Photographic project | The Smoke

First personal photographic storytelling, "the Smoke", published in issue 3 of "Il Colophon" — a monthly digital magazine published by Simplicissimus Book Farm, February 2014. A project combining photography, visual poetry and narrative: smoke as a metaphor for precariousness, transience and the trace every act leaves in the world. Role: Art Direction, Photography, Writing. "The Smoke" is a personal work that bears witness to a poetic and artistic dimension beyond the professional one — an experiment in bilingual visual storytelling (Italian/English) exploring photographic language applied to lyrical narrative. 🌐 Digital context 2014: 2014 was the year of the boom in independent digital magazines and online cultural publications. Platforms such as Issuu democratized the publication of high-quality digital magazines, allowing photographers and artists to publish original work with a refined editorial aesthetic.

Il Colophon is a monthly digital magazine published by Simplicissimus Book Farm
Il fumo non esiste.
Smoke does not exist.
è solo la traccia di una combustione
it is only the trace of a combustion
di un fragore
of a racket
piccolo
tiny
o grande
or big
è solo il pulsare del fuoco
 
It is only the pulsing fire
per alcuni di noi lunghe attese
 
for some of us long waits 
per altri vuoti da riempire
for others empty spaces to fill.
non dura. non dura mai.
It does not survive, it never survives.
 
Lascia solo ceneri.
It leaves only ashes.
Un'ombra.
A shadow.
Il fumo non esiste.
Smoke does not exist.
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