I draw inspiration from the experience of lockdown that forced most people into a position of disquiet, in which the only way to travel and reach the safe places of the past is via our mind, through remembrance.

‘Ephemerals’ is based on a true story of misleading recollections, my very own, and takes the shape of a rambling, irregular journey that recreates, through the overlapping of elements, the intimate atmosphere of my mindscapes.

Contextually, shoots of my present surroundings in Lisbon blend with archive pictures from my hometown in Italy, creating abstract compositions that aim to represent a sense of displacement in the layers of time and space.

The project is shot in digital format and all the pictures are combined and blended together in post-production. Whilst analog materiality and aesthetic are often correlated to the theme of memory, I chose digital over analog photography in order to have a wider range of action in the editing process. Generally, the object of a photograph, with its spontaneity, is associated to remembrance of transient instants. However, doctored images may be more accurate in describing memory, considering all the layers and influences that often unconsciously lay within it.