August 2025 - Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzman, Ciudad de Mexico

Ciudad de México draws visitors into a swirl of emotions: colourful, lively, at times chaotic, yet also offering moments of refuge in peaceful neighbourhoods such as Coyoacán—chosen by Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, as well as Leon Trotsky, as their home.

This emotional intensity is powerfully reflected in the city’s churches and their dramatic visual narratives of the lives of Jesus and the saints. The Passion of Christ is often portrayed in stark, realistic—sometimes even crude—detail, while the Virgin Mary and the saints appear dressed in fine, almost luxurious garments, framed by opulent altars and elaborate tributes to both the saints and the high ecclesiastical dignitaries of their time.

These interiors stand as historical statements: in the colonial era they asserted the dominance of European “Conquistador” culture over indigenous, animistic beliefs. Yet those older beliefs remain visible, transformed and absorbed into a deeply passionate and expressive form of religiosity.

All of these photographs were taken at the Templo de Santo Domingo de Guzmán, Ciudad de México—one of many such remarkable churches that punctuate the city.

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May 2025 - Killarney National Park

Water is a defining presence in Killarney National Park, flowing through streams, rivers, waterfalls, and vast loughs that embody both tranquillity and raw power. The landscape feels untouched, with minimal signs of human presence.

In these surroundings, time seems to fold back to an era before humankind — so unspoiled and authentic that certain secluded areas command not only respect, but even awe or fear of the natural elements.

Through this project, I aim to capture that rare balance of peace and wilderness, inviting viewers to pause, reflect, and consider our relationship with the natural world. These images are both a celebration of unspoiled beauty and a reminder of our responsibility to preserve it.

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December 2022 - Cave Church of St. Nicholas - Mottola (Taranto)

While Cave Churches are common in the Middle East and Africa, there is a little known and unusual concentration of Cave Churches in the Province of Taranto, in the South of Italy.

Dug into the walls of natural canyons made of easy to carve limestone, they take advantage of a protected position and a favourable microclimate, which has benefitted medieval inhabitants as much as the preservation of painted murals.

Some historians believe that Cave Churches served the local community (supposedly Bizantine migrants/invaders), while others suspect that they flourished on the route from Northern Europe to the Holy Land, serving pilgrims and cruzaders alike.

Albeit those Cave Churches and surrounding villages were abandoned shortly after Medieval times, those Churches are still attended by worshippers on key dates of the religious calendar, with occasional visits of Christian Orthodox worshippers from the East of Europe, to pay their tribute to Saint Nicholas, venerated locally and widely painted in several Cave Churches.

The style of the paintings is very close to what can be seen in Bizantine Churches, suggesting that the artists, whose name are lost in history, might have travelled from as far as Constantinople to produce their artworks.

This set of images is a tribute to the legacy of medieval artists and worshippers, who dug into the mountains with rudimental hand-tools, and then elevated bare walls into inspired religious visions.

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