IED Turin Students' 'Alte Terre' Project on Mass Tourism Graces Artribune Magazine Cover

The cover of Artribune Magazine #71 features a photograph from 'Alte Terre', a project by Alessandro Di Lenardo and Chiara Boccardi, students of the Photography course at IED Torino. The project critiques hyper-urbanization of mountain landscapes due to mass tourism, using digital post-production to desaturate intrusive structures like ski lifts and snow cannons. The image was shot on December 3, 2021, at the Artesina MondoleSki ski resort in Cuneo, Piedmont. The project spans two years, beginning in the second semester of the first year and concluding in the first semester of the third year under the module 'Metodologie e Tecniche del Contemporaneo', taught by Matteo Balduzzi. Initially, Di Lenardo focused on high-altitude resorts and Boccardi on mountain refuges; they merged their efforts to address environmental sustainability and the impact of mass tourism. The final output includes a dummy publication and a series of prints. Boccardi may use the work for her thesis.