American Elegy is an evocation in images and words of some American topoi, first and foremost the timeless myth of the journey “on the road”: the canyons and deserts of the great natural landscapes of the American West (Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Death Valley, Canyonlands, Canyon de Chelly) and the ghost mining towns of California and Wyoming; a small town in Montana whose brick architecture recalls the paintings of Edward Hopper; the liquor stores, the great car graveyards of Idaho, the Bronx and other industrial margins of New York City.

The sense of distance and the solitude of the wild frontier and the urban outskirts alternate, between blinding daytime lights and mysterious nights. Seventy color photographs imbued with clarity and nostalgia, accompanied by short poetic notes as travel counterpoints. A journey along the thread of personal memories that in turn echo literary and cinematographic works.