Hibernation catalogs Riffing on Virgil’s exultation of

Riffing on Virgil’s exultation of natural poetics in The Georgics

the struggles of small-scale fisheries and port communities across Trapani

then in the United States in 1959

Ghirri maps the Apulian territory via the traces left by its inhabitants and visitors in images flooded with the distinctive light of Southern Italy – the bright sun and its eloquent shadows

and reminding us of the elegant enigmas that can be unraveled close to home

Hibernation catalogs Riffing on Virgil’s exultation ofHibernation is a well known phenomenon in the natural world: a seasonal state of minimal activity, as an adaptation to winter conditions. But also man made places can enter this dormant state between dream and reality. Since World War II, the construction of mass tourist locations has been unceasing. Within just half a century, the sun drenched coastlines of Southern Europe were transformed into a global tourist destination. The resulting