From Paul Cary Goldberg:
Dear friends and colleagues,
For the past four years, during countless conversations and hundreds of cups of cappucini, I’ve been taking photographs of the people and the vita here at Caffe Sicilia in Gloucester, Massachusetts, America’s oldest sea port. (The caffe has been integral to this city and her immigrant population for more than 20 years.) The result is a collection of intimate images about my Sicilian/American neighbors, their culture, the city of Gloucester, and the power of photography to reveal the universality of human experience. To paraphrase Charles Olson, "Caffe Sicilia is Polis."
I’m now editing the images in preparation for the publication of a book of the best of these photographs.
In the coming months I’ll be sending periodic emails with photographs and updates from my work at the Caffe. I’ll include information about the design and progress of the book as well as some of the ways you can support this project.
If you treasure the Sicilian heritage and the city of Gloucester, if you care about history and the documentation and preservation of a unique culture, if you cherish photography and the arts, and if you’re enthusiastic about my work, I’m hoping you’ll help me get this book published.
In the meantime you can find me at the Caffe most mornings (and many afternoons). Stop by for cappuccino and a chat. If I’m not there ask Maria, Giuseppe, Domenico or Nina to run the slideshow for you. And be sure to try a sfogliattella, cassatini or pignoli.
A presto,
Paul
Paul Cary Goldberg
The book of Caffe Sicilia photographs is a sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a non-profit arts service organization.
Contributions for the purposes of Caffe Sicilia must be made payable to Fractured Atlas and are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Please use this website if you want to make a tax deductible contribution:
https://www.fracturedatlas.org/donate/3398
Good Morning Gloucester 