalbio is a special land for me, which condenses many of the threads that run through my life: nature, Sardinia, horses and racing, the sea and men with history written on their faces.
Marco Delogu
“I’d never have believed that I could have missed a boar at such short range. When I shot, the boar was just six steps away.”
“What do you mean, six steps away? Didn’t you didn’t stay where I told you to?”
“Yes, I stayed there. But the boar didn’t come at me from the front, as I was expecting, but from the side. After Giuseppe Testa-Rasa’s shot, the boar didn’t continue straight ahead, towards the oleasters, but swerved right and returned into the forest. I’d heard it coming and was ready. I can’t believe it.”
He got up off the ground and re-enacted the scene.
“I was standing up straight, very sure of myself. I said to myself, ‘If I miss this boar, I’ll become a monk.’ The boar stopped running and paused on the hillside, listening. That’s when I shot. I aimed at the centre of its shoulder, as it was standing still. And I missed.”
From “Il cinghiale del diavolo” by Emilio Lussu
Marco Delogu was born in 1960 in Rome, where he still lives and works.
His work focuses on portraits of social groups connected by common experiences and languages. He has published over 20 books and has exhibited his work in several galleries and museums in Italy and abroad, including the Accademia di Francia, Villa Medici, Rome; the Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; the Warburg Institute, London; the Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds; IRCAM - Centre George Pompidou, Paris; Museé de l'Elysee, Lausanne; the PhotoMuseum, Moscow; the ex-GIL, Rome; and the Capitoline Museums, Rome.
He is director of FotoGrafia, the international photography festival held in Rome.
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