Qawsarah, which in the Arabic language means daughter of the wind, is the former name of Pantelleria, the Sicilian island where this series was shot in July 2021.

The island is located between the south of Italy and the north-African coast.

This is the second body of work I have shot in Pantelleria. I feel deeply connected to this place and constantly fascinated by its nature and energy. So much so I wish to continue to come back there and photograph it, in order to let it sink inside me more and more.

Qawsarah represents my intent to create a love poem to this place: trying to capture its beauty and giving it back in the form of a photo-series through my eyes. Only this time I brought with me a different kind of beauty, in the shape of human accessories. The idea was to elevate these everyday objects through the majestic power of nature, though finding a balance of co-existence between lively matter and still life.

Click here to see the story on Schön magazine

_{Photography + art direction by me 
Styling Benedetta Bernardi}

Archaic is a state of being, it is where we come from and where we go back to, a place that is both comfortable and unbearable, somewhere necessarily pure. This project aims to dig into the matter that connects us to the earth, tracing a path to find the contours of mankind carved in the soil, and then the roots that run deep within us. Far from a linear journey, it speaks of great peace, a welcoming embrace coming from deep within the earth, and at the same time of a bond, tying us to the bloodshed of the present: the rawness of the ground and of the clothes themselves, scream into the echoing abyss of creation.

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Photography by me

Styling + art direction Bianca Zangheri

Make-up & hair Bianca Marzocchi

In these portraits is featured Angelica Maino

Ad campaign for Bit Mobility 

In these portraits are featured Bruno Oliveira, Morgana Balzarotti, Giulia Petronio and Edoardo Gabrielli 

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Creative direction Erika Grupillo 
Casting Federica Ciuci Priori 
Make-up Vanessa Icareg 
Styling Anna Cadeddu, Helena Napoli and Alice Manfroni