{"id":71016,"date":"2026-01-30T14:11:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T14:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/guilty-grounds\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:10:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:10:33","slug":"guilty-grounds","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/guilty-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Guilty Grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For <strong><em>Guilty Grounds<\/em><\/strong>, Dutch photographer Steffi Reimers traveled to Calabria in southern Italy. There, she explored the dark side of Calabrian history and the origins and kidnapping practices of one of the world&rsquo;s most powerful criminal organizations, the &rsquo;Ndrangheta. She reveals the landscapes of the Aspromonte National Park as silent witnesses to the pervasive influence of the &#8216;Ndrangheta. Landscapes that were once pristine and peaceful now resonate with memories of events that have left their mark, subtly breaking the omert&agrave;&rsquo;, the sacred code of silence, so central to the &lsquo;Ndrangheta&rsquo;s power.<\/p>\n<p>This book shows Reimers&rsquo; images, but also tells the stories of the &rsquo;Ndrangheta&rsquo;s victims and their family members. Often, their bodies were never found and are presumed to have been buried, destroyed, or fed to animals in Calabria&rsquo;s unforgiving wilderness. And apart from that, Antonio Nicaso, an expert on organized crime and co-author of <em>Blood Brothers<\/em>, also tries to outline the context in which this all happened. Finally Reimers tells her own story, the story of a young woman &ndash; a forensic photographer by day, but first and foremost an artist. While inspired by real events, her work is an artistic exploration, a personal and imaginative response to Calabria&rsquo;s dark history. 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