USSARO by Antonio Rosato

USSARO collects images and reflections generated by a travel that is not geographical, but existential. A journey that celebrates the encounter with the deepest essence of the human being.

BOOK’S CONCEPT:

Recognizing one's inner journey isn't always easy. When you grow up in the shadow of an ideal, you risk confusing what you feel with what you expect to feel. Emotions speak to us like an indistinct whisper coming from within. And it is in this uncertainty that the impulse to seek—outside, in the visible world—a sign, an indication, a guide is born.

Thought becomes a pilgrimage, a wandering, often solitary cruise, which passes through silent zones of consciousness and territories where language is made of symbols and intuitions, more than words.

But it is only when you stop looking elsewhere that you truly arrive at the heart of the odyssey.

When you have the courage to shed roles, models, cultural paradigms, then the true self emerges—fragile, powerful, authentic. And it is there that the meaning of the tour lies: in that rare and profound encounter with oneself.

"USSARO" moves along trajectories that do not follow rational lines. It is a visual trip nourished by dreams, distortions, and inner visions. Each photograph is a portal: it introduces us to a space where time is suspended and identity shatters to reveal itself as multiple, fluid, universal. Beyond appearance, beyond custom.

MATERIALS:

Book's Outer casing:

Recycled and hand-sewn cotton percale; linen locking rope.

Book’s cover:

- Book’s external cover made of Ipanema cotton;

- Book’s internal cover of the front and back cover: handmade Florentine paper.

The book cover is entirely handmade.

Inside the book:

- First and second pages in parchment;

- Paper used for the remaining pages: “Hahnemühle Photo Matt Fibre Duo 210”, 210 gsm,

warmtone, smooth surface;

- Number of pages: 42 unnumbered.