Marble Quarry in Carrara (Italy)

Just before our trip to Italy, a friend told me about a huge marble quarry near Carrara, just a few kilometers off our route into the Tuscan mountains, away from the highway. Photos online had sparked my curiosity, but the sight in person hit me – not just impressive, but shocking how much the extraction has already eaten into the landscape. How long the mountains will still provide material remains a mystery – in a few decades, these peaks could be gone, wild and fragile.

Flying Between Cables and Dead Zones

With the drone, I dared the ascent – a dance between cables and tricky signal dead zones in the mountains. From above, artistic shots emerged – anyone using marble slabs at home might think twice after seeing these images, a contrast between beauty and wound.

The Last View

With the last percent of battery, I hovered over a mountain peak, and the final view, the last photo, burned into my memory – intense, that’s all I can say, a moment raw and deep in the heart.