I decided to do this series at the end of 2014 to try to understand the immigration phenomenon, which until then had never affected the inland areas of the Basilicata. Lonely Boy was born thanks to an encounter with Camara, a young Senegalese boy, arrived at a reception centre, located in an industrial area just outside Matera, on the slope of Bradanica. Camara is an extravagant guy, with a great desire for redemption, but unfortunately his forced imprisonment in the reception centres have led him to fall into a deep depression. In 2018 the Salvini law arrives, which forces him to leave the reception centres and find a home in an abandoned warehouse where he still lives. The intention of my series was to create an imaginary, in which Camara is integrated, has a job, and finally, redeemed. Through the use of an aesthetic that blends elements of documentary and staged photography, I tried to take shots that seem stolen from the banality of everyday life, oscillating between reality, fantasy and the desire for redemption.