My photographic research explores transformation, memory, and fragility through the body and the landscape. For me, portraiture and self-portraiture are not tools for representing the self, but territories in which to make visible a universal emotional dimension. The body becomes a sensitive surface, a map upon which time deposits traces, fractures, and possibilities of reconstruction.
This same tension runs through my relationship with nature and, in particular, with the sea, an element deeply connected to my Sicilian origins. Through long exposures and intentional camera movement, the horizon gradually loses its solidity, and the landscape becomes a mental space, suspended between memory, impermanence, and infinity.
Photography ultimately extends into matter. Diptychs, double exposures, torn paper, collage, and organic pigments transform the image into a vulnerable and mutable object. The tear does not represent only a fracture, but also the possibility of a new configuration.
Body, water, and matter thus become different forms of the same inquiry: an exploration of what changes, what remains, and the possibility of recognizing beauty even in the precariousness of existence.
Through my work, I seek to transform an intimate experience into a space of shared recognition. Making fragilities, fractures, and transformations visible means, for me, returning them to a universal dimension, so that those who encounter the work may recognize something of themselves within it.
My research is driven by the desire to create a space of suspension, where the gaze can slow down and, even within impermanence, rediscover a possibility of beauty and belonging.