A visual essay by Alessandro Vincenzi
Between Volcanoes and Sea
Lanzarote
A vision by Alessandro Vincenzi
The only clear memories of my first trip to Lanzarote were volcanoes, cactuses, lichens and lava surrounded by an impetuous ocean, nothing else. Then I started to go relatively often to the island and decided to photograph strictly in analog, to be able to identify myself with the distinctive rhythm that pervades the volcanic landscape. It was when my parents decided to spend part of the year in the northern part of Lanzarote, in a small fishing village where the road ends, that I seriously thought of portraying it entirely. I simply let myself get carried away without looking for a specific story, fascinated by the atavistic bond that embraces the island: that between land, water and man.
Photography and words by Alessandro Vincenzi
Edited by Bis Turnor
Traveller/s
Alessandro Vincenzi
Photographer
Alessandro is a Barcelona-based self-taught documentary photographer, who has worked for almost five years with Médecins Sans Frontières between Africa and Asia. In 2008 he left MSF and began a photographic career that led him to work for almost ten years in Eastern Europe. Thanks to photography Alessandro is able to penetrate and document different realities, thus acting as a link between those who have a story to tell and those who are willing to hear it. His works have been published in international media such as The Guardian, l’OBS, Le Monde, CNN, EPS, Vanity Fair, GEO, among others. Alessandro is a member of CAPTA Collective.
@alessandrovinc
