Index · Selected frames
The sheet
Nine frames pulled from twelve years of contact sheets. Some became series, most did not. They are laid out here the way they came off the light box.
Series one · 2019–2023
Bora
The bora comes down off the plateau at a hundred and fifty kilometres an hour and rearranges everything it touches. I spent four winters on the limestone above Trieste photographing what the wind leaves behind: stripped pavement, bent scrub, a sea that goes white to the horizon.
Series two · ongoing
The Salt Road
Salt is still raked by hand in more places than you would think. This series follows the pans from Sečovlje down the Adriatic and along the North African coast, photographing the last families working them and the geometry they have kept in repair for six hundred years.
Practice
Long looks at small places
I work slowly and I go back. Both of the series here took years rather than trips, and most of what I photograph is within a day of where I live.
I trained as a geologist before I trained as anything else, which is probably why the ground keeps turning up in the work. I shoot medium format on film for the series and digital for commissioned jobs, and I print everything myself in a converted garage in Servola.
Commissioned work is mostly editorial and documentary: reportage for magazines, long-form pieces for NGOs, occasional portraiture when the subject is someone doing something with their hands. I do not shoot weddings, and I am not much use in a studio.
Selected clients
- Internazionale
- Il Post
- Slow Food Editore
- Adriatic Heritage Trust
- Corriere del Veneto
Exhibitions
- 2024 · Bora, Galleria Tergeste
- 2023 · Salt, Fotogalerija Piran
- 2022 · Karst, Ljubljana
- 2020 · Group, Fondazione Bevilacqua
Recognition
- 2024 · Premio Voglino, shortlist
- 2023 · Sony WPO, commended
- 2021 · FotoIstria, first prize
Prints & commissions
Editions
Every print is a hand-made archival pigment print on cotton rag, signed and numbered on the reverse. Editions close for good once they sell through.
Commissions
Editorial and documentary commissions are booked around the series, usually two to three months ahead. Day rate from €750 plus expenses, with a reduced rate for cultural and non-profit work. Multi-day reportage is quoted per project. Tell me what the story is and where it is, and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person for it.
Contact
Get in touch
For commissions, print enquiries, exhibition proposals, or if you know of a working salt pan I have not found yet.
[email protected]- StudioVia Servola 14, Trieste
- Telephone+39 040 555 0182
- RepresentationAgenzia Nordest, Milan
- Instagram@inesmarchetti
- Response timeTwo to three days