My Moving Stills series explores the concept of time & movement in photography through the use of single still images showing the flow of time & movement in nature as we cannot perceive it with our brains.

The sea stacks of Arnardrangur and Reynisdrangar, standing tall at the opposite ends of Reynisfjara beach, looked separated by a long distance to me, but united by a common destiny.

3000 x 1500

To offset blockchain's carbon impact, with this sale I'll fund the planting of 250 trees.

MOVING STILLS #001 - ARNARDRANGUR

The Decagon is the infinitely evolving, always unique, and eternally open membership token of the Decaverse. Designed by Kjetil Golid.

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Regular #7648

Reykjavik's Hallgrimskirkja is a building of extreme graphic power, one that I always found most inspiring in a gothic, dark and moody way. To me, if there ever were a building with a Gothic soul, that would be this.

Composing a shot is an art. Composing a building with such a powerful character as this requires extreme care, both as far as the organisation of the elements in the frame goes, and as far as making them work seamlessly with the weather conditions, the light and the sky.

Besides the challenges posed by the building, you need to take into account the groundwork facing the building. Beautifully laid down, the groundwork is graphically very strong in its own right, and its lines and corners need to be placed perfectly in the frame, down to the tiniest detail.

The smallest imprecision in the composition would ruin the shot, and with it the mood, for me. It would kill the Gothic soul of the building.

On a cloudy day when the coverage and wind looked just perfect, I went to work. The wind was strong, the cold of this December evening hard to endure, but the conditions were perfect to help me create those radiating clouds looking like they were emanating from the back of the building.

I carefully placed the lines of the square's floor so that they would lead up to the building; waited for the perfect time of day when the mixed daylight and ambient light would best express the dark, gothic mood I was after; finally, I chose an exposure of 5 minutes, to make all people in the square disappear and let the Gothic soul of the building take over the square and the frame.

Iceland, 2021 | Phase One IQ4 Achromatic | 5000x3333 px

GOTHIC SOUL

“Joyous love moments  
Regardless of everything -
Pure intimacy”

This NFT comes with a signed metal print and it funds the planting of 500 trees.

Iceland 2021 | 5000 x 5000 px

PURE INTIMACY

“Thirsty. So thirsty. Eternally drinking, hopelessly thirsty. Salt sea water. He knows. The more he drinks, the thirstier he gets. Memories of the Jurassic slowly fading away in his crumbling mind, he can’t remember neither how he got there nor when, nor why he is still there, still drinking. Thirsty, so thirsty. An unquenchable, Jurassic thirst.”

3375 x 6000 | 300 Dpi

15.7” x 27.9” free print & free photo book upon request | 500 trees planted with this sale

JURASSIC THIRST

Living in between land and water, this Scottish wee tree symbolises for me resilience and the ability to weather the storms that life throws at us like no other.

I have been photographing this tree almost every year since 2018, finding it on land or immersed in the water, depending on the Loch’s level and on the weather. Like us, the tree is sometimes under a beautiful sky, sometimes must weather a storm; no matter the weather, it’s still there, weathering the storm. 

This NFT comes with a signed metal print and funds the planting of 500 trees.

Scotland 2020 | 5000 x 3334 px

WEATHERING THE STORM

Growing horizontally out of a windswept cliff, this Scottish wee tree symbolises for me resilience and the will to live like no other.

I have been photographing this tree almost every year since 2009, following his slow, hard growth and the development of his gnarly branches. Every year, when I return to the Isle of Skye, I am afraid not to see it anymore; every year, when I see it again, I rejoice witnessing the power of resilience.

This NFT comes with a signed metal print and funds the planting of 500 trees.

Scotland 2017 | 5000 x 3750 px

WILLING TO LIVE

Pepi was a cook. Pepi loved creating new dishes. Pepi loved to make people smile with her creations. Pepi worked in a restaurant. Everyone loved her, and she loved everyone. Pepi was a happy soul and a giving soul. Cancer took Pepi, leaving the world without love.

4000 x 2667 px

#14 - PEPI

Ainsley was creativity. Ainsley was invention. Ainsley was art. Ainsley dedicated her life to teach others to speak. Ainsley dedicated her life to creating art. Life left Ainsley bitter, and was unfair to her and her art. Cancer took Ainsley, leaving the world without creativity.

4000 x 2667 px

#22 - AINSLEY

Vieri Bottazzini | Life Behind

Iceland’s Seljalandsfoss is one of the most popular, and impressive, waterfalls in Iceland. Famous for the views from behind the falling water, to me Seljalandsfoss looks amazing from the front as well in winter, when the cliffs are frozen, and the foreground all covered in snow.

Photographing it in the middle of winter is hard; the ever-present wind blows spray water from the waterfall that instantly freezes on your lens and filters, making it nearly impossible to get a clean shot.

Compositionally, this image is based upon dynamic diagonals and curves, for a sense of peace enhanced by the frozen landscape.

