An ongoing meditation on dwelling and belonging by London-based photographer Marco Marinucci. Initially from Pescara, Italy, Marinucci’s work explores themes of id, migration, and familial roots. His pictures mirror a profound connection to the landscapes and traditions which have formed his life. Since emigrating to London, Marco has been navigating the complexities of residing between two worlds, capturing the quiet rhythms of his hometown whereas considering the continuing query of belonging. In “Each time I’m going again,” Marinucci paperwork the realm in and round San Giovanni Teatino, a small Italian city nestled between the Adriatic Sea and the Apennine Mountains:
“I really feel an amazing urge to seize and carry with me the essence of dwelling, each spiritually and bodily, by way of my pictures. It’s like I’m making an attempt to protect fragments of my id. Nevertheless, these pictures are greater than that; they’re an try to hold with me the love, values, and traditions which were handed down by way of generations. It’s like every {photograph} is a thread linking me again to my household, permitting me to carry on to the sense of belonging that has all the time been fundament to my life. There’s a saying in Italy that the household is the middle of life, and for me, that has all the time been true. It’s only due to this distance that I understood this must {photograph} every time I’m going again..”
