Travel · Encounters · Cooking

Album

From the Gran Sasso to South America, through landscapes, encounters and the pleasures of cooking. Sandro Visca’s personal album, 1960–2015.

Travel as experience

Sandro Visca has remained faithful to the cultural convictions underpinning his commitment to doing things well, including in the other activities he pursues with passion and dedication: above all, travelling and cooking.

Deeply attached to his homeland and the mountains of the Gran Sasso, and fascinated by travel as an all-encompassing experience of creativity and understanding, in 1978 he organised an expedition to South America focused on the everyday cultures of Peru: the Andes, Sierra villages and remote historic settlements in the celebrated archaeological areas of Cuzco and Puno. From Iquitos he travelled upstream along the Amazon into the rainforest, while continuing to explore the deep, interwoven connections with his own homeland.

Long interested in human history and in people’s relationships with places and local customs, he has continued to undertake demanding and sometimes dangerous journeys alongside his work. In 1998 he set out from Caracas by Jeep, crossing El Tigre and the Orinoco to explore Venezuela’s Gran Sabana, from Canaima to Roraima and onwards into Brazil. Journeys to Turkey and Egypt followed; in 1999 he travelled 1,500 kilometres through the Tunisian desert in North Africa. He visited Crete in 2001, Mauritius in 2007 and Morocco in 2011, travelling from Marrakech across the High Atlas to the desert. The Italian islands also remained important destinations, especially Giglio, a frequent retreat since his years in Rome in the 1960s.

1960–2015

Gran Sasso

38 images

1960 Campo Imperatore — 1960Campo Imperatore

1963 Lucoli, during a hunting trip — 1963Lucoli, during a hunting trip

1964 Gran Sasso, with Pizzo Cefalone in the background — 1964Gran Sasso, with Pizzo Cefalone in the background

1967 Gran Sasso – Pizzo Cefalone — 1967Gran Sasso – Pizzo Cefalone

1967 Gran Sasso – Monte Prena — 1967Gran Sasso – Monte Prena

1969 Gran Sasso – Monte Camicia — 1969Gran Sasso – Monte Camicia

1969 Gran Sasso – between Monte Camicia and Monte Prena — 1969Gran Sasso – between Monte Camicia and Monte Prena

1973–1976

Abruzzo National Park

12 images

1974 Abruzzo National Park: Gravare, with Gino Marotta — 1974Abruzzo National Park: Gravare, with Gino Marotta

1974 Forca Resuni refuge – with park rangers I. Finamore and A. Ursitti — 1974Forca Resuni refuge – with park rangers I. Finamore and A. Ursitti

1974 Abruzzo National Park – Forca Resuni refuge — 1974Abruzzo National Park – Forca Resuni refuge

1974 Forca Resuni refuge – with park ranger Antonio Ursitti — 1974Forca Resuni refuge – with park ranger Antonio Ursitti

1976 Abruzzo National Park – with Gino Marotta and Antonio Ursitti — 1976Abruzzo National Park – with Gino Marotta and Antonio Ursitti

1976 During research in a Quaternary area of Abruzzo National Park — 1976During research in a Quaternary area of Abruzzo National Park

1978 · Photographs by Sandro Visca

Peru

48 images

1978 Aerial view of the Andes between Lima and Cuzco — 1978Aerial view of the Andes between Lima and Cuzco

1978 Cuzco seen from the heights of Sacsayhuaman — 1978Cuzco seen from the heights of Sacsayhuaman

1978 Cuzco – a colonial balcony — 1978Cuzco – a colonial balcony

1978 Cuzco – an Indigenous market — 1978Cuzco – an Indigenous market

1978 Cuzco – a cook at the Indigenous market — 1978Cuzco – a cook at the Indigenous market

1978 A young Indigenous woman near Sacsayhuaman — 1978A young Indigenous woman near Sacsayhuaman

1978 Pisac’s Sunday market seen from Montagna Sagrada — 1978Pisac’s Sunday market seen from Montagna Sagrada

1998 · Caribbean, Gran Sabana, Canaima and Roraima

Venezuela

19 images

1998 Caribbean – sailing towards Isla Margarita — 1998Caribbean – sailing towards Isla Margarita

1998 Caribbean – Isla de los Frailes — 1998Caribbean – Isla de los Frailes

1998 Venezuela’s Gran Sabana, kilometre 98.5 – Piedra de la Virgen — 1998Venezuela’s Gran Sabana, kilometre 98.5 – Piedra de la Virgen

