Gian Paul Lozza "Homeland"
- The immaculate skatepark is photographed at night using only ambient light. A series of black-and-white portraits of young men skateboarding in the park. Each stands alone against the photographer’s neutral background.
Skateboarding is an international youth pursuit. A painful sport that requires commitment, it builds its own communities in which other social differences have little or no relevance. Lozza’s subjects are united by this community, which also forms them as singular characters. The photographer portrays the group at a moment rich with possibilities. Young men, who have dreams and hopes yet to be realised. The empty skatepark is a darkened stage that waits to
be filled by a cast of men as they pass through a formative phase of their lives.