Superstrada Pedemontana Veneta S.p.a., Italy
The Pedemontana Veneta is the largest public work currently in construction in Italy. Once completed, it should be 94km long and it will connect 36 municipalities between Vicenza and Treviso. But at what price?
In different locations, its construction has intercepted old landfills and uncovered toxic waste, threatened the area’s biodiversity and dispossessed the lands of about 3,000 farms, with serious consequences for farmers and their families.
While the works are proceeding very slow, this photographic project wants to be an observation of the impact that a huge public work can have on the landscape and the communities that inhabit it.
Superstrada Pedemontana Veneta SPA is a journey on foot in 36 stages, in the productive heart of the North East, realized with a mix of photography, satellite images, objects, documents and interviews with the locals.
A slow exploration aimed at mapping a road born to unite, which ended up dividing.
Ongoing long-term personal project in collaboration with
Marco Tiberio, bruno, Serena Gasparoni.
In different locations, its construction has intercepted old landfills and uncovered toxic waste, threatened the area’s biodiversity and dispossessed the lands of about 3,000 farms, with serious consequences for farmers and their families.
While the works are proceeding very slow, this photographic project wants to be an observation of the impact that a huge public work can have on the landscape and the communities that inhabit it.
Superstrada Pedemontana Veneta SPA is a journey on foot in 36 stages, in the productive heart of the North East, realized with a mix of photography, satellite images, objects, documents and interviews with the locals.
A slow exploration aimed at mapping a road born to unite, which ended up dividing.
Ongoing long-term personal project in collaboration with
Marco Tiberio, bruno, Serena Gasparoni.
AWARD
Finalist at the National Geographic Prize 2019
PUBLICATION
junge Welt (GER)
Finalist at the National Geographic Prize 2019
PUBLICATION
junge Welt (GER)
![The Pedemontana construction site in the municipality of Giavera del Montello (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9dda1c1413919977d4ad1ccb47784642d9c9d119f9c6651e042bea90a1e751e6/giavera1.jpg)
![Giorgio Begliorgio before the expropriation had a 5.000 square meters vineyard of Prosecco DOC and Cabernet Sauvignon. Povegliano (TV)](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f710af7bbea7f0027ee142a63c0e7d9e01e51748eb6e89d98ff28e88a3b5ebef/deMayda-9835.jpg)
![Margherita and Romano Montagner before the expropriation had a 3.000 square meters olive tree grove. Volpago del Montello (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e7946e75e78a41e468fa4a827ae8647e011157093e505c6bd5a22b23e9b49695/deMayda-6916.jpg)
![Bianca Torresan before the expropriation had a farmhouse and one hectare of earthly property. Spresiano (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0462f7748eb7b416a11465d5e7bc69e92726200afd5d8bbed8ef04c03ccc34bd/deMayda-1152.jpg)
![Antonio Faronato before the expropriation had 12 hectares of land with corn, soy, wheat and 70 cows. Mussolente (VI), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a40eb4fa141df36b9f7f11cfe07bfcf84178dd57ff655eab1c081c04e6123125/deMayda-7693.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/da229cd03c4c76cff6acb3dfa21e6300daeb54c480314f714fa553cd847836ee/deMayda-9458.jpg)
![Antonio Faronato before the expropriation had 12 hectares of land with corn, soy, wheat and 70 cows. Mussolente (VI), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1928b5f98930ab9bfdf5389efb3731ca88a8a1d76991885d519e69c8fdca4ab/de-Mayda-7755.jpg)
![Osvaldo Piccolotto before the expropriation had a 5.000 square meters cultivation of organic kiwi. Altivole (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df3250edd0e739ff5cc0d559b47a87dc831bda3c2dcbe64b2dd4bc7fe9ff4f0e/deMayda-9550.jpg)
![Osvaldo Piccolotto before the expropriation had a 5.000 square meters cultivation of organic kiwi. Altivole (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c7f11620354b015c5282405947fe1dc76c63ef534d8bdd7686e5119cbe60fe6/deMayda-9539.jpg)
![Altivole (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/839c77c5dfe0e7c66180cca6ebb1812c3e03e308f07915fd0202f39d12eb5c06/deMayda-3-2.jpg)
![The first 7 kilometers of the Pedemontana Veneta highway were inaugurated between Breganze and Thiene (Vicenza) by Matteo Salvini (Lega) and the governor of the Veneto Luca Zaia.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2fbfedb3facc93d72e6a6e1fe4c580d881c94445edcdd38aa386fa4e6e44ac2/deMayda-3728.jpg)
![San Zenone degli Ezzellini (VI), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/46481fc1886bb9bdcc0e002abd2e695715ac4dbd7c18226ec16672f3d583dd0c/deMayda-7508.jpg)
![Bianca Torresan before the expropriation had a farmhouse and one hectare of earthly property. Spresiano (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef552a1bc92de9014f1464daed967326e893543619bf06a56c1c805a118f2b85/deMayda-1219.jpg)
![Margherita and Gianni Crespan are one of the dispossessed families by the Pedemontana Veneta. Riese Pio X (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/dc51fce1f8bcb94819b3903c18b022d5b1948ea1f9313db84637efce1f99f915/deMayda-0995.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3fd135a77fd27343eebfe862b806bb412d67381cff82ca89896ac3fc4d84d526/deMayda--5.jpg)
![Vedelago (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eac38401c26e70bded3a1fee93f0e146e7040fcf831b6891c0a2c8818915c717/deMayda--2.jpg)
![The first 7 kilometers of the Pedemontana Veneta highway were inaugurated between Breganze and Thiene (Vicenza) by Matteo Salvini (Lega) and the governor of the Veneto Luca Zaia.](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/faf0fd307c90a33f145f54373bc7dd919ad5a86212cedccb628bf301cfa966a9/deMayda-3465.jpg)
![Povegliano (TV), Italy](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/97ca20583d4b57945093b039598a1ad6a623713055c3784eef110cd7f67d8f35/deMayda-0042.jpg)