Projects - Volterra Psychiatric Hospital


Volterra Psychiatric Hospital (Italian: Ospedale Psichiatrico di Volterra) is a former psychiatric hospital in the city of Volterra in the Italian region of Tuscany. Founded in 1888, the hospital was known for its brutal treatment of inmates. It remained open until 1978, when it was closed.  These photos have been telling the dramatic atmosphere of those treatment

Volterra - the psychiatric hospital

It was not easy to realize this photo shoot, to review every single shot, to elaborate the appropriate texts, to relive the same tragic and dramatic situations of that sad period.

Photography is emotion and communication

Terrazza Mascagni a chessboard overlooking the sea