De Rerum Natura

De Rerum Natura takes its title from Lucretius’s poem and its articulation of Epicureanism: a world composed of matter in motion, without inherent order or divine intent.

I grew up in Italy studying Latin and reading Lucretius, while also being raised by two parents who were science professors. Between classical philosophy and scientific rationalism, I inherited a view of the world grounded in structure and material explanation, yet accompanied by my persistent search for meaning beyond it.

This work emerges from that tension.

The images are drawn from close observation of natural elements rendered at a scale where recognition dissolves. What appears abstract is not constructed, but found: moments where matter exceeds interpretation.

Aligned with Epicurean thought, nature here is neither symbolic nor moral, it simply exists. At the same time, the work acknowledges the limits of that position. It holds together two impulses: to understand the world as material process, and to experience it as something more elusive.

De Rerum Natura does not resolve this divide. It sustains it, inviting a mode of attention grounded in observation, where meaning is briefly encountered in the act of looking.

Limited edition signed archival pigment prints on Baryta paper

Also available as an artist book (see ‘Books’ section)