Series - FotoSlovo 2026 - Category « Fine Art »

This series, still in progress, takes its name from the hypothesis by James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis, which describes Earth as a single superorganism in which living and non-living elements interact to establish a self-regulating equilibrium that ensures the survival of the whole.

I have juxtaposed photographs of our natural environment and explored the links, echoes, and resonances between them. Each image brings something to its pair that modifies the overall interpretation. It is as if a new reality were generated, different from the simple sum of its parts.

This effect ties in with Ralph Gibson's theory of 'visual overtones', according to which, by putting two images together, an effect similar to that of music can be produced when two or more tones combine to generate a different, richer, and more complex third.

This interplay reminds us of the subtle connections between all natural elements, and of the delicate equilibrium that holds them together. A precious mechanism of which we, as a species, are also part.