Italy Genzano di Lucania

Agricultural Geometries of the Plateau: View from Monteserico Hill towards the Murgia

Shot
2018
06/24
Publication
2019
06/02
NIKON D810, 70.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 @ f/8.0 1/1000, ISO 200
35 views

A unique perspective on the agricultural landscape of the Murge Plateau, captured from the heights of Monteserico. The plowed fields create almost abstract geometries on the ground, with the curved lines of the furrows following the natural undulations of the hills. The contrast between already harvested areas and those still to be collected generates a chromatic palette ranging from golden yellow to earth brown. In the background, the silhouettes of some abandoned farmhouses dot the horizon. This view represents the essence of the southern agricultural landscape, where man and nature have collaborated for centuries.

Monteserico, agricultural geometries, plowed fields, Murge Plateau, rural landscape, Basilicata, farmhouses