Roman artist Sandro Giordano (1972) – on Instagram @__remmidemmi – has dedicated his artistic research entirely to the photographic project IN EXTREMIS (bodies with no regret) since 2013. «It is a project born a bit for fun, after a bad fall on a bicycle,» he tells us. «I remember that on that occasion I did not let go of a protein bar that I was holding in my hand. I could have thrown it away and tried to soften the blow, but instinct acted in the opposite way.» From here, Giordano begins a series of shots depicting ordinary people, in everyday scenes, during a bad fall. The approach is ironic and funny but, at the same time, he wants to engage in a discussion about materialism and our inclination towards objects rather than ourselves. «We are now all victims of what we possess, although in fact it would be fair to say the opposite: it is ‘they’ who possess us. We are slaves to our material possessions.»

We have already interviewed Sandro Giordano in the past, in the early days of this project, and today – after five years – we met him again to find out the fate of IN EXTREMIS, which has seen a stoppage in the last three years. «I shot the last of the project a few days before we went into lockdown, it was March 2020. I told the world what was going to happen shortly thereafter and went on hiatus. After six years of hard work and fast pace I felt the need to rest. Now I am ready to go ‘back on stage’.»

Just this year, the project turns ten and, for the occasion, Sandro is producing an archive-book entitled ANTHOLOGY 2013/2023, which will be ready by autumn. «On 3 September I will start shooting again. The title of the new photo will be ‘TOY BOY JOY’, which will feature an elderly lady fleeing in her classic car after having raped, beaten and gagged, a young, muscular toy boy, ‘crashing’ next to her. In short, anyone who thought I was dead or gone from circulation, well, they were sadly mistaken.»

Courtesy Sandro Giordano