Canaima - Salto Angel — Canaima – Salto Angel

1998 Venezuela’s Gran Sabana – Callao — 1998Venezuela’s Gran Sabana – Callao

1998 Venezuela’s Gran Sabana — 1998Venezuela’s Gran Sabana

1998 A stretch of road through Venezuela’s Gran Sabana — 1998A stretch of road through Venezuela’s Gran Sabana

1999

Tunisia

8 images

1999 Tunisia – Zaafrane, the desert at sunset — 1999Tunisia – Zaafrane, the desert at sunset

1999 Tunisia – Zaafrane, crossing the desert at night — 1999Tunisia – Zaafrane, crossing the desert at night

1999 Tunisia – Chabika oasis — 1999Tunisia – Chabika oasis

1999 Tunisia – inside an underground dwelling beneath the desert sand — 1999Tunisia – inside an underground dwelling beneath the desert sand

1999 Tunisia – with Mustafà — 1999Tunisia – with Mustafà

1999 Tunisia – in a desert village — 1999Tunisia – in a desert village

1999 Tunisia – Chott El Jerid salt desert — 1999Tunisia – Chott El Jerid salt desert

2001 · Greece

Crete

4 images

2001 Crete – Kràssi, in a restaurant — 2001Crete – Kràssi, in a restaurant

From 1967 · The sea and fishing

Giglio, Corsica and Sardinia

47 images

1967 Giannutri – remains of a Roman villa, with Giglio in the background — 1967Giannutri – remains of a Roman villa, with Giglio in the background

1968 Giglio Castello — 1968Giglio Castello

1973 Giglio – Visca with his daughter Sandra — 1973Giglio – Visca with his daughter Sandra

1977 Giglio - Cannelle — 1977Giglio – Cannelle

2007 · Port Louis and Île aux Cerfs

Mauritius

16 images

2007 Port Louis market — 2007Port Louis market

2007 Exploring Port Louis market — 2007Exploring Port Louis market

2007 Port Louis market – buying spices — 2007Port Louis market – buying spices

2007 Port Louis market – buying cinnamon sticks from Madagascar — 2007Port Louis market – buying cinnamon sticks from Madagascar

2007 Mauritius – at a local market — 2007Mauritius – at a local market

2007 Mauritius – Île aux Cerfs — 2007Mauritius – Île aux Cerfs

2011

Morocco

41 images

2011 Marrakech, Riad SI SAID — 2011Marrakech, Riad SI SAID

2011 Morocco – on the road to Quarzazate — 2011Morocco – on the road to Quarzazate

2011 Morocco – a stork’s nest on rammed-earth houses — 2011Morocco – a stork’s nest on rammed-earth houses

2011 Morocco – a fortified kasbah — 2011Morocco – a fortified kasbah

2011 Morocco – landscape between Marrakech and Quarzazate — 2011Morocco – landscape between Marrakech and Quarzazate

2011 Morocco – a flowering plant among the stones — 2011Morocco – a flowering plant among the stones

1999 · The book

Abruzzi — L’Arte del far cucina

5 images

1999 Cover of the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina — 1999Cover of the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina

1999 Contents of the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina — 1999Contents of the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina

1999 Colophon of the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina — 1999Colophon of the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina

1999 Jacket-flap text for the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina — 1999Jacket-flap text for the book Abruzzi – L’Arte del far cucina

1977 · Lo Scalco delle Tre Marie, L’Aquila

Tribute to Carmelo Bene

1 image

Menu for a dinner entitled Omaggio a Carmelo Bene, created by Sandro Visca at Paolo Scipioni’s Lo Scalco delle Tre Marie, Palazzo Iacopo Notar Nanni, L’Aquila. A 35 × 50 cm folded sheet, screenprinted and lithographed on Fabriano Rosaspina paper, with an added material element. Printed in gold and black.

1977 — Menu for the Tribute to Carmelo Bene dinner — 1977— Menu for the Omaggio a Carmelo Bene dinner

2001 · Ortona

Lunch in a fishermen’s hut

4 images

2001 Ortona – in a fishermen’s hut — 2001Ortona – in a fishermen’s hut

2001 Ortona – in the kitchen of a fishermen’s hut — 2001Ortona – in the kitchen of a fishermen’s hut

2001 Ortona – at the stove in a fishermen’s hut — 2001Ortona – at the stove in a fishermen’s hut

2001 Ortona – lunch in a fishermen’s hut — 2001Ortona – lunch in a fishermen’s hut

2005 · Magazine offices, Milan

La cucina italiana

8 images

2005 Feature in La cucina italiana magazine — 2005Feature in La cucina italiana magazine

2005 Milan – La cucina italiana magazine offices, preparing the Abruzzo recipe of rabbit with saffron and peppers — 2005Milan – La cucina italiana magazine offices, preparing the Abruzzo recipe of rabbit with saffron and peppers

2005 Milan – La cucina italiana magazine offices, at the stove — 2005Milan – La cucina italiana magazine offices, at the stove

2005 Milan – La cucina italiana magazine offices — 2005Milan – La cucina italiana magazine offices

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