Interview ·
Fragments of intimacy: Nuno Alexandre Serrão’s suspended world at Grenze Arsenali Fotografici, Verona
A conversation about fragmented bodies, identity and the patient exchange that precedes making a photograph.
Selected works01 / Photographic series
Icebergs
Artist’s statement
02 / Nuno SerrãoIcebergs are large freshwater bodies that have broken off a glacier and have gone floating in the open sea. Some people are like Icebergs. They’re my favourite kind of people.
This is an ongoing photographic series that looks into a parallel world, one that contrasts with the dopamine-driven society we encounter every day. One that resists the value of novelty, excitement and interaction. Its inhabitants are overwhelmed, so they want to belong without joining in, and explore the world, by travelling inward. They have realised, from a young age, that one is not strange because he looks different. The ones who are different in challenging ways, try to look as normal as possible.
The result is a photographic project that invites the audience to look inward, hoping that it inspires them to discover and appreciate their inner landscapes and the potential they hold.
Selected readings
03 / Reception & dialogue“Fragments suggest presence without fixing identity.”
Nuno Serrão, in conversation with Emanuela Zanon.
Juliet Art Magazine, 10 September 2025
Article with artist statements ·
Icebergs: drift away with photographer Nuno Serrão
The origins of the series, the analogue process and the installation conceived for Verona.
Curatorial text
Icebergs
A curatorial reading of the series, presented alongside the artist’s statement.
Editorial feature ·
People like icebergs in Nuno Serrão’s photographs
An editorial response to the series, considering solitude, belonging and its analogue rhythm.