Photographer Valeria Tofanelli is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of these images. From the project ‘Along the Silk Road – Uzbekistan’. To see Valeria’s body of work, click on any photograph.

Along the Silk Road is a travel diary through Uzbekistan, where I explored the dialogue between memory and modernity in some of the places once crossed by the ancient Silk Road. In the locations I visited, I found echoes of stories read in novels and in the chronicles of past travelers.

I captured candid moments of everyday life, seeking connections between the people I encountered and the urban settings that preserve the historical memory of these places.

BIO:

Valeria Tofanelli is a Roman photographer whose work explores the relationship between humans and the environment through the narration of everyday life. Her approach moves between documentation and visual suggestion, combining reality and representation to evoke different perceptions of the real.

Valeria's photographic work has been exhibited both in Italy and abroad, published in books, magazines and online articles.

Since 2022 she collaborates as teacher at Daylight School and is a member of the international collective Burn My Eye.

All images and text © Valeria Tofanelli