“Tribal Ice” is a series of images taken in the mountains above Bormio.
On a harsh winter night, the frost plays freely, drawing on a pane of glass at over 2000 meters.
Not mere ice crystals, but true natural glyphs, shapes evoking feathers, symbols, plant patterns, or ritual tattoos.
In silence, nature etches fleeting messages meant to vanish with the first light of day.
Photographed at dawn, these formations are fragile and temporary, yet in detail they reveal an unexpected complexity: micro-forests of needles, spirals, fans, icy architectures.
Each one different. Each one unrepeatable.
Tribal Ice #07 is among the most delicate in the series: just a few lines, a few marks, but glowing with golden light.
The pale background merges with the frost, creating an ethereal composition where crystals seem to appear and vanish, as if the cold had only whispered.
There is no weight, no excess: just the subtle silence of a first gesture.
A threshold, more than a completed image.
As if nature, before telling a story, had simply placed the tip of its brush.
Born in Milan on November 28, 1977, I’ve been living in Bormio for many years, where I work as a ski instructor and draw endless inspiration from the surrounding mountains and nature.
Photography, to me, is not just about representation, it’s about interpretation.
Many of my..
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