“Suspended” Homes

Ettore Moni adopts an anthropological gaze and analog equipment to describe the "suspended" dwellings along the banks of Italy’s largest river – the Po.

“Architectural and anthropological research along the banks of the River Po, conscious of the landscape but focusing primarily on where people live. Pile-dwellings, barges and flatboats resembling beached whales.

Homes suspended in a world apart. Details on the edge of the city, exposed because the focal point – the dwellings beside the mighty watercourse. Homes torn between the constantly moving mass and a natural human desire for roots; between the tales of a never-ending story and the metaphorical signs of a time gone but not forgotten. Exploring a landscape shaped by the force of the River Po.”
This is how Ettore Moni describes his photographic project, currently – until 11 April – on display in Parma. The photographs in this series were taken with a view camera and have not been retouched.

Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes
Ettore Moni, "Suspended" Homes

  Ettore Moni (Parma, 1967) has lived and worked extensively in New York as a fashion photographer and producing nude and portrait studies. His work has been published in D – La Repubblica, Anna, Kult, Sport&Street, Sportswear International and Pig. He has recently turned his attention to Italian history and landscape.