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The five finalist projects are distinguished by the type of idea from which they develop. Paola Francesca Barone in her "Motricity of the Feminine" ventures into the representation of body movements, starting from the reflections on which the great names of painting and literature have dwelt to analyse the subject. The result is a narrative that brings together disparate parts of a corpus to build a model in progress. Giovanna Berni presents the project 'Tomato' through which she acidly criticises that aspect of the world, where the streets for simple people are devoid of colour, of joy. She uses the tomato as a symbol, which is photographed initially on a pavement with a grey and melancholic atmosphere and later on plastic, the new place of the present world. 'A field of sunflowers' is the project Enrico Chiappini proposes, a metaphor reflecting on the current human life.  A field of sunflowers is reminiscent of large urban agglomerations that lead to massification and levelling between people who are reduced to living in close contact with one another. Sometimes, however, individuals emerge, like bees, with strong personal qualities that need careful observation in order to be identified and appreciated. Another metaphor is that of Florian D'Angelo, who literally digs deep to realise his 'Root', a photographic project through which he investigates the analogies and metaphorical meanings that a complex system of ramifications, such as roots, has with human life. Roots constitute the history of each of us; in a broader sense, we cite the cultural roots of a people or a state. The root of a word indicates its fundamental meaning. A plant without roots dies. But not all roots will bear trees of good fruit. The Japanese Ichiro Kojima moves us with his 'The Square Hometown' with which he tells the stories of people living in a neighbourhood where they were not born, but where they can be who they are. Through images, the author gives voice to individuals who have abandoned all hope, but have not abandoned their most precious possession: dignity.