The Quest for the Absolute

A work about loneliness, introspection, beauty, Nature and Force.

“Superheroes are by definition “extraordinary,” and extraordinary often goes hand in hand with solitary. This is an unexpected side to their personality, even though it is a characteristic common to all these imaginary vigilantes.

Solitude is evident when looking at this photographic work for the first time.

I therefore chose to develop these infamous characters from American comics, now recognised worldwide for their fight against evil, striving for freedom and justice, alone, and in the middle of the countryside.

However this first impression is misleading and it soon becomes clear that in reality they are not alone in the quest that I have chosen for them to engage in.

Indeed they share this adventure with another much more powerful and much more imposing character than themselves: nature. Nature is virtually personified here and truly plays the main role in each of these scenarios.

Thus, immersed in these imposing settings, in the middle of these large spaces, faced with the force of the elements, the comic heroes seem quite insignificant.

Yet nature is with them. This ally accompanies and supports them.

Together they will attempt to produce even greater than what has been accomplished to date.

Whatever happens they now walk side by side, determined to make this one-way trip together, this existential quest leading to the absolute.”

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