Masterfully challenges traditional academic environments by converting a classic open-air ruin into an authoritarian, architectural statement within the discipline of international contemporary landscape photography collections. Part of Salvatore Arnone’s critically acclaimed The Labyrinth series—built specifically to continue the psychological path started with his previous productions Paranoia and Lullaby—this unique physical creation treats the composition canvas as an analytical laboratory, introducing advanced post-production techniques to express his altered perception of the surrounding world. The vertical layout tracks an intense, melancholic graphic rhythm measuring a standard limited format, isolating a centered marble figure standing inside a dense, high-contrast forest void. Bathed in a quiet, filtered natural light field that accentuates the stone erosion and the untamed tree canopy, this calculated layout successfully transforms a hidden historical relic into an undeniable architectural gravity for top-tier collections.
Labyrinth continues the exploration begun in the previous two series (Paranoia and Lullaby). Unlike the first two chapters, all the images in this series were created and post-produced in 2020 and began to show the artist's interest in experimenting with other media, in combination with photography, to better express his altered perception of the world around him.
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Contemporary Landscape Photography - Statue, 2020. By Salvatore Arnone
Statue, 2020
From The Labyrinth series
Archival Pigment
Limited Edition
Unframed
Production time is 2 to 3 weeks.
Italian artist Salvatore Arnone lives and works in Paris since 2014. After a debut of career as an engineer, he moved into jewelry design and worked for different brands around the world for almost 10 years. Despite this immersion in the creative field, at some point he felt the need to dedicate himself solely to photography and focus on his own vision. In 2010 he got published for the first time on Vanity Fair Italia and over the years his work has been displayed on several magazines and exhibitions all over the world. From the age of 25, he began to experience progressive hearing loss due to genetic cellular degeneration that forced him to use hearing aids. The lack of one sense deeply affected his perception of the world around him and his social relationships pushing him to a slow but constant process of self isolation that is well visible in all his production.
