
Book of the day > Concordia by Jonathan Danko Kielkowski
Book of the day > Concordia by Jonathan Danko Kielkowski. White Press Verlag. “On the evening of January 13, 2012 one of the largest cruise ships in the Mediterranean wrecked just off the Tuscan island of Giglio . More than 4,000 people were evacuated in the course, 32 lost their lives. The cause of the disaster qualifies human error. The images of a tilted luxury liner have gone around the world, in total they peddle the idea of a giant whale stranded. The sinking of the Costa Concordia, which occurred almost exactly 100 years after the Titanic, is often interpreted as a portent for the ongoing European crisis.” Drawn to the wreckage, photographer Jonathan Danko Kielkowski swam out to it under the cover of darkness to take pictures: “The wrecked Cruise Ship is visible and attracts me like a magnet, so I finally venture to swim across. Against all odds, I find the shipwreck freely accessible — neither fences nor security personnel! Rather, the doors are open, lights are turned on, no man can be seen—nothing in the way.”