Chiara Indelicato, photographer and resident of Stromboli, explores in her work life on a volcanic island, where the inhabitants live with the acute awareness of a finite world, at the mercy of the elements.

Under the ashes, between the sea and the fire, she questions how to survive in an environment with limited resources.

Lava shovel

draws its origins from two disasters that occurred in 2022:

a fire devastated the vegetation of the island, followed by torrential rains causing mudslides which reached the village.

Through this project, Chiara Indelicato offers a reflection on the climate emergency, claiming an animist relationship with nature and law

to defend this living and fragile land, of which the volcano itself becomes

the spokesperson.

Developing his images with coffee, vitamin C and sea water,

in the absence of polluting means, she weaves an organic link between her process and the island, harsh and indomitable.