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The photographer has been documenting the shrines and other memorials that communities create after acts of deadly violence since Ö. These memorials, composed of photographs, flowers, poems and keepsakes, help community members deal with their sadness, loss and grief. Over sixty murders have occurred since Mr. Mancini started to photograph in the streets of Providence, Pawtucket and Central Falls. They’ve taken place in downtown clubs, the Chad Brown and Hartford Projects, Manton Ave., Broad St., Elmwood Ave., Friendship St., Pine St., Taylor St., Cranston St., Dexter St., and Charles St. The public response differs in each case, some deaths were not publicly memorialized while others were memorialized with shrines and nurtured for years. The deaths and shrines that have been photographed all had something in common; they all had a community who loved the victim.
Salvatore Mancini is a photographer who has been published and has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe. He has been the recipient of the Pell award, fellowships from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) and the Bolaffi Prize (Italy’s most prestigious prize for photography).
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