STUDY I

STUDY ISTUDY I Photographer Luca Marziale's series studie I and II explores some of the worlds oldest living bacteria. Apart from the visual effect of these formations, they are also incredibly mysterious, they remind Luca what life might look like on another planet. The more Luca photographed and studied these Thermophiles (Latin for heat loving bacteria), he realized there was very little scientific information about them. Scientists know they are some of

STUDY I

Photographer Luca Marziale's series studie I and II explores some of the world’s oldest living bacteria. Apart from the visual effect of these formations, they are also incredibly mysterious, they remind Luca what life might look like on another planet. The more Luca photographed and studied these Thermophiles (Latin for heat-loving bacteria), he realized there was very little scientific information about them. Scientists know they are some of the oldest living organisms in the world, dating back 3 billion years and they live and thrive in extreme environments. Rather than presenting the wide shot, Luca focused on the micro shot, zoning in on smaller worlds that often get overlooked. He aims to represent the landscape in a more abstract and non-traditional manner, freeing the viewer from any points of reference and focusing on formations, perspective, and scale.