Gabriele Albergo - Salento death valley

The image was taken in the summer of 2018 during the celebrations of San Rocco in a town in the province of Lecce. The fireworks display by Mattia is still very common in this area and is characterized by loud bangs and spectacular colors.
The photograph is part of the “Salento death valley” project (A black diary of the beloved Italian peninsula.) Salento beyond the postcards, where beauty and ugliness, wealth and poverty, care and neglect coexist under the same sky. The project currently has more than 20,000 followers on Instagram and is known nationwide.

Technical details

- **Artist:** Gabriele Albergo
- **Title:** Salento death valley
- **Technique:** Fine art photography, Giclée print
- **Overall print dimensions:** 30 × 45 cm
- **Medium:** Canson Photo Satin photographic paper, 270 g/m²
- **Inks:** Epson UltraChrome HD pigment inks
- **Edition:** Limited to 20 copies

Fine art Giclée print made on premium 270 g/m² satin paper with Epson UltraChrome HD pigment inks, selected for their color intensity, depth of tone, and high degree of long-term stability.

The artwork comes with a certificate of authenticity, stamped and hand-signed by the artist, attesting to its provenance and its inclusion in the stated edition.

IMPORTANT SHIPPING INFORMATION

The print is sold without a frame or mat.

To protect it during shipping, it is carefully wrapped and sent rolled inside a rigid tube. The print will therefore not be delivered flat.

Any styled or framed images are for illustrative purposes only. Please refer to the measurements in the description for the actual dimensions of the artwork.

Gabriele Albergo, born in Galatina in 1981, lives in Cavallino in the province of Lecce.

I started taking photographs in 2012, although I spent half my life in my father’s photography studio. In August 2020, he produced a 12-page editorial published in D-Repubblica; in August 2021, he worked with I-D magazine as a correspondent at the Viva Festival in Locorotondo. In 2025, he took part in the “BE ITALIAN” project promoted by Dolce & Gabbana and FAI. He has created book covers, including one for Bompiani.
Since 2016, he has been pursuing the “Salento death valley” project on Instagram (A black diary of the beloved Italian peninsula.) Salento beyond the postcards, where beauty and ugliness, wealth and poverty, care and neglect coexist under the same sky. The project currently has more than 20,000 followers and has been featured in various online and print magazines, including Vice Italy, Il Fotografo magazine, Collateral, C41, Claim magazine, and D-Repubblica.
He has taken part in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Puglia and across Italy.
He works as a freelance photographer in commercial photography and reportage.