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Portraits “Positive BN”
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Still Life “Positive BN”
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Bouldering
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RA-4 Reversal
Still Climb
Still Life “Positive BN”
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2025
In All That Remains, Davide revisits his family archive, composed of analog photographs taken by his father and materials rediscovered over time.
The work traces his childhood through images that seem to resist the passing of years, until memory itself begins to dissolve.
The arrival of the digital era, the dispersion of files, and the loss of tangible continuity mark the threshold between presence and disappearance.
The surviving photographs, the album pages, and the fragile film negatives are what remain of an attempt to hold on to time.
Each image carries the weight of what was once visible, transforming the act of remembering into a material gesture, something that can be touched, preserved, or lost.
In recent years, this reflection has intertwined with a more personal dimension.
The death of his mother in 2023, with whom he had a complex relationship, and the birth of his second son, Pietro, in 2024, have redefined his connection to memory and to the image.
All That Remains thus becomes a meditation on inheritance, on the transmission of identity and affection across generations, and on the quiet persistence of what continues to exist when everything else fades away.
There is no conclusion in this work.
Only the awareness that every image is a fragment of what survives, and that, in the silence between one photograph and the next, the most vital part of us continues to pulse.
The work traces his childhood through images that seem to resist the passing of years, until memory itself begins to dissolve.
The arrival of the digital era, the dispersion of files, and the loss of tangible continuity mark the threshold between presence and disappearance.
The surviving photographs, the album pages, and the fragile film negatives are what remain of an attempt to hold on to time.
Each image carries the weight of what was once visible, transforming the act of remembering into a material gesture, something that can be touched, preserved, or lost.
In recent years, this reflection has intertwined with a more personal dimension.
The death of his mother in 2023, with whom he had a complex relationship, and the birth of his second son, Pietro, in 2024, have redefined his connection to memory and to the image.
All That Remains thus becomes a meditation on inheritance, on the transmission of identity and affection across generations, and on the quiet persistence of what continues to exist when everything else fades away.
There is no conclusion in this work.
Only the awareness that every image is a fragment of what survives, and that, in the silence between one photograph and the next, the most vital part of us continues to pulse.
Le fotografie sopravvissute, le pagine degli album e i fragili negativi su pellicola sono ciò che resta di un tentativo di trattenere il tempo. Ogni immagine porta con sé il peso di ciò che un tempo era visibile, trasformando il gesto del ricordare in un atto materiale, qualcosa che può essere toccato, conservato oppure perduto.
Negli ultimi anni questa riflessione si è intrecciata con una dimensione più personale.
La morte della madre nel 2023, con la quale aveva un rapporto complesso, e la nascita del suo secondo figlio, Pietro, nel 2024, hanno ridefinito il suo rapporto con la memoria e con l’immagine.
All That Remains diventa così una meditazione sull’eredità, sulla trasmissione dell’identità e dell'affetto attraverso le generazioni, e sulla quieta persistenza di ciò che continua a esistere quando tutto il resto svanisce.
Non c’è una conclusione in questo lavoro.
Solo la consapevolezza che ogni immagine è un frammento di ciò che sopravvive e che, nel silenzio tra una fotografia e l’altra, la parte più vitale di noi continua a pulsare.
Fragments of everyday moments, gathered without a precise order. Visual notes, scattered instants.
Frammenti di momenti quotidiani raccolti senza un ordine preciso. Appunti visivi, istanti sparsi
Not just a photographic project, but an exploration of the soul. Each portrait is an immersion into the depth of an encounter, a silent dialogue made of presence and gazes. The work takes shape in the solitude of the darkroom, where the image slowly reveals itself under the eyes of its subject.
The result is a unique and unrepeatable portrait, an image that has no equal and remains the only trace of that moment. A work that is forever.
The result is a unique and unrepeatable portrait, an image that has no equal and remains the only trace of that moment. A work that is forever.
Technical Studies and Tests
This gallery presents a series of tests created using the direct RA4 reversal process on color photographic paper. These images are not finished works but technical explorations: filtration tests, color temperature adjustments, duv control, and experiments on the chromatic balance achieved without a negative.
Each print documents a stage of the research, showing how small variations in filters, light, and chemistry can significantly influence the final outcome. These tests represent the behind the scenes of the process, a space where color evolution can be observed, mistakes can be understood, patterns can be recognized, and control over RA4 reversal is gradually refined.
The gallery is an ever growing study archive, a place where experimentation becomes an essential part of both the technical and creative process.
Questa galleria raccoglie una serie di test realizzati con il processo RA4 reversal diretto su carta fotografica a colori. Le immagini non sono lavori finiti, ma esplorazioni tecniche: prove di filtratura, variazioni di temperatura colore, controlli del duv e sperimentazioni sugli equilibri cromatici ottenuti senza negativo.
Ogni stampa documenta una fase della ricerca, evidenziando come piccole modifiche nei filtri, nella luce e nella chimica possano influenzare in modo decisivo il risultato finale. Questi test rappresentano il dietro le quinte del processo, uno spazio in cui osservare l evoluzione del colore, capire gli errori, riconoscere i pattern e affinare gradualmente il controllo sul RA4 reversal.
La galleria è quindi un archivio di studio in continua crescita, un luogo dove la sperimentazione diventa parte integrante del processo creativo e tecnico.
Still Climb arises from a long-standing bond between the body and the tools that accompany it in climbing.
Shoes, chalk, tape, small tools for care: objects that wear out, are replaced, yet remain as the continuity of a gesture.
They hold a physical memory that extends through time, bearing the marks of habit, attention, and devotion.
Photography becomes the place where these tools are observed and acknowledged.
Isolated against a white background, they lose their function and assume a new, suspended, almost ritual presence.
Each image is an act of restitution: what was once a tool becomes an object, what was once use becomes form.
Shoes, chalk, tape, small tools for care: objects that wear out, are replaced, yet remain as the continuity of a gesture.
They hold a physical memory that extends through time, bearing the marks of habit, attention, and devotion.
Photography becomes the place where these tools are observed and acknowledged.
Isolated against a white background, they lose their function and assume a new, suspended, almost ritual presence.
Each image is an act of restitution: what was once a tool becomes an object, what was once use becomes form.