Global tourism has always been a present motif in my work. The series was shoot in Venice. On a rain-soaked weekend I photographed tourists who grappled with their cameras, cell phones, umbrellas and pelerines the gray wet. Still trying to take the single Instagram picture, which provides proof to everyone else that the trip was worthwhile.
The series draws, despite their color intensity, not a casual, cheerful image of Venice, but focuses on the frustration that all of us know too well.
The expectation of "going on vacation" is extreme and mostly inconsistent with reality.
DEEP SLEEP
Overpowered by the initial surreality of the exterior, I buried myself in the sensation of
self-isolation.
The official race against time began with standing still.
A murmur of brutality long in the uncertainty of a sunny day.
Everything slowed down
Lethargy danced to the beat of continuous cries for self-realization and productivity
Eventually, turned into the echo of normality,
the echo of a possibility
Fear - hope. Both are neither new nor gone.
The respect for the fragility of life grew
A rethinking of what we value & where to find it
In the woven flower bed of everyday gravity a veil of pollen rain fell
