Project Detail: Ai Piedi Del Monte

Contest:

LuganoPhotoDays 2016



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Author:

Andrea Alfano

 

Project Info

Ai Piedi Del Monte

Piedmont, Italy.

The Langhe-Roero-Monferrato area is one of the greatest wilderness areas of Italy. Well known all over the world for its wine production, the area was recently nominated a World Heritage Site (UNESCO).

Living the vineyards in the background, I have focused my research on the relationship between man and nature and I have analyzed the philosophical idea of ‘joyful degrowth’ (Latouche).

I immersed myself in woods and little villages far away from large inhabited areas, in search of people and stories that have a strong connection with the identity of the area and who live in harmony with nature.

The result of my research is ‘Ai Piedi del Monte’, a name that refers to the morphological character of the area, downstream of the Region’s mountains, and that is the literal breakdown of the name Piedmont: Pied – Mont (At the Foot – Of the Mountain).

Photos

Gustavo Musso collecting wood for the winter in the wood downstream of Costigliole d’Asti. – Cos

Stock of wood in the wood downstream of Costigliole d’Asti. – Costigliole d’Asti (Asti), Italy

Fabrizio Fassio and the marc obtained from pressing grapes. With this marc the Moscato d’Asti of h

The marc obtained from pressing grapes. With this marc the Moscato d’Asti will be produced. – Sa

Mario Bello has spent his life working in the fields and founded his family-run farm. At the age of

A stubble field near Pocapaglia. – Pocapaglia (Cuneo), Italy

Gianluigi Mazza has been a hunter from the age of ten. He has a perfect knowledge of all that is hid

Single-barrelled shotgun. It can only shoot one load of shot at time. – Montemagno (Asti), Italy