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TEPHRA




Tephrite, or tephra, is the pyroclastic material of heterogeneous composition and size produced during a volcanic eruption, from ashes to large boulders.


Sigurdur Thorarinsson


Vesuvius, September 2018.



Vesuvius, detail of the sculpture by Vladimir Velickovic, The ancestor, Creator Vesevo, February 2017.
Bacoli, Naples, Temple of Diana, pareidolic illusory effect, September 2018.




Villa of Augustus, detail, Somma Vesuviana, Naples, January 2016.
Monte Nuovo, Pozzuoli, Naples, a volcanic stone collected on the path, September 2018.



Cuma, September 2019.
Cuma, pareidolic illusory effect, September 2019.



Somma Vesuviana, Naples, Lucerne Festival, August 2018.
Stabia, Villa San Marco, June 2019.



Campi Flegrei, Naples, May 2017.


This work is a personal photographic study of the vast volcanic area that surrounds the city of Naples and its province. It is an imaginary journey into a parallel world, composed of stone, forests and ancient remains. In this undefined land, suspended in time, careful observation of the details of the landscape can reveal fairy-tale and demonic characters, through a pareidolic illusory effect.

A mountain that for many of us is home as well as a volcano. A complex land, full of charm, where ancient rites and traditions are handed down, and where good and evil, light and dark, and black and white coexist in their infinite gradations and form a single work, as in a photograph.

This is a tribute to the places of my childhood and adolescence, and to nature, its strength and its mysteries.

© LUIGI MOSCA — 2024
Luigi Mosca (Cercola, 1981) è un fotografo italiano.
Il suo lavoro di ricerca esplora differenti aspetti che riguardano l’antropolgia, da quello morfologico e più strettamente correlato agli aspetti scientifici, a quello psicologico, focalizzato sulla complessa relazione tra uomo e natura, attraverso un processo di interpretazione che coivolge l’ambiente, il paesaggio, ed il territorio, cercando di restituirne chiavi di lettura che differiscono da quelle usuali.
I suoi lavori sono stati esposti in diverse mostre collettive e personali, tenute da vari festival e gallerie di rilievo internazionale, tra cui la Royal Geographical Society di Londra, ed il Capture Photography Festival di Vancouver.
Nel 2019, con il suo lavoro “Tefra”, ha vinto il premio come miglior portfolio al Diecixdieci Festival di Gonzaga, che ne ha prodotto una mostra ed un menabò.
Vive e lavora a Milano.