Everyone is aware of the existence of an Adriatic Sea, but is there an Adriatic light? This could be the question to be asked in front of the shots that Riccardo Fregoso first dedicated to the Abruzzo and Molise coasts, to then push north towards the Marche and south towards Puglia. More than light, it would be appropriate to talk about “solarity”, a filter obtained while waiting for a precise moment of sunset: when memories are lost. The images immortalise sequences suspended in time, located in an indecisive, ambiguous space. A space that persists, despite this indecisiveness, as if it was hanging from the top, at the highest point of a hierarchy. The photographs of the “Adriatico” series are flashes of landscape, moments of life (lived, or spied?), that evoke a return to summer as if it was sculpted in the past, like the sedimentation of many seasons, like a holiday destination, the favorite destination of a continuous “nostos”. Over time, the Adriatic coast has become the very representation of the summer holiday, an icon made of atmospheres, architecture, souvenirs and narratives that have pervaded the collective imagination, a postcard capable of condensing desires, hopes, emotions and regrets. It’s the light in Riccardo Fregoso's shots that connects all these different elements together, as the etymology of harmony (from the Greek “Armòzein”) dictates: to adhere, unite, connect. Commercial construction and wild coast, urban infrastructures and old fishing boats, residues of tourist activity and moments of residential life line up in perfect balance, annihilating any formal or substantial distance. “Adriatico” is a tribute to the summer, a tribute to the holiday atmosphere, a tribute to the poetics of Luigi Ghirri, or its overturning. Curated by Claudio Musso, Adjunct Professor - Accademia di Belle Arti G. Carrara, Bergamo