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This journey through the monumental Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa immerses us in the historical and timeless world of magnificent sculptures, primarily belonging to the 19th-century Genoese bourgeoisie. The hundreds of extremely realistic works, set in a funerary context and portraying both illustrious figures and traditional Genoese families, have sparked unresolved questions and curiosity within me regarding the symbolism of death—questions that remain unanswered. By focusing more on the details—often missed by the casual visitor—rather than the overall view, which has already been captured by other artists, and by using the Polaroid medium, I have given these figures, statically cast in marble, a sense of movement and vitality, bringing them closer together and often merging them into a single subject.