Gisbert Lippelt Low Cost Life

Since a couple ...of years I'm engaged in a photographic research of contemporary hermits.Gisbert Lippelt is the first hermit I've met about three years ago.From this first encounter was born a reportage that has become an exhibition and a slideshow: Gisbert Lippelt Low Cost Life

This work has been shown and exhibited at several festivals such as 2010 European Photography, Reggio Emilia, Rome Photography Festival 2009 or International Meeting of Photography in Plovdiv 2010 (Poland), and prized with an honorable mention at the International Photography Award (IPA) 2009,

Who is Gisbert Lippelt?
Gisbert is a German former ship's officer who fell in love with Eolian Islands, located near Sicily, some 40 years ago. He took an immediate decision-quit his job (second mate of a luxurious cruise ship), gave away all his property to local peasants as a gesture of liberation, and began a trip backwards into history, you might say back to the future. He chose as his "professors" the oldest peasants on the island and has determinedly studied their folk craft and ways of life. For a dwelling he has built a marvelous cave in the most beautiful part of the island, he lives by collecting rain water (there is no groundwater) and wood and herbs. Candle light and live fire keep him company, beautiful view with numerous volcanoes substitute him theatre and art galleries. He eats only what grows wild around him. Thus he has resolved the question of money and bills: the first isn't needed because the second never arrive. Free adaption from a text of Lada Alekseychuk

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