They call it “Il Bel Paese”, indeed they called it that way. 

Italy, a country so full of contradictions, of hidden beauty and exposed ugliness, of folk traditions and the inability to conservate them, cradle of art and then its cemetery, it is a magic place but it is so much tired, drained by the negligence hidden behind the daily life habit.

With my imagines I have tried to capturing the essence of its places, to tell a story by every shot, without a specific technique or frame: all photos are bound by a secret spirit, as the italian places are.