Latenza, Vittoria Gerardi

In her series “Latenza”, Vittoria Gerardi explores the concept of the latent image within each print before it is revealed, as well as the relationship between light and temporality. She uses botanical elements as negatives, employs an experimental process of partial image development, and does not fix her prints. As a result, the works remain photosensitive, and the images shift in shape and color when exposed to light. Photography thus becomes a form of “photosynthesis” of the vegetal world.

The prints are stored in wooden boxes equipped with doors that allow light to enter, enabling the image to evolve. These doors frame an enameled copper plate. On the exterior, the enamel is a monochrome glass (ten enamels for the ten colors of the visible spectrum: white, yellow, orange, red, grey, green, blue, indigo, violet, and black). On the inside, the enamel reveals a dendritic form produced by a chemical reaction between the copper and the glass.

The (M) éditions, 2025
Collector edition of 300 copies and 9 deluxe head copies, numbered and signed, presented in a wooden box and accompanied by a unique enamel piece
Hard cover
Leporello presented in a box
23 × 25.7 cm (leporello size: 16 × 18.7 cm)
38 pages
ISBN : 979-10-95424-56-7