The golden edge of a continent, a singular outpost, the horizon. LA, Venice, Cannes and their surroundings.

Not the lauded ‘decisive moment’ but a state rather. ‘Era gia l’ora’. The hour. The sea.

The harbouring garden, the quest for what lies beyond. Time past and time future all at once.

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In making this book, the images slowly made their way:

Antonioni, Zabriski point, Ferrara, Basani, the Finzi-Continis, the Lido.

The Safdie’s ‘Heaven knows’ cast in Venice.

Haneke’s helping hand.

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It resonates with my book on drawing (https://www.marcsmit.co/buy-a-book/drawn-thoughts-on-a-discipline).

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