A tree stands like a dark embroidery in the silence of the African night. The sky is dusted with stars, dense as cosmic sand, while a soft glow on the horizon hints at a distant light, unseen but deeply felt.
It is a moonless night, and the sky reveals itself in its purest form: the Milky Way and constellations shine without filter, etched into the darkness. In Namibia, home to some of the clearest, most spectacular skies on Earth, every star feels closer, more alive.
This image holds a suspended, silent quality: the starry spectrum, the contrast between the African bush silhouette and the faint horizon glow shifting from warm orange to violet hues, all lend it an almost dreamlike dimension.
There is no motion, no time: only the deep, still presence of a moment that seems to breathe with the land.
An intimate vision of the African night, where darkness doesn’t conceal, but reveals.
Born in Milan on November 28, 1977, I’ve been living in Bormio for many years, where I work as a ski instructor and draw endless inspiration from the surrounding mountains and nature.
Photography, to me, is not just about representation, it’s about interpretation.
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