ANCONA – Hit by a concrete mixer while cycling in Milan, here is the (posthumous) book by Silvia Salvarani. It was his brother, Marco, who edited it and strongly wanted its publication. Silvia, a well-known and highly esteemed yoga teacher from Ancona, died on the Bastioni of Porta Nuova on November 2nd two years ago.
It was in fact 2022 when she was hospitalized in very serious conditions. Silvia (66 years old) would pass away after a few weeks, losing her battle against an overly cruel fate. Now, it lives on in the book of the title ˊLike autumn leaves – Photographic reflectionsˊpresented at Spazio Presente, which has already hosted the exhibition ˊTripped Loveˊ (Click here).
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«My sister was completing the volume – underlines her brother, Marco – She had already taken several photographs and selected the ones to include in the book. He had even made the contacts for the introduction and so on, when suddenly the accident stopped everything. The material remained in his pcI recovered it and wanted to complete its project.”
Various interventions enrich Silvia’s (but also Marco’s) photographic book: from that of Toni Pierdomé, on the technique photographic, to the (poetic) one of Francesco Scarabicchi, Gabriella Cinti and Roberta Petrolati. Two essays philosophical signed by Lucrezia Ercoli and Paola Mancinelli.
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The graphic design is by Francesca Di Giorgio. Many remember Salvarani not only as an excellent yoga teacher, but also as a nature enthusiast, lover of life. Her brother continues: «She has always cultivated a passion for art and painting, producing poetic works with different techniques».
And speaking of techniques: «The photographic production included in the book was done from the point of view technician simplebecause Silvia, to take photographs – Marco explains – only used two cell phones, but she got one yield amazing. The two really look like composed and reworked photos.” The woman wanted to represent nature and so it was.
There are leaves on manholes, around the concrete of any street, with metal elements, of those found along city streets. Urban backgrounds, photographs born almost by chance on that street which (unfortunately) was also the place of his end. Copies are available at the Fogola bookshop in Ancona, in Corso Mazzini.
