Storie Sacre
Pietas: The Roman Empire
The new millennium has seen the rebirth of paganism in Europe, the ancient cult of the Greek and Roman Gods . More and more organizations are dedicated to spread the spirit of the ancient religion. People from all over the world approach the temples to be initiated to the ancient cult and make offerings to the Gods, envisioning a new United Europe, as it was at the time of the Roman Empire.
Tyrslog: The Norse People
Tyrslog draws its name from Tyr, the Norse god associated with justice, law, and heroic sacrifice. It evokes a world shaped by the values of the Norse people, where honor, fate, and a deep connection to nature defined both daily life and spiritual belief. In this context, existence unfolded between the tangible and the mythological—where rituals, warfare, and storytelling were intertwined, and where the individual was constantly measured against forces greater than themselves.
Storie Sacre is a long-term photographic project that explores the rebirth of ancient pagan traditions in contemporary Europe.
Initiated in 2022, the work unfolds through a series of chapters, each dedicated to a specific belief system and its enduring rituals. Often regarded as relics of the past, these practices persist today through traditions preserved within small, localized communities.
Combining documentary and artistic approaches, Storie Sacre investigates the spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic dimensions of these worlds, revealing their continued presence and relevance in the present. Central to the project is the idea of “living history”: a practice through which individuals recreate not only belief systems, but also the material and social structures of ancient societies—through clothing, objects, and embodied forms of knowledge such as craftsmanship and martial disciplines.
The first completed chapter, Pietas, focuses on the persistence of Greco-Roman traditions. Alongside ritual practices, it observes the reconstruction of Roman Imperial society through the careful recreation of garments, artifacts, and the ancient art of war, where historical research and lived experience converge. In this context, religion and daily life emerge as inseparable dimensions of the same cultural framework.
Tyrslog, another completed chapter, takes its name from Tyr, the Norse god associated with justice and sacrifice. It engages with the revival of Norse belief systems, similarly rooted in a reconstruction of early Scandinavian society. Through shared practices, material culture, and ritual moments, the work reflects on a worldview shaped by myth, nature, and fate, and on how these elements continue to inform identity in the present.
Storie Sacre is conceived as an open and evolving body of work, tracing the resilience of belief and the continuity of ritual across time.