The «Shadow project» was born one summer’s day by pure coincidence, when I observed the projection of my shadow on a bed of sunlight. I began to play with this silhouette, whose presence has accompanied my images ever since. I stage my shadow in «Happenings» during long walks through the city, which I like to transform into a theatre. I play several roles simultaneously: director, actor and photographer. It’s an interesting form of gymnastics that I like to impose on myself. It’s a game that unfolds at random in the streets, with objects that become accessories, the sun and its ever-changing light, colours and shapes, and the passage of time that has an impact on the atmosphere of the moment. There are no limits to creation in this project. The shadow is free to interact with any kind of encounter and can change its meaning at any moment. Sometimes surreal, sometimes absurd, sometimes pointed, these little scenes transform the banality of everyday life by magnifying it and making it visible from a different angle. In this approach, I create without artifice, with what surrounds us, surprising or upsetting the order of things and questioning what seemed established at the time. In my images, there is also the idea of a person outside the frame, projecting upwards from below, which could also be the viewer’s idea.
Nice – April 2023
Marciana Marina – July 2022
San Remo – October 2021
La Spezia – September 2024
Como – July 2024
Casa Sciaredo – July 2024