Roman Manfredi in her Studio

Video (6:29): Using still and moving images, portraits, film and fragments, Roman Manfredi presents Napoli and their queer and transgendered Femminielli community. A community that dates houndreds of years back.

Femminiello, derived from Neapolitan femmena ‘woman’ with the suffix -iello, which is a masculine diminutive suffix of endearment, the term roughly translates to ‘little women-men’. Neither derogatory nor an insult, it is instead used in a descriptive capacity for ‘transmen’ in Napoli, Italy.

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Ronan Manfredi

Ronan Manfredi is a British photographer with an Italian heritage. as a lens-based artist she is analogue photography, moving image and sound; Roman’s work sits at the intersection of place, personal narratives and political landscapes, presented through the everyday lived experience.