Anima mundi. Caos e armonia-Chaos and Harmony

The perception of mysterymarks the entire photographic exploration, lasting over ten years, which Giuseppe
Ripa presents in this book. It is a work pervaded by a powerful spiritual tension that has a significant impact on the image. Traveling and not wandering, pursuing one's own identity, with a map marked out in precise stages: mystery, asking, silence, dialogue, awaiting. The narrative organization draws on the structure of myth as it was understood by the ancient Greeks, as an element that contains scientific purpose and imaginative storytelling, the imaginary and the real, mixed together in equal measure. Seventyfive pictures taken in four continents, from Tibet to Guatemala and from Iceland to the Sahara, working through Nature and the most widespread manifestations
of faith (Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism) to express a universal impulse towards the transcendent and delineate a stimulating geography of the soul. An invitation to know and respect one another and to live in peace.