The fascinating images by the photographer from Pietrasanta, who colours forgotten places with new enchantment.
Nicola Bertellotti, born in 1976, originally from Pietrasanta, in the province of Lucca, loves photographing abandoned places. The idea was born from a real inspiration, and equally unexpected was the love for photography.
The years take away a lot, but they give back something equally wonderful. Does your photography have the task of sublimating that something?
“The aim is to give the idea of another dimension, moving us to places off the maps, belonging to a geography that is in some ways invisible. In this regard, I like to quote the Latin expression Hic sunt Dracones…” The history of these places, combined with contact with nature and the inexorable signs of time, mean that one is catapulted into a time capsule.”
What feeling do these environments convey to you?
“They give me a great sense of peace and communion with them. My logic is based on absolute respect: when I enter, I don’t move, or rather I don’t touch anything. I have always felt a special bond with these situations; I believe that these places dialogue with us, with the memories, objects and smells coming from our past.”
What measures do you adopt when taking pictures?
“First of all, I look for maximum natural light, and I favour long exposure, starting from the assumption that most of the time these are very dark places. In my images, there is nothing artificial, on the contrary, I love observing and immortalizing the unavoidable effects of temporal stratification.”
How do you move on a post-production level?
“For me it is essential not to distort the original atmosphere in any way. The objective is that the observer, being in the place in question, can fully relive what my photo tells. I therefore adopt the criterion of the so-called invisible intervention, managing only the exposure a little.”
Has Pietrasanta influenced your artistic research?
“My sensitivity has been decisively influenced, even unconsciously if we want, given that initially I was a simple user. Despite travelling incessantly around the world, Pietrasanta, among other things, always remains the place where the world comes to me….”
Among your latest projects is the exhibition “Dove va il tempo che passa?” at the Sensi Arte gallery in Siena, open until May 31st…
“It is a two-person show with the artist Roberto Ghezzi, also a travelling artist, who works on the mash-up between mankind and nature.”
For new unpublished dialogues on the same wave line of a rediscovered time…
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