我捕捉到了意大利疯人院黑暗而神秘的历史

"As soon as the patient passes the internment wall, he enters a new dimension of emotional emptiness ([...])" — Franco Basaglia (Italian psychiatrist, 1924-1980).

“一旦病人通过了拘留墙，他就进入了一个新的情感空虚的维度(……)”- Franco Basaglia(意大利精神病学家，1924-1980)。

It seems strange to me to write that, but mental illness has been with me all my life. I grew up in Haar, a Munich suburb. A tranquil and beautiful place yet one that accommodates one of the largest psychiatric institutions in Germany. A beautiful area with old Art Nouveau buildings but also with a cruel dark past, because in World War II euthanasia was practiced here.

对我来说，这样写似乎很奇怪，但精神疾病伴随了我一生。我在慕尼黑郊区哈尔长大。一个宁静而美丽的地方，却容纳着德国最大的精神病院之一。这是一个美丽的地方，有古老的新艺术派建筑，但也有残酷黑暗的过去，因为在第二次世界大战期间安乐死就在这里实行。

Having this in mind, my curiosity for the background of psychiatric institutions was awakened. When I visited one of these former institutions in Italy for the first time in 2013 and learned more about the sometimes cruel conditions, I realized that I wanted to photograph these places.

有了这一点，我对精神病院的背景产生了好奇。2013年，当我第一次去意大利参观这些曾经的建筑时，我了解到了更多关于这些有时很残酷的条件，我意识到我想要拍摄这些地方。

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