Suspension

The photo book SUSPENSION takes us inside a ‘Casa Famiglia’, an institution where young immigrant boys are welcomed and nurtured. They arrive after long and harsh journeys, often taking years, fleeing from their conflicted and war-torn home countries. Violence tore up their families and roots, and having left all behind in search of a better life, some of them found the Casa Famiglia. However, this safe haven is only temporary: when they turn 18, they’ll have to leave again. Deprit gives us a glimpse of their everyday life ´with respect and softness’, as curator Arianne Rinaldo notes. ´It is like as if he is standing with them, capturing their intimate moments. No intrusion, no set up, no posing. Nothing special: the normal proceedings of adolescence.’ In doing so, we perceive ´stillness, the wait, the suspended hope, the uncertain future.’