Peaceful Minds

A limited edition of 15 hand-crafted prints.

The project began from the desire to express peace and understanding in an increasingly chaotic world. Giacomo shot and developed six medium-format rolls with models Heeyeon and Carli to find the one picture to print. The selected shot (F2S7) has been printed by hand on fibre base paper (Ilford Multigrade FB Classic Glossy).

In the darkroom, Mantovani “paints with chemistry”—splashing, spraying, and brushing the developer over the exposed paper so that the image appears rather than simply prints. This process makes every piece a true variation: no two prints are the same.

Committed to analogue photography as a testament to authenticity — where dust, grain, and small imperfections are the medium’s DNA — Giacomo carried on with the ethos of LCKDN20, affirming the value of truth in an oversaturated digital age.