The idea behind this series is to create a unique, boundless experience within each photo. The recurring elements - the human figure and the natural landscape - are two distinct parts that blend together creating an intertwining of subject and object, of author and his audience. A shared emotional space where the boundaries between different roles - the individual and nature, reality and representation of reality - dissipate to create an experience, which is as authentic for the creator it is for the viewer.
The tiny unidentified person in contrast with the powerful, immense landscape is the element that transports you into the picture and makes you part of it: suddenly, you identify with the human figure and feel as if you were there, connected with the elements ready to experience an unrepeatable moment in time. If you close your eyes long enough, the experience becomes palpable, real. Even before a collector decides to purchase the right to a piece, he is already present in Marco's imagination, he is already immersed in the experience without knowing it. In this sense this collection is a journey back, it is the discovery that man and nature, author and viewer are, and have been, the same thing, all along.
In the case of this specific picture, you have hiked for a few hours in the absolute wilderness and among a dense forest of lenga trees, before making your way to this place. As you slowly leave the forest behind you, the view opens up and an untamed river leads you to your destination. When you finally get there, you catch your first sight of Cerro Torre. It’s a sunny morning in Patagonia and you feel small surrounded by these impressive peaks.
When a piece is collected, this virtual experience evolves into a real-life experience: the collector is given the opportunity to join Marco to the destination pictured in the image. These are unique, tailor-made experiences that transform a metaphoric journey back to the union with the elements, in real one that can be felt, smelled, heard and discovered.
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