Series - FotoSlovo 2026 - Category « Conceptual photography »
Honorable Mention
In girum imus nocte et consumimur igni
The palindromes Latin line, whose translation is ‘we wander around in the night and the fire consumes us’, recedes on itself, built letter by letter as a labyrinth, perfectly represents the form and content of ‘perdition’.
The phrase certainly has very ancient roots, its attribution, even if there is no evidence, could date back to Sindonio Apollinare. The definition could be related both to moths, which, attracted by the light of a fire, end up killing themselves; or to torches, which are consumed by burning in the night.
The Latin expression inspires my work and drives my photographic stream of consciousness. In this series the path becomes a metaphor of everyone’s journey: sometimes a hidden and broken path, hard to find, sometimes seems more like a labyrinth in which we wonder in constant search of our destiny.
