MAria Frigerio He is 82 years old and has been living in the RSA Fondazione Anna Borletti in Arosio for 4 years (Como). Mariucciaas everyone calls her, Since she was little she has had a great passion: photography. She received her first camera as a gift as a girl thanks to a collection of points. In the 90s he decided to turn his hobby into a profession. She leaves her office job in the family business and, together with her husband Ivan, opens a photographic print shop in the center of Cantù.
Mariuccia and Ivan have no children, but together they share a life full of adventures and satisfactions, until the day Ivan flies into the sky “to take photos of paradise”. With her reflex camera and easel Mariuccia travels the world, immortalizing landscapes and children’s smiles. Egypt, Togo, Benin are some of the trips that have remained in her heart the most. When you ask her what she misses most today, she resolutely replies “My camera and Africa”.
Thanks to the help of the family and the staff of the RSA Anna Borletti Foundation, some of the shots that Mariuccia hadn’t seen for a long time were recovered to create a photographic exhibition inside the RSA.
Mariuccia with her photos on display. (Press Office)
At Christmas “thoughts are not enough”
Mariuccia is one of the protagonists of the communication campaign “Thought is not enough”, promoted by the Bosch Group in Italy together with “Santa’s grandchildren”, the charity project carried out by One More Smile Onlus. The non-profit organization’s initiative allows you to become the “grandchild” of an elderly person staying in Italian RSAs, fulfilling their wish and thus establishing a unique relationship.
Bosch wanted to listen and tell his story and then make his special wish come true, linked to his most beautiful memories.
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