CHRISTIAN VON ALVENSLEBEN

STORIES

"THE WHITE GOLD OF PUGLIA"

Complete online exhibition : 31 images here

THE WHITE GOLD OF PUGLIA.
FROM SEAWATER, FOLLOWING THE RHYTHM OF MAN AND NATURE, THE SALT IS BORN.

Dazzling sunlight reflects off the salt crystals in the salt fields of the Salina di Margherita di Savoia. The shattered steel constructions of the old machinery and cranes for the salt harvest stand out in stark - almost black - contrast against the heaps of white salt. And the concentration of dissolved salt is visible even in the seawater in the channels – the viscous undulating surface of the water has an almost metallic sheen. In graphically structured photographs, Christian and Helga von Alvensleben portray in perceptive portraits the cultivated landscape of the Salina, its flora and inhabitants, characterized by the traditional production of sea salt over a period of two millennia. Thus, this photographic series, created in Puglia in November 2023, constitutes a continuation of their non-commissioned photographic works depicting the elements, in an aesthetically impressive and self-contained thematic manner.

Sebastian Lux, F.C.Gundlach Foundation