Honorable Mention / 2022 / Architecture / Historic

Underground Street

  • Photographer
    Olivier Galian, France

Strada Sotterranea is an underground street in Vigevano, Italy.
This vault passageway is an imposing and suggestive structure which, in succession, close to Piazza Ducale, lead through the raised levels of the ancient moat of the Castle Keep to the Cavallerizza area. Probably built in 1347 by Luchino Visconti in same time than the "Strada Coperta", these structures was to allow the lords of Milan to enter and exit the Castle without being seen by the inhabitants of the village, and to escape in case of impending dangers.

Olivier Galian is a self-taught photographer based near to Nantes, France.

Born in 1978, he was always taken pictures of his environment with an aesthetic approach but without any real conviction and goal.
It is only since 2018, with the encouragements of his family and friends, that he decided to explore the world around him in another way, by opening a window onto others worlds and starting to do Art Photography.

His photographs express and reflect his perception and sensibility of the world and his instant emotions.