Tangenziale

• Prize
• Photographer
  Alex Pardi, Italy

The “tangenziale” of Milan is a ring of by-pass highways built around the city since the mid-'60s, with the aim of easing traffic congestion. In this project I show the relationship between these highways and the environment from two points of view: from the outside, highlighting the difficult integration with both residential and rural areas; and from the inside, showing their aspect of non-place and the isolation from the surrounding landscape.

Born in La Spezia (Italy) in 1966, I am a self taught photographer based in Milan. I find my inspiration in the places and spaces where we live, from interiors to urban settlements, which I try to represent in their essence, usually photographing them without people, as I find that the way we shape these places already reveals a lot about the way we live.
A long time photographer, I started showing my personal work in the summer of 2013.