The Origin. At the end of the 1980s, after a crossing from Lanzarote, I set foot on Fuerteventura for the first time. The wind overwhelmed me: the warmth of Africa, the freshness of the ocean, ever-present. Every breath tasted of salt and volcanic earth. The island entered me without asking permission. Unconditionally. And since then, it has never left me, bridging even the greatest distances. In 2020, I met Rebecca Erroi — a professional dancer/performer, a nomadic spirit — and I spoke to her about the wind, the ocean, and that island, born from the power of volcanoes. In 2021, right there, we imagined a project. The following year, we set off with a notebook full of notes and two suitcases filled with black and white fabrics. A dialogue between body, wind, ocean, and lava. It all began there, in a place that does not simply welcome: it captivates. Unconditionally.
The Wind The wind is movement. It rises without warning, vaults skyward, then plunges, swift and tireless, hundreds of times a day, without reason, without cause. It softens, only to spring again into leaps of air, inflating its cheeks, blowing harder, demanding space. When it chooses to carry away what stands in its path, nothing can resist. It feeds the ocean, lifts the waves, and hurls them, frothing, against the cliffs, each strike a muted crash, a roar that rends the silence. It has polished those rocks for millennia, never pausing, never yielding. A little further on, it embraces the desert, reshaping dunes in an instant, crossing plains of ancient lava, brushing the silent summits of volcanoes as if greeting old friends asleep. Then it flees, secretive, elusive, as one with something to hide. Sometimes, deep at night, it softens, a gentle, cool whisper, but at dawn it returns, brimming with power and impatience, disturbing all in its path in a ceaseless dance of primeval rhythms. It teases, devours, slips in, penetrates the deepest cracks of sheer cliffs. It soars over forbidden lands, drifts, strikes, repels, howls, hisses, caresses, brushes, whistles, changes, rages. And then, just as suddenly, it vanishes. Yet nothing, after its passing, remains the same. The wind is bound to its own destiny: it cannot stop, for it is a living soul. Since the world began, it has accompanied the breath of all things, giving them motion, giving them life. And it will continue to do so—forever.
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The following images are displayed in large format at the Festival della Fotografia Italiana, Bibbiena, exhibited in the open air.
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The entire project comprises over fifty original images, available for photography exhibitions and publications.
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Raoul Iacometti has been working as a freelance photographer for over 25 years, balancing his personal artistic research with commercial assignments across a wide range of sectors, including documentary and social reportage, industrial and interior photography, events, dance, and portraiture. His images have been published in magazines, newspapers, and books, and are included in the Historical Photographic Archive of the 3M Foundation, the Italian Photographic Archive, and several prestigious private collections. Among his notable projects, in 2008 he created the multimedia project Green Attitude, capturing dance performances on unconventional stages such as greenhouses and plant nurseries. In 2013, he conceived and authored the format Photographs and Other Stories…, a multidisciplinary initiative blending photography with writing, music, and dance. Since 2015, he has been engaged in Some of Us, a socio-humanitarian reportage exploring degenerative diseases. In the same year, he produced Objective Lampedusa, a book and photographic exhibition dedicated to the island’s inhabitants, followed in 2018 by Being Design, a book celebrating Made in Italy design. His work has been widely recognized: in November 2010 he received the prestigious Pino Fantini National Photography Award, in May 2015 he was honored as Photographer of the Year 2015 by the Italian Federation of Photographic Associations, and in May 2023 he was awarded the title of Master of Italian Photography. Raoul also teaches both basic and advanced photography courses and conducts workshops across Italy and abroad, offering group sessions and one-to-one instruction. His teaching covers a wide array of subjects, including portraiture, dance, street photography, and, since 2012, the creative use of smartphones in photography.
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Rebecca Erroi is an Italian freelance dancer whose career spans both classical and contemporary performance. She trained at Dancehaus Susanna Beltrami in Milan and at the Alonzo King LINES Ballet in San Francisco. She holds a degree in Music and Performing Arts from the Universities of Milan and Rome, and is a member of the artistic collective FreeFloatingBodies, which combines the art of movement with visual arts. Throughout her career, Rebecca has performed with internationally renowned artists. She danced for Christina Aguileraand Katy Perry during Dolce & Gabbana Haute Couture fashion shows, with Roberto Bolle on the RAI television program Danza con me, and with Claudio Baglioni on his nationwide tour Atuttocuore. She also performed with Marco Mengoni at Sanremo 2024 and toured Italy with Katia Follesa and Angelo Pisani in the theatrical show Ti posso spiegare. In the realm of musical theatre, she was part of the cast of Aida for the centenary of the Macerata Opera Festival in 2021, toured with La Divina Commedia Opera Musical during the 2020–2022 seasons, and performed in Van Gogh Café Opera Musical for the 2023–2025 seasons. Since 2022, she has been collaborating with director and choreographer Giuliano Peparini in both Italian and international productions. Rebecca’s work spans stage, fashion, and multimedia projects, reflecting a versatile artistry that blends technical precision, expressive movement, and interdisciplinary creativity.
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Furteventura, images (1989/2025)
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WIND [eternal movement] is a project conceived and created by Raoul lacometti e Rebecca Erroi
2020/2025©Raoul Iacometti and Rebecca Erroi
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