
Elena Franco has long explored our relationship with places and the ways we experience and perceive them. In Inner Space, she turns away, for once, from the built environment and enters the natural world of caves.
Here too, however, Franco goes beyond simply documenting these artificially lit spaces. Her focus is on how these natural cathedrals are transformed by human presence. By working directly on the photographs by hand, she reshapes what we see, creating an inverted world that draws us in.
Inner Space is rich in literary and cinematic references, inviting us to reflect on ourselves and on the environment we inhabit. From infinity to the centre of the Earth.
The Inner Space project originated at Chippendale Studio, Milan.














