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Project showcase / 2024

Fastidiosa

Ming Leng

A black-and-white collage of dry, cracked earth around white pools, with a hand reaching through it and a small text box about desiccated olive trees and the people who worked the fields.

Fastidiosa is an experimental documentary about a plant epidemic in Italy caused by the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa. Inspired by Jean-Marc Caimi and Valentina Piccinni’s photobook Fastidiosa, it explores ecological vulnerability and the relationships between plants, people, and their shared landscapes.