Iceland, 2018 | Leica SL | 4000x2667 px

THE PEACEFUL

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Iceland’s Skogafoss is one of the most impressive, and photographed, waterfalls in Iceland. Famously powerful, I always wanted to portray it under different conditions, for a truly unique image. For that, I had to go in the dead of winter, hoping for a day when the waterfall was almost frozen, and the flow drastically reduced.

Photographing Skogafoss in the middle of winter is hard. The cold cuts you in half, the wind makes it difficult to keep your lens clean of spray which, in turn, would freeze on your glass. But, perseverance is key, and I finally managed to get the image I envisioned.

Compositionally, this image is based upon leading lines zigzagging and pointing towards the waterfall, framed on a backdrop of frozen rocks.

Iceland, 2017 | Leica SL | 4000x2667 px

THE ELEGANT

Vieri Bottazzini | The Achromatic Editions

The only one standing on this clay, dry Tuscan hill, this tree symbolises for me resilience and the strength needed to hold one’s ground like no other.

I have been photographing this tree since 2017, finding it always there, standing fast on the top of the hill. When I approach this tree on a dirt road, before the last turn hiding it from my sight, I am always worried that this time I won’t find it anymore. But, every time I see it again, standing fast, and I feel safe again and inspired to always stand my ground, no matter what.

This NFT comes with a signed metal print and funds the planting of 500 trees.

Italy 2017 | 5000 x 3750 px

STANDING FAST

Resilience is one of the most amazing human qualities. Resilience helps us go through the hardest times of our lives. Resilience helps us go back to our feet when adversities knock us down.

Single trees growing against all odds in the world's harshest conditions, to me, perfectly symbolise resilience.

Resilience is dedicated to my Grandma, who helped make me the artist I am today and, at 96, is for me an amazing example of strength and resilience.

RESILIENCE

“Just landed ashore
Living evanescent life - 
Fugitive newborn”

This NFT comes with a signed metal print and it funds the planting of 500 trees.

Iceland 2021 | 5000 x 5000 px

FUGITIVE NEWBORN

Solitude is my friend. I love being alone, communing with the world around me. I love finding Solitude even in the middle of a crowd, and I love sharing it with people I love. Thanks to Solitude, I truly appreciate life and love.

To Solitude, I dedicate these 6 minimalistic images & the 6 Haiku going with them.

Distilling years of intimate knowledge of Iceland’s Diamond Beach, Solitude has been created with a 150Mp B&W digital back, making it as artistically strong as technically unparalleled.

“The sole survivor 
Of oceans and continents -
Conquering hero”

This NFT comes with a signed metal print and it funds the planting of 500 trees.

Iceland 2021 | 5000 x 5000 px

CONQUERING HERO

SOLITUDE

“Cracks in layered rocks opening a window to the unknown, paving inner roads to discovering new worlds.”

Horseshoe Bend is one of those iconic location that I always love to photograph and offer new interpretations of. Exploring the cliff’s edge I found an opening allowing me to create a feeling of discovery, as if the bend would appear suddenly in a crack of the rocks.

4900 x 3910 px | 300 Dpi

15.7” x 19.6” free print & free photo book upon request | 500 trees planted with this sale


DISCOVERING NEW WORLDS

Foundation

Old, decaying doors tell many stories. Life and death, joy and sorrows, secrets and mysteries, the whole range of human experiences passed behind these doors. Listen closely, and you’ll hear them whisper. @vieribottazzini | DOOR 07 | 2000 x 3000 px | 300 dpi

DOOR 07

Burano’s multi-colored, ultra-saturated, made-up face is well known. What is not known is the much less glamorous reality hidden behind that face: closed windows and doors, abandoned houses, crumbling walls. When I saw them, I knew this was the Burano I had to portray. Immediately, a muted color palette came to my mind; with that, the decision to use a Noctilux f/1 wide open for all the photographs, to add a sense of timeless magic to the images. @vieribottazzini

BURANOSCAPE 04

Hic et Nunc

RESIGNATION expresses, through the show of two hands resting idle on a concrete bar through an opening in the net that caged them, the loss of all will to fight for freedom of this prisoner, jailed with no crime.

3000 x 1993 px | 300 dpi

RESIGNATION

PRISONERS is a project denouncing the sufferings of animals deprived of their freedom, in often terrible conditions, for our entertainment.

Each image tells about a state of mind of these prisoners, jailed with no crime. 50% of sales go to charity.

LONGING FOR FREEDOM shows this Prisoner doing the only thing left to them to do, longing from freedom while impossibilitate to leave their forever home, the prison where they've been jailed with no crime for our entertainment.

Minted for World Nature Conservation Day - 100% of profits will go to animal rights organisations.

3000 x 1992 px | 300 dpi

Tezos4Nature

LONGING FOR FREEDOM - for WNCD

PRISONERS

All my work revolves around the concept of time. Le Mont St Michel, to me, perfectly expresses the dichotomy between the present and the past, where the times we live in are inextricably linked to the past we come from, with their contradictions, their progresses and regressions.

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