Appreciating · August 2026

Chiara Zonca

Saved by a Deer

A gravel path leads through a coastal settlement at golden hour, timber houses lit warm beneath a dark granite peak

Diptych: two swimmers seen from directly above in near-black water, their bodies broken into orange reflected light

Grasses and umbel flower heads picked out in low orange light against a near-black background

A figure in a pale dress, blurred by long exposure, moving through green shade toward dark trees

Conifers and rust-coloured autumn foliage framing still teal water seen from above

Dense red-leaved undergrowth among bare pale trunks in a dark forest

Fantastic colours, and an eye that feels genuinely unique. She takes familiar landscapes, the kind plenty of people visit and photograph as tourists, and turns them into something new and strange. That is the part I value.

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