Franco Arminio on Misreading Italy's Landscapes

Poet, writer, and 'paesologist' Franco Arminio discusses the relationship between writing and photography, emphasizing how places can be misread. He compares writing and image to a Möbius strip, where inside and outside blur. Arminio warns that photographing desolate or extreme places risks confusing homage with harm. He argues that Italy is full of territories that have been misread, resulting in damage and disrespect. His work focuses on training people to respect, care for, and correctly read places. The interview took place in Romagna two months ago, where Arminio was presenting his latest collection 'Sacro minore'. He describes himself as a 'non-practicing photographer who writes'.