Skin by Giulia Bersani – the first solo exhibition of the new cycle The Body I Live In, dedicated to contemporary photography and conceived by Irene Alison, curated by Irene Alison and Paolo Cagnacci – places the body at the center of the lens as a boundary for claiming identity, a means of understanding the world, a pivot around which we build relationships, and a cry of rebellion. The body is sensitive matter, fertile ground, a shifting landscape. Giulia Bersani approaches it with her gaze – unafraid, unashamed. Close, very close, inside the folds of skin, in the scars, throughhair, between the legs. There is nothing reassuring about her rebellious bodies: they defy norms, expectations, the anxiety of judgment, and the tyranny of definitions. They are neither smooth nor compliant. They are naked and hungry – for life, for intimacy, for freedom. And they don’t care about anything else. These are bodies that pulse, gasp, cry. Crossroads of desire and passion, fluid bodies made of fluids: sweat, blood, and saliva. At 32, Giulia tells their story by becoming part of them – entering their beds and their embraces – through the physicality (a word and expressive choice that is anything but casual in a project rooted in flesh and substance) of analog photography. Her work, which has gained visibility in recent years also through her following on Instagram, carries a raw, visceral energy that makes no compromises – neither with the platform’s censorship nor with the glossy, smoothed-over aesthetics we’ve come to internalize.