LIFE 1941. The Nazis’ warship “Kriegsmarine”, was in charge of setting up a naval blockade around the British Isles, using submarines as support. The Germans decided to build a submarine base, in the Bay of Biscay. In Saint-Nazaire, in the Loires’ estuary, between the city and the sea, was built in just four months, a large bunker, 300 meters long, 130 meters deep and 18 meters high. 1942, March 28th - Operation Chariot. The British Navy relied on the British destroyer Campbeltown, one-way mission, to launch against the closed basin of Saint Nazaire and explode. The action partially failed, but the dock gates were destroyed. The victims of the British, amounted to 994; on the German side, the losses were of 440 men, almost all died because of the explosion of Campbeltown; 300 French workers died under German fire mistaken for rebellion or sabotage. 1946. What remains of Saint-Nazaire is the enormous structure of the submarine base, the rest of the city and its port was destroyed by Allied bombing. Today. The town of Saint-Nazaire is entirely rebuilt and flourishes thanks to its port and shipyards. The enormous structure of the submarine base remains as it was, with its weight, its history, its memories, but has converted from place of war, death and hatred to a place of culture, entertainment and leisure open to the city and its visitors. The story of the Saint-Nazaire submarine base is a heavy one. As heavy as the bulk of the structure that imposes itself on the panorama of the city. History tells of a necessary war against the absurdity of Nazi madness. History preserves remembrance and memory and in Saint-Nazaire it does, so in a clear, evident, imposing way. Impossible not to see, impossible to turn away, the shadows chase you everywhere, inside and outside the base. History has preserved a stage capable of evoking a multiplicity of sensations and memories, in a continuous balance between shadows and lights, past and future, nightmare and dream, anguish and hope. This project wants to explore the multiplicity of feelings and memories in the balance between darkness and light, past and future, nightmare and dream, death and LIFE. Photos: Saint-Nazaire, France. June, 2012. The Life photo project was used in 2016 for the visual of the song - Developing Solution - by Mattatoio5