These are the times when the appearance has a greater value than being, where the image is the first thing that "spends" on contacting the other.
Obsessed with the physical appearance and the pursuit of perfection, the bodybuilders are the perfect citizens of the society in which we live today.
"Ludus Maximus" is an ongoing project, which portrays moments suspended in the void, everything is balanced on a thin line that divides reality from fiction, irony from the grotesque of situations destined to become everyday in a not too distant future.
Luca Santini was born and raised in Rome in 1992.
He graduated at Centro Romano di Fotografia e Cinema in 2017. His focus is on social, environmental and anthropological issues.
He was an assistant for a whole year of the ten-time World Press Photo Paolo Pellegrin, collaborating in the publication of his latest book Paolo Pellegrin - An Anthology.
Awards Among the various awards received is the Honorable Mention for his work "Blue" at the Umbria World Photo 2018, the "Circus" project received the honorable mention at the IPA, and was also ranked third in the Press-Other category at PX3.
With his project "A fade's story" he ranks first in the Portfolio-Personal category at TIFA, his project "Still in the middle" received an honorable mention in the Oltre le mura di Roma competition and also published in LifeGate, Publico P3 Magazine and Edge of Humanity Magazine .
