My Way

• Photographer
  Angela Varricchio
• Technical Info
  Photographs have been taken using an analog Nikon F2 and Kodak Trimax and Ilford HP5 films.
• Photo Date
  From 2006 to 2016

This is a personal investigation of the "Way of Saint James" is a Christian pilgrimage, popular during the Middle Age as a way to expiate sins, asking pardon or miraculous conversion. The journey is nowadays covered on foot, by bicycle or by horse, starting from the French village of Saint Jean Pied de Port and ending in Santiago de Compostela, in Spain. Catholics, atheists, agnostics or on the road travellers have shown more and more interest in the Way of St. James, in the comtempoary period in which capitalistic materialism does not leave space to the own spiritual dimension exploration.

• Biography
  Angela Varricchio was born in Benevento, in 1979. In 2003 she took a Full Honours Degree in Science of Communication at the University of Studies of Salerno, Italy. In 2005 she completed a Post-degree Specialization in Photojournalism at I.S.F.C.I. in Rome. Since 2007 Angela has been working as a freelance photojournalist and multimedia journalist. From 2011 to 2012 she had been teaching photography and reportage. In 2017, Angela finished a Master Degree of Arts in Photojournalism at Mid Sweden University.
• Awards
  •Ascanio Ciriello. Italy. 2006. First prize. •Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography Awards. Italy. 2008. Bronze award in “Reportage” category. •Orvieto Fotografia Professional Photography Awards. Italy. 2009. Bronze award in “Reportage” and “Open Photography” category. •Premio fotografico 2009 Tau Visual. Italy. 2009. Honourable mention in “Travel and Ethnic” category. •National Geographic Italian Contest, web gallery. Italy. 2010. Finalist. •Intimalens Ethnographic Film Festival. Italy. 2012. Second place in “Photography” category. •Leica Italia Award Contest. Italy. 2013. Finalist. •Fiof Awards Nikon Photo Contest. Italy. 2014. Bronze award in “Reportage” and “Storytelling” category. •Wide Foundation Documentary Photography Award. Sweden. 2015. Finalist. •Fiof Awards. Fiipa. Italy. 2016. Second place in “Story” category. •Magnum Photography Awards 2016. 2016. Selected in “Street photography” category. •Siena International Photo Award. 2016. Selected in “Storyboard” category. •Monochrome Award. 2016. Honorable mention in “People” category. •Lensculture Photo Contest. 2016. Selected in “Street photography” category. •Aspa-Alghero Street Photography Awards-. 2018. Finalist in “Travel” category.