Paola de Pietri

Paola De Pietri first learned of World War I at school and from family members who recounted historical facts through personal experiences--experiences that are in danger of being forgotten. In To Face, De Pietri preserves these memories in a series of photographs of the alps between Italy and Austria, a landscape that still bears the scars of trench warfare from nearly a century ago. De Pietri's subtle, unassuming images show a landscape once damaged by man is now being reclaimed by nature.