Among photographer Mario Giacomelli's most memorable images are those of pretini (young priests) in the seminary of Senigallia, whom he captured playing in the snow or relaxing in the courtyard. He juxtaposed the distinctive shapes of black-clad figures against a white ground, suggesting a lighthearted mood. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ These images appear choreographed, but they result from the priests' unrestrained joy as they run, throw snowballs, or play ring-around-the-rosy. Giacomelli let the scenes unfold as he recorded them from a rooftop.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ After Giacomelli had won the trust of the seminarians, his interaction with them was brought to an abrupt end when he provided the young men with cigars for photographs he intended to submit to a competition on the theme of smoking. The rector denied him further access. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Giacomelli later applied the title "I Have No Hands That Caress My Face" to this series, from the first two lines of a poem by Father David Maria Turoldo about young men who seek solitary...