Not a Landscape, But a Territory: Decoding the Social Systems of the Beach When we step onto the sand and strip down to our essentials, we often believe we are entering a space of absolute freedom and lawless relaxation. However, from a socio-psychological perspective, the opposite occurs. The beach is not a neutral natural landscape;…
A Visual Essay What Abstract Photography Asks of You Every photograph begins with a question: what is this? Abstract photography begins by refusing to answer. Shot from above, the sea stops being the sea. A cloud’s shadow crossing the water becomes a single stroke of grey on a field of blue. Nothing has been removed….
Journal · Val d’Orcia, Tuscany The Cypress Came From Somewhere Else On history, culture, and what turns a landscape photograph into something more than an image The Tree Everyone Photographs and No One Asks About Every photographer who comes to Tuscany photographs the cypresses. The tall dark line along a ridge, the pair flanking a…
Journal · Essay · Photography & Artificial Intelligence Why Do We Still Take Photographs?After 40 Years Behind the Camera Raffaele Ferrari · August 2026 · 7 min read In a world where artificial intelligence can create almost any image, perhaps the most important reason to photograph is simply to be there. A few days ago,…
Journal · Val d’Orcia, Tuscany Slow Travel in Tuscany — Why the Best PhotographsCome From Staying Still On three days in one field, and what moving slowly through Italy actually gives you The Field I Kept Returning To There is a specific curve of road above Pienza, just past a farmhouse with two broken shutters,…