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Marcello Niccodemi italy
Photo © Marcello Niccodemi
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Artic Guardians
My artistic research takes shape in the Apuan Alps, where I learned to observe nature as a space of energy, stillness, and truth.
I'm often inspired by a phrase that sums up the meaning of my work: “Sometimes someone notices what's happening around us and points it out to the person next to us; thus arises the awareness of the beauty that surrounds us, of its fragility and majesty, and of how ephemeral our existence is, increasingly distant and alienated from the places to which our soul belongs.”
Through my images, I seek precisely this: to spread awareness, recounting the strength and fragility of nature through a language that unites the vastness of landscapes and the intimacy of the abstract forms linked to them.
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entry description
Vatnajökull is a massive Icelandic glacier, the largest in Europe, covering an area of approximately 8,100 square kilometers in the southeast of the island. Its proximity to the sea and the effects of climate change cause rapid and continuous changes in its shapes and conditions. This dynamic landscape is further shaped by volcanic debris, which, carried and sculpted by the wind, is deposited on the glacier and undergoes cycles of freezing and thawing. To capture a unique view of this natural wonder, I decided to embark on an aerial adventure aboard a small Cessna plane. Flying over the glacier allowed me to explore remote corners and admire perspectives otherwise unreachable, impossible to capture with a drone due to the vast distances.about the photographer
I am an Italian photographer born in 1996. My photography was born between the cliffs of the Tuscan coast and the great cities of Europe. Over time, however, the need to move away from the frenetic pace and crowding that characterize our present has pushed me towards wild and isolated places, where nature still retains its original silence.My artistic research takes shape in the Apuan Alps, where I learned to observe nature as a space of energy, stillness, and truth.
I'm often inspired by a phrase that sums up the meaning of my work: “Sometimes someone notices what's happening around us and points it out to the person next to us; thus arises the awareness of the beauty that surrounds us, of its fragility and majesty, and of how ephemeral our existence is, increasingly distant and alienated from the places to which our soul belongs.”
Through my images, I seek precisely this: to spread awareness, recounting the strength and fragility of nature through a language that unites the vastness of landscapes and the intimacy of the abstract forms linked to them.
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