Poggioreale, Frame is a quiet yet profound image. Shot with a medium format Mamiya 7 camera on Kodak Portra 400 film, the work depicts an empty metal frame set against the vast Sicilian countryside—a surreal visual gesture in a town marked by trauma and time.
Poggioreale, devastated by an earthquake in 1968, still bears the traces of abandonment and reconstruction. The skeletal frame, mounted on concrete blocks, seems to offer a curated view of the rolling hills and distant towns—yet its emptiness speaks louder than any inscription might have. It’s a meditation on how we attempt to frame memory, contain loss, and aestheticize ruin.
Motisi’s use of natural light and analog precision invites the viewer into a suspended moment where landscape, history, and architecture converge. Poggioreale, Frame is not only an image of place, but a reflection on what remains visible—and what quietly disappears.