#27 "Bowel of Earth" One of my purposes when I was going to visit Kamchatka was to take shots at the field of petrified lava at the foot of Tolbachik volcano. The last eruption of this huge stratovolcano was in 2012 ( hope I will be able to take shots in the next one) and now the lava flow is petrified in many crazy textures, formations and patterns that remind me of the bowel. It’s really funny to think that this is really the bowel of the Earth that came outside of the volcano, in a metaphorical sense. This picture was taken almost at sunset, when the sun was illuminating the lava flow; I took so many different pictures of the Tolbachik volcano with many different foregrounds and this is my favorite one. I visited the abyss of Earth in the Kamchatka peninsula in 2019. This collection includes volcanic landscapes of the territory in Far East Russia, seen from above, or closer, sometimes in contrast with the green nature of our Planet. In Kamchatka there is a continuous contrast with life and death, destruction. When I ventured in those pristine landscapes, together with two local guides, I lived an adventure in contact with nature, hundreds of miles from mankind, without internet or data connection. A journey which will live forever in my heart, especially for the sense of freedom I felt in front of those sceneries. This project was awarded as overall winner in MIFA awards 2020 and some of these collectible photos won several awards around the World, like International Landscape Photographer of the Year.