"CAMERA - Italian Centre for Photography in Turin and the Garesio Winery present Cultus Langarum, a new production created in the Langhe by Olga Cafiero, winner of the first edition of the Garesio Wine Prize for Documentary Photography, the new award established by the Serralunga d'Alba winery and resort dedicated to promoting young talents in international contemporary photography. The exhibition, curated by Giangavino Pazzola and promoted by EXPOSED Torino Foto Festival, consists of five photographic series that explore the landscape of the Langhe del Barolo from a morphological and cultural point of view. Created during a residency at the Garesio Wine Resort in Serralunga d'Alba, owned by the Garesio winery, during which the Swiss-Italian photographer analysed the characteristics of the territory and established relationships with the main cultural and civil institutions in the area, Cafiero's works explore the history, characters and local wine culture through the use of documents and archive materials. At the same time, they offer multiple perspectives on the theme of social and territorial innovation through the combination of different visual registers that recount the complex relationship between man and the environment: from aerial photography to off-camera processes carried out along the rows of vines, from recordings made with moving cameras to digital scans.
The work continues to explore the relationship between art and science that is typical of Cafiero's artistic research, rendered through a large body of images that are as rigorous in their scientific approach as they are poetic in their visual rendering, in which the encounter between botany, history and photography gives rise to a new and multidisciplinary perspective on the link between wine and territory. Although distinct, each series highlights a unified approach that questions the materiality of images and their ability to translate complex phenomena into visual experiences. Surprising dialogues between nature, technology and history emerge in these series, revealing hidden narratives or imperceptible details". (Text: CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia, Torino)
Installation's view, Camera Torino, 2025
