The Lost Years is the result of nearly a year spent meeting men inside an Italian prison, with the authorization of the Italian Ministry of Justice and the informed consent of those portrayed. Built on time, trust and listening, the project looks beyond incarceration to explore the persistence of identity, dignity and hope. Through intimate portraits and everyday moments, it invites viewers to encounter the person before the prisoner. Rather than questioning guilt or innocence, these photographs ask what remains of a human being when freedom, time and social identity are profoundly altered.
His research investigates the dignity of the existence of people who remain on the margins of visibility. His training in philosophy and clinical psychology orients a gaze that favours a discreet testimony. His photographs do not seek the exceptionality of the event, but the silent strength of the ordinary, recognising the invisible gestures of everyday life as a form of human greatness. His works have been exhibited in Italy and abroad
