I am here

We enter this life long before we are born. The whole journey is a transition from the invisible to the visible world. A dream whose memory we cannot keep.

Taken during the author’s second pregnancy this work celebrates her new baby’s entry into this life.

The author explores the fleeting beauty of the in-between world using light as incarnation of life itself.

The imagery spans from evoking images of a far away universe to a gaze to her family and her feelings as the childbirth approaches.

A general sense of waiting and a dreamy like status surrounds the whole body of work.

© Ilaria Gioia - See of the Milky Way from Easter Island (Pacific Ocean)
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See of the Milky Way from Easter Island (Pacific Ocean)

© Ilaria Gioia - Active stalagmite (Inferniglio Cave - Subiaco, Italy)
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Active stalagmite (Inferniglio Cave - Subiaco, Italy)

© Ilaria Gioia - I am here by ILaria Gioia
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I am here by ILaria Gioia

© Ilaria Gioia - father and son falling asleep
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father and son falling asleep

© Ilaria Gioia - I can see the head!
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I can see the head!

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