Reaching Out (2025)

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Signals from Silence Down concrete corridors bathed in perpetual neon, inside small, separate rooms, in the midst of the Vietnam War (1955–1975), rotary phones and radios issued orders capable of redrawing the fate of hundreds of soldiers—signals that ran along copper wires, pierced reinforced walls, and disappeared into the ether. …

Touch Ground: Ali Baba

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In 2013 alone, over 42,000 migrants braved the Mediterranean Sea in an attempt to reach Europe. Many ended up in Sicily and the surrounding islands. Thousands of these people have previously traveled this route and are still continuing to do so up to nowadays. In “Touch Ground,” I photographed beaches, …

Iddu (Stromboli Nights)

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Stromboli is a small island in the northern part of the Eolian archipelago. One of the most active volcano in the world, emerging 1.000 mt from a deep blu sea, kwon as “Iddu” (which in Sicilian means “Him”) for it’s strong character due to frequent explosions. No public illumination is …

Touch Ground (2009-2014)

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Nel 2013 circa 42.000 migranti hanno sfidato il mare per raggiungere l’Italia e l’Europa, soprattutto attraverso la Sicilia e nelle sue isole minori. Svariate migliaia di persone hanno fatto lo stesso percorso negli anni precedenti. In Touch Ground ho fotografato le spiagge, i porti, le scogliere, i luoghi dove, negli …