A narrow passageway of pale concrete opens onto a wide Sicilian sky. A figure stands barefoot, engulfed by pink balloon tentacles. The setting is Il Grande Cretto, Alberto Burri's monumental land artwork in Gibellina, built over the ruins of a town destroyed by earthquake in 1968. Against this weight of history, Sutera Sardo places color, play, and the vitality of the living body. The creature she has become is playful and quietly defiant.

Carla Sutera Sardo (Agrigento, 1983) is a self-taught photographer whose work focuses on women and the communication between bodies and landscapes. Her photographs have been published in Vogue Italia and L'Oeil de la Photographie, and have received recognition including the Sony World Photography Awards, the Siena International Photography Awards, and the Prix de la Photographie.