2. somewhere in the mediterranean

it’s not just a place, it’s a feeling

2024
let’s play mermaids

endless blue in sardegna

rock-cataloguing

in the shade of the juniper trees

spending my time exploring any new place imagining the lives lived behind its doors & windows, dreaming up narratives unfolding behind its facades & weaving connections through its streets

2024
granita per tre

slow days dozing under the lemon trees

2024
roman holiday

the beauty of being alone

portals to another time

stumbled into a massive board game that the gods play from above

overheard conversations in rome

2023
i went to talk to the sea today

summer’s end in siciliy

2022
sicilian roadtrips

il dolce far niente & other lessons on how to savour life

all streets in santa flavia lead to the sea… a dream-like town which materialises when least expected & refuses to be found when you seek it

lido livin’

lonesome petrol pump

some photos you don’t manage to take
live in your head forever
until you do

destinazione: caletta sant'elia

destinazione: isole egadi, favignana & levanzo

visions of the coastline:
stairs leading from the sea to an ancient fortress under which limpet-collecting nonni crawl

visions of the coastline:
when we cut into the land, are we making the sky bigger?

visions of the coastline:
cuts and protrusions in the rock seducing the sea to kiss it
children playing in forgotten quarries emulating ancient temple ruins

destinazione: cefalù

breakfast beneath the fig tree

la rocca

destinazione: scopello

goddess of the sea

destinazione: alimena

a little town right at the centre of sicily with a hill, at the top of which the rest of the island is laid out beneath you like a map

destinazione: noto

a convent airing its dirty laundry

destinazione: ortigia, siracusa

destinazione: ibla & ragusa

garden of the gods, suspended amidst the clouds

destinazione: scoglitti

destinazione: scicli

a town tucked away in a crevice overlooked by a monastery

cicadas chirping, the scent of fig leaf wafting on the hot summer breeze, winding roads between the olive trees as we traverse southern sicily

destinazione: agrigento

buried within the city walls,
a city of the dead exists encircling that of the living

an archeological daydream

destinazione: scala dei turchi

a cloud-like cliff emerges from the glistening water

destinazione: modica

2021
a day by the lake

a foggy arrival, a lakeside lunch, a hidden pasageway to the sea, watching children play as they climb onto a rock, a boat left to enjoy the lapping of the waves onto the shore, two hundred steps to a secret beach where we skim pebbles across the mirror-like lake. a sun-drenched hotel, a golden hour walk catching glimpses across the water, a cypress-lined odyssey, overhearing conversations while watching the sun set, lying on a dock as it bobs with the waves, watching the ducks as the sun paints the sky red before sinking beneath the mountains.

destinazione: varenna

2019
from one island to another

time flows differently under the sicilian sun

destinazione: ragusa

destinazione: ibla

abandoned industry / would-be roller coaster

destinazione: taormina

the city which clings to the side of a hill

2018
nel sud

the approach of summer called for one final trip down south; a week-long adventure with just one small backpack, travelling from place to place & meeting friends along the way. the goal was simple: eat as much good food as possible, soak up plenty of sun & sea, and appreciate every second of italian summer.

southern italy is a fantasy in which beach carnival meets ancient ruins. hot-tempered motorists zip through the same streets where children play. i kept expecting the vessuvio to blow at any second, bursting in the loud heat , covering the whole region in san marzano tomato sauce.

destinazione: ischia

destinazione: napoli

destinazione: sorrento

bagni della regina giovanna

destinazione: positano, amalfi coast

destinazione: roma

2018
train rides across northern italy

via lecco, 22, appartamento 2
catching the last metro home, tram parties, eating pizza on the floor while drinking wine, cremino ice cream at navigli, learning how to ride a bike while tipsy, 5pm spritz aperitivo, lying on the grass in the sun in sempione, eating chocolate doughnuts in the lidl parking lot with my favourite people, cutting my hair short, the sound of a trumpet & children playing streaming in through the open window.