LUIGI CASSINELLI DOCUMENTARIAN


SHOT ON FILM, NO RETOUCHING, NO AI


clouds, horizon, ocean and rocks in seychelles

CONCEPTUAL BORDERS

Preface

Here, I photograph conceptual borders, a map where the human condition navigates disparate worlds. In this cerebral constellation, speculation proves vulnerable to self inflicted traps such as fanaticism, denial and reifying; then, borders become walls and we divide.



MODELS AND REALITY

chess board in the foreground and mountain range in the background

The first wall builds up between our model of reality and actual reality.

The latest release of this wall wears an electronic costume, but it stems from an ancient playground. Materialists' indifference, a delusional game now governed by mutant algorithms, delivers machine learning along with human dullness. We cannot ask machines the courage to be ourselves; the quest for union and knowledge demands for intrepid humans.







METAPHYSICAL DESIRES

the gateway arch

What is there? What is the path to know what is there?

Metaphysical questions might be the first we ask and the first we leave behind; regardless, they challenge everything we practice. We are still ancient children, and we know a little; we know we need relationships to survive. Unsolved, hard questions point to the nature of these relationships. Dear Aristotle, what drives our desire to know? Is it justice? Is it beauty? Is it domination?







SURVIVAL

alligator





THE QUEST

door in marrakech

MURRAY: You are being naive, Nancy! Those people.. They are not wired like me and you, okay?

They don't spend their lives trying to get a look at what's behind the curtain. They like the curtain.

It provides them stability, comfort, definition.


The Duffer Brothers. Stranger Things, Season 2. Netflix, 2017.







THE UNKNOWN

night on nyc





TRUE SCIENTISTS EAT HUMBLE PIE

north naples country club





WE THE PEOPLE

people walking in the park





CARVING OUT VALUES

first amendment to the constitution of the united states carved on building in washington dc





THE SALMON

girl against the stream





TIMING TIME

set of watches





BEYOND MATTER: DEBATING PHYSICALISM

mummy




The Ur-photographs

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Kodak TXP | Kodak D-76

2005, Praslin, Seychelles


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scan of original photograph UR-USA2020B-09A, Ilford HP5+, Kodak XTOL, Nikon F2AS Zeiss Distagon 35mm 2.0 ZF.2

Ilford Hp5+ | Kodak XTOL

2020, Great Smoky Mountains


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scan of original photograph UR-USA5546-36, Kodak TX developed in DR5, Nikon F2AS Zoom-Nikkor 25-50mm 4.0

Kodak TX | DR5

2020, St. Louis, MO


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scan of original photograph FL27612-31, Kodak TX developed in XTOL

Kodak TX | XTOL

2010, 10 Thousand Island, FL


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Kodak PXP | Kodak XTOL

2008, Marrakech


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Kodak TMZ | Kodak XTOL

2013, Manhattan


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Kodak TMZ | Kodak XTOL

2021, Naples, FL


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Ilford HP5+ | DR5

January 2021, Washington DC


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Fuji Neopan 1600 | Kodak XTOL

2014, Manhattan


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Kodak TMZ | Kodak XTOL

2008, Manhattan


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Fuji Neopan 1600 | Kodak XTOL

2008, Manhattan





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