Utopia #2
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Attilio Bixio – Italy
Honorable Mention in FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY
Honorable Mention in MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY
2nd Place in Landscapes – MINIMALIST PHOTOGRAPHY
Title:
Utopia #2
About the Photos:
This work depicts the landscapes shaped by the 1950s land reform in Basilicata, where numerous farmhouses and nearly self-sufficient rural villages were created. Within a few years, many farms were abandoned, and the land gradually returned to large estates.
The landscape today appears both bucolic and metaphysical. It reflects its recent history — from the initial dream to the disillusionment of abandonment — and reveals a strong contrast between its natural beauty and the reality of a deeply artificial environment, shaped by monocultures and fertilizers.
The landscape today appears both bucolic and metaphysical. It reflects its recent history — from the initial dream to the disillusionment of abandonment — and reveals a strong contrast between its natural beauty and the reality of a deeply artificial environment, shaped by monocultures and fertilizers.
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