Destino Final

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‘Destino Final is an impressive, and deeply moving, document and that has mainly to do with the ingenuity of photographer Giancarlo Ceraudo.’
Hans Durrer, F-STOP Magazine

From 1976 until 1983, in Argentina, the military planned to exterminate all their antagonists. For approximately 5,000 opponents of the Argentine dictatorship, “destino final” (final destination) gained an atrocious meaning: drugged, unconscious, and loaded on military planes, in what is infamously known as the “death flights”, they were thrown, still alive, to the Río de la Plata, just before it reaches the Atlantic Ocean; their final, definitive destination. Just a few of their bodies were recovered. Their families are still looking for their remains and seeking punishment for the guilty.
Destino Final, started in 2003 as a long-term project, and includes the search for the death flight planes, conducted worldwide by Giancarlo Ceraudo and Miriam Lewin.

Desde 1976 hasta 1983 los militares argentinos llevaron adelante un plan para exterminar a todos sus opositores. Para aproximadamente 5.000 de ellos el “destino final” adquirió un significado atroz: narcotizados, inconscientes y cargados en aviones militares, eran arrojados aún vivos al Río de la Plata en su unión con el océano Atlántico, en lo que se conoce tristemente como los “vuelos de la muerte”. Su destino definitivo, final. Sólo algunos de sus cuerpos fueron recuperados. Sus familiares todavía están buscando sus restos y piden castigo para los culpables.
Destino Final es un proyecto de largo plazo que comenzó en el 2003, e incluye la búsqueda de los aviones de los vuelos de la muerte llevada adelante en todo el mundo por Giancarlo Ceraudo y Miriam Lewin.

Giancarlo Ceraudo (1969 – Rome, Italy) is a documentary photographer. For more then fifteen years he has been documenting social, cultural, health and human rights issues with a focus on Latin America. His work has been widely published in Italian and international publications including L’Espresso, Internazionale, El País, GEO, Sunday Times Magazine, New Yorker, Liberation, National Geographic, El País, GEO, Vrij Nederland, Polka Magazine, 6 Mois. His images are part of the collection of the MAXXI (National Museum of 21st Century Arts, Rome) and have been exhibited in galleries throughout Italy, Spain, France and the United States. Giancarlo has an academic background in anthropology and has worked in Latin America, the Middle East and Europe.


Giancarlo Ceraudo (1969 – Roma, Italia) es fotógrafo documental. Desde hace más de quince años documenta problemáticas de tipo social, cultural y de derechos humanos focalizando su labor principalmente en Latinoamérica. Su trabajo ha sido ampliamente publicado en revistas y periódicos italianos e internacionales, incluyendo: L’Espresso, Internazionale, El País, GEO, Sunday Times Magazine, New Yorker, Liberation, National Geographic, Vrij Nederland, Polka Magazine, 6 Mois Magazine. Sus imágenes forman parte de la colección del MAXXI (Museo Nacional de las artes del siglo XXI, Roma, Italia) y ha realizado exposiciones en galerías de toda Italia, España, Francia y Estados Unidos. Giancarlo tiene una formación académica en antropología y trabajó en América Latina, Medio Oriente y Europa.

Reviews & Features
Polka Magazine
F-STOP Magazine
L’Oeil de la Photographie
Photomonitor
British Journal of Photography
The Guardian
L’Espresso
Ydoc

Design: Heijdens Karwei
ISBN: 9789053308646
20 x 24.5 cm
Hardback
252 pages with approx. 150 photos in tritone and full colour