“Tribal Ice” is a series of images taken in the mountains above Bormio.
On a harsh winter night, frost plays and draws on a glass pane at over 2000 meters of altitude.
These are not simple ice crystals, but true natural hieroglyphs, shapes that resemble feathers, symbols, plant patterns, or ritual tattoos.
It is nature, in its silence, engraving ephemeral messages destined to vanish with the first light of day.
Photographed at dawn, these formations are fragile and temporary, yet reveal an unexpected complexity in their detail: micro-forests of needles, spirals, fans, frozen architectures.
Each one different, each one unrepeatable.
In this image, the ice pattern radiates like a fern or a feathered tail, with a precise direction that suggests momentum and lightness, as if an invisible creature had beaten its wings against the glass, leaving the imprint of its flight.
The lines seem to follow a flow, as if something had brushed the surface, leaving behind a bright, ordered trail.
It’s a mark that speaks of motion and grace, like the memory of a gentle passage.
Like an angel’s feather left in the dark.
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.
Many of my..
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