Xolivo

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Stefano Paradiso, Italy
• Date of Photograph
  Between November 2023 and March 2024
• Website
  https://stefanoparadiso.net/images/
• Instagram
  https://www.instagram.com/stefanoparadiso/

Xolivo was born walking. Among the ancient silences of Salento, wrapped in olive trees like bodies, I found breath again. After darkness, something in me stirred—a living echo in matter. Each tree felt like a rooted soul, with wounds and arms reaching skyward. I saw pain and strength, endings and rebirth. Photographing meant listening, touching, being crossed. Each image is a threshold between memory and matter. Xolivo is my song to these vegetal souls, to a land that still blooms and resists.