PhotoTalk #24 - Marco Bartolozzi
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This photo is submitted by Marco Bartolozzi
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Marco also likes to know: ”Does the space around us change due to objective environmental and social dynamics, or is this “change” primarily a subjective perception determined by experiences, expectations, and imagination?”
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Artist statement by Marco Bartolozzi:
“In the theatre of existence, my photography bears witness to the quiet dialogue between people and the spaces that hold them. I look for the interstices of reality—those suspended moments when, amid noise and acceleration, the substance of things becomes visible to those who can wait.
Lost at Sea extends this research along winter shorelines, where bathing establishments rest, and the sea remains the silent protagonist. Through off-season stillness, crowded places metamorphose into landscapes of solitude and clarity. Each image is a window of time, inviting the viewer to inhabit waiting, to sense the cyclical return of life, and to question their own place within the world.
My work bridges the tangible and the intangible, the visible and the perceived: the environment not as backdrop, but as an active presence that influences and reflects our interiority. In these quiet frames, I seek the invisible threads that bind us to context—revealing transience, resilience, and the possibility of finding oneself when everything opens again.”
This is a nice photo to look at. Very relaxing with a solid composition and fitting tones. Not that much is happening but in this case that is fine. You say each photo is a window in time, and I am glad you took the photo at that specific moment, as a cloudy sky would have ruined the shot.
To me this piece is purely abstract and it works best on that level. I'm a fan of abstract work, and I like this one. Questions about this fence on the beach are irrelevant, so the only "story" is that of pure composition.