After 9 hours under the sun of the 2 July by Pozzallo, wait for the arrival of the Grecale to 22 it was hard. I had the unloading phone I could no longer send the photos live to the preparation of the ANSA.
I had never seen such a big ship bring migrants.
I decide to wait for her although I had already done my job and probably the photos of the Grecale would never have been published as the tens of previous years.
When the ship approached the past of the human figures on the bridge.
I went back to the car to take the canvas and abandon the 50mm that was too short; The parmesan was the price to pay.
Approaching even more the ship offers me a scene that I currently called “the nativity”. We photographed many, My merit was perhaps finally to shoot for Ansa.

A honest thanks to the journalist Carmela Grasso for choosing this photo and for having it unworthily compared to a picture.

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