“When You Live in a Small Place” is a conceptual documentary photography project developed between 2024 and 2025. Set in the Republic of San Marino—an independent state, a neutral and peaceful observer of a wide range of international scenarios—the project explores the ambiguous relationship between living in a small, provincial environment and personal fulfillment.

Limited opportunities to stand out, combined with engagement in an alienating job market that often fails to align with one’s true passion or vocation for much of one’s life, create a kind of vicious circle: a fragile boundary between the regret of never having tried and the disappointment of having tried and failed.

Yet a solution may exist. The ability to discern between superficiality and genuine talent (or ability) can, in some way, lead to success—or to different forms of success. Making it is possible, and this ultimately raises the question of whether the real limitation is so often not the place itself, but the people.