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The alleway in Chiavari, an unusually empty street.
Strolling along Via Martiri della Liberazione in Chiavari in October 2024, I encountered a surprisingly rare atmosphere: a straight, normally bustling alleyway, completely deserted. No passersby, no sound of footsteps or voices mingling among the arcades. Only the light wind caressing the shutters and a few fallen leaves rolling across the stone pavement. Photographing that moment was almost a trick of the city: a familiar, usually lively place, for a few minutes revealed itself in an almost unreal calm.
Chiavari’s straight alleyway has a linearity that guides the gaze from one end to the other, and that absence of movement highlighted the symmetry of the facades, the lights and shadows of the arcades, the simple lines of the balconies. In this silence, every detail takes shape: a faded sign, the reflection of a shop window, the signs of time on the walls. Everything seems to breathe slowly, as if the street itself were slowing its pace to allow us to observe it without haste.
Strolling there, in that rare emptiness, was almost meditative. Via Martiri della Liberazione is one of those streets that speaks to the life of Chiavari: activities, shops, unexpected encounters. Seeing it without people was a break from routine, making it clear how the architecture itself, with its porticos and the linearity of the alleyway, can define the character of a place, even without the presence of its inhabitants.
That October afternoon, the silence wasn’t disturbing, but almost reassuring. It was an invitation to observe, to pause, to notice what often escapes in the frenzy of the city. Photographing the deserted alleyway transformed a familiar street into a small, suspended scene, where the ordinary became extraordinary for a few minutes.

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