Postcards of Milan
“Once I saw an aeroplane without wings..” (Wim Wenders, Once : pictures and stories, 2001).
The subject of my work is bicycles abandoned in more or less remote corners of Milan. Some are just shells, others are almost intact but missing a wheel, and others are practically new but with a deformed front wheel. Often the reason for abandonment is due to the loss of usefulness following the theft of parts or violence suffered at the hands of vandals or thieves.
I decided to transform some of the most significant photos into postcards, attempting to treat these now “pure ruins” as true “historical ruins”.
Sometimes only the bicycle remains from the original photo, as I modify the backgrounds or remove distracting elements, thus making the postcards surreal.
