Stefano Graziani, Salto Grande Estasi

Salto Grande Estasi

Stefano Graziani

Publisher
Skinnerboox
Year
2016
ISBN
978-88-94031-99-7
Specifications
Softcover
22.5 x 27.5 cm
20 pages
100 copies
Design by Teresa Piardi
Text by Ilaria Speri

A skier launches into flight from the trampoline and Stefano Graziani stops time, and holds it and holds it, until the soft landing at the bottom of the piste. The ecstasy of the jump translates into a sequence of instants, the fractions of a gesture. We see the skier in the air and watch him glide without moving, immobile and far from his shadow every time. The solitude of flight evokes the words from the final scene of Werner Herzog's 1974 documentary The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner, inspired by the achievements of Swiss ski jumper Walter Steiner. Focusing on the most magical moment of flying with skis, Graziani discusses photography and the present.

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