Jessica Miller, Deputy Online EditorBare Land by Lorenzo Poli
Bare Land by Italian photographer Lorenzo Poli is one of the photographs from the series of diverse landscapes ‘Life on Earth’, which won the Landscape category of the Professional competition in the 2022 Sony World Photography Awards. I saw this photograph when visiting the awards exhibition. For me, when admiring the blown-up photo on the wall of Somerset House, I felt I was looking at the desolate landscape of another planet or moon.
The photo in fact presents the bare, uninhabitable volcanic desert in the Icelandic Highlands. Where the earth is blended with lava and volcanic ashes, and the climatic conditions are so harsh that life doesn’t thrive for the majority of the year.
It looks otherworldly and cinematic in its presentation. It made me consider the world out there that someone of us won’t ever get to experience.
I’m a big fan of Lorenzo Poli’s photography, I recommend you look
