Category: sculpture

  • Ecstasy and Pains

    Pains turn into ecstasy in this sculpture of San Sebastiano by Lorenzo Bernini

  • Ecstasy and Pains

    The sculpture of San Sebastiano from Jouy-en-Josas in a black and white photograph

  • Ecstasy and Pains

    Pain turns into ecstasy in this Bernini’s sculpture of martyr San Lorenzo

  • God of the Seas

    Poseidon, Neptune for the Romans, was god of the seas. Often depicted emerging from the waters with his curly hair still wet, as seen in this ancient sculpture found in the river Rhodanus.

  • Eros and Psyche, Love and Vulnerability

    A photograph of the ancient sculpture of Eros and Psyche in Rome, where the monochrome language underline the tension between beauty and fragility, desire and despair, in a journey from blind passion to self-conscious love.

  • Published on “Il Fotografo”

    I’m delighted to have my images featured in the magazine “Il Fotografo”. This is a great encouragement to continue my photographic research!

  • Au bord des lèvres, l’âme!

    A poet once said that a kiss is a way of savoring the soul of the beloved, just on the edge of the lips.

  • Wounded To Death

    According to the myth, the daughters of Niobe, queen of Tebe, were killed by the Gods as punishment for hybris, or lack of modesty. The legend claims that Niobe was too proud of having more sons and daughters than the mother of Apollo and Artemis. However, I personally believe that the myth can be interpreted…

  • Wounded To Death

    According to the myth, the daughters of Niobe, queen of Tebe, were killed by the Gods as punishment for hybris, or lack of modesty. The legend claims that Niobe was too proud of having more sons and daughters than the mother of Apollo and Artemis. However, I personally believe that the myth can be interpreted…

  • Beauty Will Save The World

    Guardi a capo chino per terra e la mano sembra disfare la cinta. Perché? Il pudore è alieno da Afrodite: un cenno del capo dica, senza parole, che ti pieghi al volere della dea.