Matching silence with rationality, color with too long shadows, contradicting the laws of perspective by going beyond reality.

Waking up in a remote village in the middle of a flat plain. Asking oneself if in that place people’s lives flow as elsewhere on earth or if here time follows a measure unknown to us: a dilated measure, irregularly divided into unequal fractions that never repeat themselves. An arrhythmic succession of interrupted pauses.

Walking along streets that indicate temporary paths waiting for non-existent goals, changing and deceptive lights in search of something that has been in us for an ancient time. Classic shapes are transformed into masses of calm colors, which stretch, low and immovable, along a false horizon that dies moment by moment.

These images were taken in the town of Tresigallo in the province of Ferrara, whose construction by the architect Rossoni, in the 1930s, constituted an experiment in rationalist architecture. There is a metaphysical atmosphere that is well linked to that historical period. I wanted to recreate the spirit of that era in my image. The style I chose is illustrative and the images were digitally enhanced in order to obtain a metaphysical effect through color and the distribution of volumes.

About Lorenzo Vitali

Born in Milan in 1953, the city where he lives and works. A doctor by profession and a photographer with great dedication, his works have been published in many magazines in Italy and abroad and have won numerous international awards. He has presented his main projects in personal and collective exhibitions. [Official Website]