"Swampy, rough, intricate, monumental. The Danube Delta is Europe's largest river delta: a natural labyrinth of reeds and water that stretches over 3,500 km2. It is located between Romania and Ukraine, on the physical border of Europe, on the shores of the Black Sea.
The delta region is sparsely populated and its few villages can only be reached by boat. It lacks basic infrastructure and the streets sink into the deepest darkness as soon as the sun sets.
Living in the delta means living in oblivion, between marshes. Like minotaurs, the inhabitants of the delta are immersed in their labyrinth, enduring the emptiness that it imposes. The circular rhythm of the seasons defines the rhythm of life, influences moods, conditions desires and customs, establishes physical and mental barriers.
For four years I have immersed myself in the delta to understand and document this deep bond. In all seasons, I have obsessively observed the landscape and its slow mutation to register the physical and psychological consequences that it generates. During this long process of investigation, the territory has acquired the psychological character of a true labyrinth.
Using a language that oscillates between anthropological observation and symbolic transfiguration, I have drawn my map of the territory: an interpretation that transcends the physical and geographical reality of the marshes to question the profound meaning of the act of inhabiting.
Inhabit a territory, inhabit a labyrinth. Inhabit oneself.”
This project has received the Mallorca Prize for Contemporary Photography 2021
English/ Spanish/ Catalan/ Italian
24x19cm.
244 p.
rustic
