TITLE: Montespluga

There is an old village on the top of Spluga Valley, northern Italy mountains; in the ancient times reaching was very hard on summer and impossible in winter. Here lived simple people that still raise livestock free in the vast valleys. Often passes by some fisherman seeking in the artificial lake built 100 years ago. Before that was built a road by the Austrian empire that is still there solid and reaching Switzerland in summer (and adapt to be a skiing course in winter) to substitute the original 14th century stone path.
I ventured to this place and stayed in the little refuge, for a week, exploring and climbing all around with the film-loaded Hasselblad system backpack.

AUTHOR: Marcello Colombo (Italy)

Marcello Colombo was born in Milan on 03/27/76 and lives in Monza near the park of the same name, breathing breadth and beauty.
After high school he completed a three-year engineering course to then deal with automotive design.
He holds several patents within his scope and defines new standards of method and merit.
In 2006 he began a journey of analogue photography "in the workshop" of a skilled black and white professional, until he acquired complete mastery of the process during the pandemic. Thanks to the passion for the mountains he fixed beauty in specially organized expeditions, panoramas and environments, trying to convey his sensations to the film, with the most appropriate techniques from time to time.
Now he dedicates a good part of his time between mountain expeditions, ptrocessing and printing, verifying whether to make it his main profession.