What makes us who we are? What do we carry with us? In The Land of Eternal Winter, I explore the idea of home and belonging, isolation and identity. 

I am a migrant. I was born in Italy and relocated to Ireland after many nomadic years. Each place I lived in had its own character and quirks. Every time I left; I lost something. Every time I arrived; I gained something. Pieces of me constantly reshuffled and reconfigured. I am not sure where or what home is anymore. I long to belong. Is this home? At a loss for understanding, I embark on a downward fall into my inner self in a quest to unravel the answer.

Set in Ireland, the project combines black and white and colour imagery and encompasses three strands: identity, memory, and place. Identity is performed through black and white minimalistic self-portraits; memory resurfaces via black and white abstract photograms and place is embodied by desolate colour landscapes. Melancholic sceneries, overwhelming colours, ghostly self-portraits, and ethereal objects come together to create a winding story of vivid hallucinations and fragmented realities.

The Land of Eternal Winter is a long-term and ongoing series created with 4 x 5 large format cameras and in the darkroom with an alternative photographic process. The project received support for its development from the Arts Council of Ireland in the form of an Agility Award in 2021.