https://alemade.com alemade Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:18:08 +0000 https://alemade.com en https://alemade.com/Home Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:48:49 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Home Alessandro  Madeddu - Equilibrium  The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on a planet that is four and a half billion years old. Sylvia Earle The photo series Equilibrium, structured in five interconnected narrative lines, is an invitation—a gentle pull to pause and ask ourselves: Why can’t we see that we aren’t here to rule over nature, but to live as part of it? In a time when the bond between humanity and the natural world is fading, these images offer glimpses of balance and imbalance, framed by the timeless breath of the sea. Watch Equilibrium Contact                                                  ©2024AlessandroMadeddu https://alemade.com/About-Alessandro-Madeddu Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:18:08 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/About-Alessandro-Madeddu Alessandro  Madeddu   Alessandro Madeddu is a freediver and photographer, he has spent many years—and continues to work—in the communication industry as a creative and strategist, focusing on environmental and health-related topics. Contact                                                  ©2024AlessandroMadeddu https://alemade.com/Equilibrium Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:40:36 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Equilibrium          Equilibrium It was one of those summer evenings: the air was thick with humidity from the south wind, and the light rested over the water, as if time itself were taking a long, calming breath. Standing on the beach I know by heart, drifting in the familiar waves of my usual sunset swim, I saw them—two dolphins, just meters from the shore, gliding effortlessly through the water. I stood still, charmed, suddenly aware that this place I call mine, my home, is their place too, their home. We share it, even if we often forget, and it’s the pulsing heart of our planet. Every breath we take, every bite we gather,  is deeply connected to the blue world beneath the water surface. But overfishing, Co2 emissions, plastic - our relentless impact on the climate are dismantling a harmony that’s taken millennia to build. It makes me think of the old fishermen—those who once took only what they needed, attuned to the quiet rhythms and voice of the sea. They may seem out of place now, but it’s us who’ve changed, disrupting the connection they once so deeply respected. Their lesson is simple: the ocean is not a resource to be mined but is our life-giver, our guardian and weaver of dreams. We don’t own the ocean; we belong to it, just as much as any creature in its depths. If we want to keep calling it home, we must restore our equilibrium with the ocean—before the world we love and share fades away, just as dolphins vanishing into the waves.                     Enjoy the photo series: * Click the links below in sequence. * Use the arrows to explore each section.                 01. Once                 02. Together                03. Broken                    04. Black                05. Fall   https://alemade.com/Once Tue, 12 Nov 2024 07:13:39 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Once                                 Once, the sea was blue,                 * Once                 * Together                * Broken                * Black                * Fall https://alemade.com/Together Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:06:53 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Together                                 and we drifted together.                 * Once                 * Together                * Broken                * Black                * Fall https://alemade.com/Broken Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:11:09 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Broken             But when the promise was broken,                   * Once                 * Together                * Broken                * Black                * Fall https://alemade.com/Black Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:17:17 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Black                                  the blue faded to black,                 * Once                 * Together                * Broken                * Black                * Fall https://alemade.com/Fall Tue, 12 Nov 2024 08:19:44 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Fall                   and we stayed still, believing we wouldn’t fall.                 * Once                 * Together                * Broken                * Black                * Fall https://alemade.com/Menu Fri, 25 Feb 2022 08:10:41 +0000 alemade https://alemade.com/Menu About Equilibrium About Alessandro Madeddu