They'Ve Gone Away

• Prize
  Gold in Fine Art/Landscape
• Photographer
  Lorenzo Vitali
• Technical Info
  Canon R5 + Canon Eos R 15-30 F2.8, Canon 17 Tse
• Photo Date
  23/02/2023

The gaze of a traveller, who wants to immerse himself in the evocative atmosphere of the lower Piave, would be captured by the discreet presence of unusual imposing buildings integrated with unexpected material naturalness in the countryside. These are the so-called case coloniche. What I want to tell is a story, one of the many stories hidden in these border areas between land and water. Past lives can be guessed around these monuments of a peasant reality, now extinct. Stone dinosaurs mark the territory, a warning not to forget those who have rejoiced, suffered and worked hard here.

Born in Milano in 1953, where he lives and works. He has photographs printed in many magazines, in Italy and abroad. He publishes photo-books. From 2012 to 2016 he coordinated Italy Report, a photo-book, together a group of Italian photographers, distributed throughout all Italy.