Some objects preserve a culture more faithfully than words.
Created for the thirtieth anniversary of Agriturismo Bergi, this series brings together traditional kitchen utensils preserved by the Di Garbo family. Rather than photographing recipes or finished dishes, I chose to work with the objects that had quietly accompanied generations of everyday life.
Once removed from the kitchen and brought into my studio, they were no longer simple utensils, but silent witnesses. I photographed each one as I would approach a portrait, allowing its worn surfaces, repairs and imperfections to reveal the traces of repeated gestures, daily rituals and knowledge passed from one generation to the next. They remind us that some values survive not through written history, but through the care we invest in the things we choose to preserve.
Each work is a unique wet plate collodion positive on glass. The singular nature of every plate preserves not only the physical presence of the object, but also the traces of the hands that shaped its history.
