My name is Euroa Casadei, and I studied at ISIA in Faenza, an institute that taught me to see design as a language capable of connecting technique, sensitivity, and critical thought. There, I learned that to design is not only to solve problems, but also to ask questions, to explore, to observe, and to translate the world through a personal gaze.
Over the years, I have worked across various visual fields — from editorial design to photography, from branding to visual communication — yet the common thread running through all my work is the search for the hidden meaning within images: their ability to hold memory, time, and emotion.
My latest project, Città Silenziose, was born from this very pursuit.
I have visited numerous monumental cemeteries across Europe, discovering places that speak not only of death, but also of the lives, ideas, and ambitions of those who inhabit them. Each cemetery is like a city within a city, a labyrinth where maps help to navigate, yet chance becomes an integral part of the journey, allowing unexpected discoveries to emerge.
Through my field journals and an extensive photographic study, I sought to document how personal memory intertwines with collective memory, transforming these spaces into true “accumulators of time.” They are dense and fluid places, suspended between past and present, where life and death coexist in a fragile yet profoundly human balance.
The project took shape as a photographic book gathering the images captured during my visits. Each section is dedicated to one cemetery and follows the actual path of my exploration, traced on the maps I used to find my way. I wanted to give voice to hidden details, forgotten tombs, and the elements that often escape first observation but hold deep poetic and human value.
For me, Silent Cities is, above all, an experience of listening — a way to slow down, observe, and convey — through photography and design — the quiet beauty of what endures over time.