From 17 to 20 August 2023 at the MUSE - Science Museum of Trento, it will be possible to visit the photographic exhibition of Stefano Torrione.
Between droughts and floods, the impacts of the climate crisis are now a reality and Italy is particularly exposed to it also because it is located in the climatic hotspot of the Mediterranean basin.
Data confirms that the year 2022 in Italy was the hottest since 1800. Traversing the country from North to South, between glaciological, riverine and lake areas, photographer Stefano Torrione analyses some landscapes where the "wounds" inflicted by drought have been most evident. The result is great works, which, using the austere language of black and white, highlight the effects of global warming on the territory and address the theme of "suffering beauty".
Description of images:
- Photo 1: Piedmont, Gran Paradiso Group – In 2022 the lake bed of Lake Ceresole Reale (1582 m) went completely dry due to poor winter snowfall.
- Photo 2: Veneto, Vicenza – The Brenta River in 2022 was in a water emergency to such an extent that in some areas, such as Tezze sul Brenta, the water disappeared completely, due to dispersion in the riverbed.
- Picture 3: Sicily, Stromboli – The fire, caused on the set of a TV series on Civil Protection in 2022, destroyed 5 hectares of Mediterranean scrub on the island.
- Photo 4: Trentino, Gruppo della Presanella – The impressive accumulation of rocky materials released by the retreat of the glacier, in the morainic amphitheatre above the Rifugio Denza.
