Marta Giaccone
Marta Giaccone
Marta Giaccone
Marta Giaccone
Italy
Italy
Italy
Italy
Series: Systems of harmony
Series: Systems of harmony
Series: Systems of harmony
Series: Systems of harmony
“Systems of Harmony” is a personal portrait of contemporary suburban USA.
In the 19th century a large number of Europeans and Americans went to great lengths to establish small utopian communities throughout North America. They were preachers, social reformers, industrialists, philosophers, anarchists and socialist thinkers who attracted large crowds to their intentional colonies. Nevertheless they were exclusive establishments, some religious in character, that saw in the vastness of the American wilderness a favorable economic, political and social environment. They didn’t last long: some a few months, others a few years.
I traveled to many of these former utopias drawn by their often evocative and tenderly pretentious names such as Utopia, New Harmony or Modern Times, out of curiosity for what those places look like now and wondering where America is, 150 years later.
(2016–2018)
A hut along the Mississippi river across from Keokuk, IA, USA, 2016
A hut along the Mississippi river across from Keokuk, IA, USA, 2016
David Kolsky on his 67th birthday at his favorite spot, Minerva’s Pizza, Providence, RI, USA, 2016
David Kolsky on his 67th birthday at his favorite spot, Minerva’s Pizza, Providence, RI, USA, 2016
Rickey, 17, in front of the bus terminal, Rochester, NY, USA, 2018
Rickey, 17, in front of the bus terminal, Rochester, NY, USA, 2018
Kids waiting for the sunset in Harvard, MA, looking out on Mount Wachusetts, USA, 2018
Kids waiting for the sunset in Harvard, MA, looking out on Mount Wachusetts, USA, 2018
Utopia, Queens, NY, USA, 2016
Utopia, Queens, NY, USA, 2016
Laynee, 17, Lost Maples Café, Utopia, TX, USA, 2018
Laynee, 17, Lost Maples Café, Utopia, TX, USA, 2018
General Store, Utopia, TX, USA, 2018
General Store, Utopia, TX, USA, 2018
Niagara Falls, NY, USA, 2016
Niagara Falls, NY, USA, 2016
Church sign in Hartford, CT, USA, 2016
Church sign in Hartford, CT, USA, 2016
Campus Cinema, Ripon, WI, USA, 2016
Campus Cinema, Ripon, WI, USA, 2016
