Lasting Ghosts

silver salt print on baryta paper mounted on dibond, 49,7 x 31,8 cm (each, with frame), 2025

exhibition view, galleria tiziana di caro, photo: danilo donzelli

Lasting Ghost is a series of silver salt photographic prints on baryta paper, created from thin sections of rocks. In optical mineralogy, a thin section is a laboratory preparation in which samples of rocks, minerals, or soil are made translucent for microscopic analysis. What makes these plates unique is their status as discarded materials: they cannot be used for scientific measurements due to cracks, excess glue, or other imperfections. I find it fascinating that these samples, which failed to serve scientific research, can, through the use of analog printing techniques, open up to new and imaginative visual possibilities.

exhibition view, galleria tiziana di caro, photo: danilo donzelli

exhibition view, galleria tiziana di caro, photo: danilo donzelli