Bethlehem 'prison' checkpoint
Photo exhibition Faces of the Mediterranean
Bethlehem 'prison' checkpoint
4:00 a.m. Bethlehem 'prison' checkpoint, city of peace. Hundreds of people stand in line, forced to stand vigil, inside a cage made of bars and sheet metal, on a livid dawn of any other day. Mohammed also got up at three o'clock today to try to get through this wall and go to work in Jerusalem, like all his comrades in line. How does he endure with this dignity, with this composure in his face, not feeling anger, knowing that he is standing in line to go from Palestine to Palestine, from his home to his home, in absolute arbitrariness of the decisions of the female soldiers on duty? Standing in line with today's torched. Permission to enter from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And then the return line. And they are always at their home.
Alessandro Bartolini
Born in Poppi, Arezzo, in 1966, he is a civil engineer by profession and a photographer by passion. In 2005 he organized his debut photography exhibition focused on the reality of Palestinian citizens. A traveler and engineer, Alessandro has creatively combined his technical training with his passion for photography.
