In one way or another, we are all in search of the path that is right for us; of a way of life that allows us to feel in balance and in harmony with the people and things which surround us. This series is edited from the project photographed in Lunigiana, the Northernmost part of Tuscany in Italy. Crossed in ancient times by the Roman Via Francigena and now by a motorway, it remains for many a land of passage. By chance or by fate twenty years ago my family and I put roots down in a local forest but shortly after left for distant lands. I returned seeking a creative shift that had yet to manifest. These images are my journey between January and May 2022 in the land where Dante had wandered 500 years earlier. I photographed routes to find my own path ahead. There are well beaten paths and marked roads and dirt roads to the unknown. The possibilities are endless but the way our own. Stefano Azario Bagnone, March 2023
Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.
Inferno, Canto I Dante Alighieri 1265-1321
In one way or another, we are all in search of the path that is right for us; of a way of life that allows us to feel in balance and in harmony with the people and things which surround us. This series is edited from the project photographed in Lunigiana, the Northernmost part of Tuscany in Italy. Crossed in ancient times by the Roman Via Francigena and now by a motorway, it remains for many a land of passage. By chance or by fate twenty years ago my family and I put roots down in a local forest but shortly after left for distant lands. I returned seeking a creative shift that had yet to manifest. These images are my journey between January and May 2022 in the land where Dante had wandered 500 years earlier. I photographed routes to find my own path ahead. There are well beaten paths and marked roads and dirt roads to the unknown. The possibilities are endless but the way our own. Stefano Azario Bagnone, March 2023
