I am a collector. Ever since I can remember, I have been collecting everything, particularly my own things as a sort of memorial. Saving every single object is for me the first step of a possible collection: notebooks, cans, stuffed animals, receipts, batteries, or parts of myself like teeth, hair, and nails, just to mention some of them. To keep and catalog objects has always given me pleasure. It started with me collecting memories and things that I was emotionally attached to, and it developed into an obsession to pile up ordinary objects in series. The only complication I have is the space. Collecting requires a lot of physical and mental space, which led me to find ways to let things go. I have realized that, to be able to throw anything away, I first need to celebrate the detachment by taking pictures of it. The composition is the result of the entire process, the image is the purpose to achieve. By then, I convince myself that what I have collected will somehow survive, especially using films as they don't leave me empty-handed. The project Therapy is photography used as a remedy to an addiction. Image n.1 Post-it One year notes July 2018 / July 2019 New York 120mm film B/W Image n.2 Diaries (b) 2001 / 2015 Rome 35mm film B/W Image n.3 Instant FP_100C (Waste) 2019 New York 35mm film B/W Image n.4 Hair (a) Getting grey. Collection of hair from different cuts 2013 - 2017 Rome / Cairo / New York 35mm film B/W Image n.5 White boxes. Closed (a) Miscellaneous things divided in 36 boxes. 2016 / 2020 New York 35mm film B/W Image n.6 Box n. 22 (b) Chocolate wrapping 2020 New York Digital files Image n.7 Kinder (a) Jun 20th / Dec 20th 2017 New York 120mm film B/W Image n.8 Letters from my mother 2016 / 2019 New York 120mm film B/W Selected articles I will never read 2016 / 2019 Rome, New York 120mm film B/W Letters from the bank April 2017 / April 2018 New York 120mm film B/W Photo booth March 2016 / July 2019 New York 120mm film B/W Image n.9 Fragile Collection of my x-ray and MRI 1989 - 2016 Rome / Cairo Digital files Image n.10 My first white pubic hair May 15th 2019 New York Scan Image n.11 Identity I.D. photos Friends (a-d) Preschool / Primary / Secondary /High School / University 1991 / 2009 Rome Digital files Image n.12 Deciduous teeth (a) 198X – 199X Rome Digital file Image n.13 Empty packs of cigarettes (b) 2012 – 2016 Rome Digital file Image n.14 Organic (b) Collection my body parts and body fluids 2009 / 2017 Rome 35mm Film B/W Image n.15 Psychologist Receipts from my psychologist November 7th 2014 / February 4th 2016 Rome 35mm film B/W