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Francesco Carvelli

Francesco Carvelli

Visual Anthropologist, Photographer and Cultural Strategist

Long-form visual research on motherhood, memory and inland territories between Basilicata and the UK.

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Featured Projects

Long-term visual anthropology projects on motherhood, memory and territories

Each project is a visual room: a story unfolding across time and places.

Right now, Mothers of Marmo Platano is on show in Matera (Open Space APT, 10 November – 10 December 2025), inviting visitors into the intimate bedrooms of Lucanian mothers. This space is a living gallery where culture, identity and memory resonate in silence.

Close-up of a bed in a traditional bedroom, part of the Mothers of Marmo Platano project. Reflecting the sacred space of motherhood in Basilicata, Italy.

Mothers of Marmo Platano | 2023–ongoing

Bedroom Stories of Motherhood

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Suspicions, Perspectives & Edges | 2005–2015

The Complexity of Humanity

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Artificial Burden of Representation | 2018

Unmasking Illusions

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Soulscapes: the Labyrinth of Emotions | 1988–2004

A Journey into the Human Experience

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Amico Cuscino Mortale Ambizione | 2005

An Untold Story

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Earlier Work | 1988–1999

Evolving Artistic Styles

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Let’s explore how we can work together around culture, memory and territory.

I collaborate with institutions, municipalities and communities on exhibitions, visual research and educational projects.

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Visual Anthropology, Memory and Intimate Spaces

Practice & approach

Images are not just aesthetic objects; they are built situations where stories and relationships reveal themselves. My work moves between visual art and anthropology, focusing on how people inhabit places, bedrooms, costumes and landscapes.

Many of my long-term projects are rooted in Basilicata – in the bedrooms of Lucanian mothers, in festive costumes, in small communities that carry complex histories. From Mothers of Marmo Platano to new work with shepherds and traditional dress, I use the camera to listen to how people negotiate identity, care and belonging.

Through these visual narratives, I try to create spaces for reflection – for those who live in these territories and for those who study them. The images, texts and exhibitions are meant to stay useful over time, as part of a living archive of memory, not just as a temporary artistic gesture.

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