Ortho/Graphies is a series of diptychs in which photography and drawing intertwine as two stages of the same cartographic process. Each work pairs an orthophotograph — an image geometrically corrected according to a map projection, free from distortions caused by topographic relief, lens aberration, or camera tilt — with a drawing made in pencil or ink that reinterprets its forms. From the objective data of the orthorectified image, the work shifts toward a subjective mapping, where the manual trace becomes a tool of sensitive measurement. The lines, abstractions, and graphic notes do not reproduce but translate space, revealing tensions between representation and perception. In this oscillation between scientific precision and poetic interpretation, Alessandro Carboni reflects on the partial and incomplete nature of every map: no representation is ever neutral, but always a form of rewriting—an act of appropriation and imagination of the Earth’s surface.

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