Cold and intense tones, faces covered and mysterious, these are the elements that characterise Nsiries‘ shots.

Nsiries, Alessio Maria Ciacio‘s stage name, is a young Sicilian who lives in Bologna and graduated in Law. But law is not his only passion, and looking at his pictures we almost have to say “thank goodness”. 

An artist who works in photography, but also in videography and music production, since his childhood Nsiries has considered art as a therapy for his personal well-being, a kind of cure for the soul and spirit. But that is not all, his photographic production, for example, is also a means of expressing himself, of getting in touch with the world and creating a bond with those who decide to lose themselves in his photographs. 

There is no one genre to which Alessio devotes himself more than others, his shots range from portraits to photos of landscapes or buildings, but what they have in common is their style. The colours are often cold and desaturated, the subjects are captured from behind or with their faces hidden, and sometimes a few elements are added in post production, giving the final result a surreal, mysterious and intriguing atmosphere. 

“I am attracted/inspired by surrealism; I think it’s interesting to generate a certain feeling of “mystery” within the observer. The contrast between visible and apparently visible generates some kind of interest in the observer. A feeling that opens the doors of imagination, disorienting the common sense that makes things already fully visible.”

Looking at Nsiries’ photographs we get the feeling that something has to happen at any moment. Below is a selection, but to find out more follow him on Instagram.