Marco Ciriello was born in the summertime of 1975, he studied Marx and Freud, yet he chose Saul Bellow and Richard Ford, he does not tolerate those who involve themselves too much, he has travelled many times by the Taranto-Ancona express train, he is keen on planes and hopes Messi will join Napoli football team, he thinks that the key of life does not lie in the houses by Tadao Ando but in the paintings by Mario Schifano, he takes heavy dose of Carmelo Bene, he loves writings on the walls, ghost villages and stories of thieves. His works have been translated into Japanese, this is what he is most proud of, so far. He has seen many countries and seas, between his journeys three of his books have been published: In corsa (L'ancora del Mediterraneo, 2004), Qualcuno era venuto a turbare il nostro cuore (Pequod, 2006), Tutti i nomi dell'estate (Effigie, 2009). He writes for Il Mattino and D La Repubblica delle Donne.

Maria Vittoria Trovato was born in the springtime of 1982, she studied Philosophy in Catania and Photography in Milan. After one year at Forma and Naba, she spent three months among archives and running errands at Magnum NY.

She loves pistachio cookies and button necklaces. She cannot live in the same house for more than six months: this is her worst defect. She might move to New York, if India was not so far. She is hard on herself alone, and she has been eating milk and biscuits every evening for twenty years, without finding it boring at all. She does not tolerate people smiling in pictures and loves truthfulness. Carrying amplifiers in Catania rail station without any mishap, it is what she is most proud of. Her photographs have been publi