Born in Rome in 1998 to an Italian father and a Croatian mother, after studying photography I graduated in 2020.
For me, photography is a tool for constantly exploring everything around me. Through photography, with my thesis project I wanted to investigate what drives the new generation to remain on an island that does not offer many job opportunities and to carry on its traditions. It is a personal exploration through my origins.
La Terra dei Figli
Mljet is an island in Croatia where part of my family comes from. Mljet is part of me, just as Rome, my hometown, is, but when your heart is divided between two countries that are so paradoxically different, you cannot decide where you truly belong. Your first encounter with the island of Mljet stays with you forever. Its hills, its sea and its nature are part of my memories, as are its people, always cheerful and ready to celebrate on every occasion. Looking at it today, the island is identical to how it was a hundred years ago. The trades and traditions have not changed either; they are passed down and carried on over time. It is easy to come across teenagers working as shepherds or fishermen.
Mine is an emotional exploration that seeks to grasp the true meaning behind the island’s strong pull on this generation, which follows a lifestyle that, in a modern society such as ours, would be considered to belong to times gone by.
