“Into The Silence: Hermits of The Third Millennium” is a photographic gallery of Italian photographer Carlo Bevilacqua. Featured are over 50 photographs of hermits of India, Orthodox hermits of Greece and Georgia, Christian hermits of Italy, and secular hermits, plus their dwellings. Bevilacqua’s work is clear, focused, humane, and empathetic.
The photographer has communicated to Hermitary that he is looking for contemporary hermits pursuing silence and retreat for a new project. Contact the photographer at info at carlobevilacqua dot com and indicate that you learned of him at Hermitary.
From the gallery:
They are not so many, but their presence and their witness have a powerful and fascinating effect. They live sometimes isolated in small apartments in the heart of our cities, most often they stay by the side of woods and villages. They build their own retreat or put away old rectory and chapels that previously fell to pieces.
The phenomenon has been observed in the late eighties and recent years have seen a steady increase in number. Extraordinary stories and portraits of surprising humanity which strike for the radical and the beauty of life that flows from it. …
URL: http://www.carlobevilacqua.com/html/album.php?id_album=31
