Snow partially conceals and reveals the remnants of war in this haunting landscape, where winter acts as both preserver and revealer of history. Artioli captures the moment when the mountain's seasonal transformation exposes what has been hidden, creating a powerful metaphor for how the past resurfaces through time. Featured in the Wolfsonian FIU Museum's examination of WWI visual culture, this photograph demonstrates how contemporary landscape photography can engage with historical trauma without sensationalism, allowing the land itself to testify.
These photos were shown at the exhibition "A Fatal Pass at the Wolfsonian FIU Museum in 2015". The Exhibition was part of Myth and Machine: The First World War in Visual Culture curated by Jon Mogul at The FIU Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach FL -USA. The photos were taken on the Stelvio Pass in Italy and captured the visual remains of WW1 trenches.
Collectors drawn to battlefield photography that addresses history through landscape will find this work particularly compelling for its restraint and visual poetry. Available at The Art Design Project in Miami Beach, this piece from the critically acclaimed Wolfsonian exhibition represents both artistic achievement and thoughtful engagement with the legacy of conflict.
Battlefield Photography - A Fatal Pass, War remains emerging from the Snow, 2015
A Fatal Pass, War remains emerging from the snow, 2015
From the series "A Fatal Pass"
Archival print cotton rag paper
Dimensions:
Image size: 27 H x 40 W inches with 5" on each side white
The white is covered by a professional 5mm passe-partout
Frame size: 37 H x 50 W in.
Edition of 10
Black Frame
Luca Artioli, an artist, poet, and photographer recognized in Europe and around the world, has worked for years in the most vital artistic circles of world culture, such as La Scala Opera House in Milan, The Wolfsonian Museum in Miami during Art Basel, Hermès in Paris. Artioli has evolved over the years as an artist who is appreciated for both his skill with the camera as well as the pen. Luca Artioli was born in Milan but he has been living in Miami since 2008 (I guess it’s time to move…) In 2000, after receiving a master's in photography, he left the world of finance to follow his special vocation for “light” and poetry. In few years Artioli has published a number of books with Mondadori, the key publishing house in Italy, some of them translated into many languages. The books of Artioli are notes of light rich of emotions and poetry. Artioli has had numerous photographic exhibitions around the world from Milan to Bombay, Dubai, Miami.
