The Human Fire

Photographer

Antonio Denti

Category

Editorial Photography - Photojournalism

Company

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2023

Country / Region:

Italy

Antakya, Turkey. (February 2023) When the massive earthquake struck and cities crumbled to dust, I saw humans lit fires and huddle around them like in the night of times. They sat next to the rubble that had been their homes and their lives with stunning composure and strength. With everything that human created to protect us against the world, they had turned to fire - to defend themselves against cold and against the abyss of dispair. Shocks can hit anyone who is alive, anytime. This possibility is a condition of living. The courage of living is the ability to give affirmative answers to the shocks of existence and the human fire lit the Turkish nights of that courage.