Les morsures de l'eau

The Italians monitor the level of the Venetian lagoon with as much attention as the activity of their Neapolitan volcanoes. In that case, it is neither ash nor lava that threatens man but water, which endangers a jewel of humanity. Once again, science was summoned to protect the city and tame the environment. The construction of the Gates of Moses, a project of pharaonic scale, was a new tour de force of human engineering in the lagoon. However, the effects and effectiveness of the device remain uncertain, as well as its impact on the balance of the surrounding ecosystem. This photographic work is an alternative vision of the phenomenon of rising water and the impact of the natural elements on human heritage. An aquatic stroll in a city as mythical as it is mysterious, as precious as it is fragile and threatened. A micro representation of the major risks that human activity poses to all mankind.