Staatsstraße

The ride back along Staatsstraße from Bormio to Campitello di Fassa, where I was camped for the night was smooth and meandering rather than hairpin-twisty. The road carved easily through the tree-carpeted mountains, while alpine villas strewn across the hill-sides watched me trundle by. After the congestion of Stelvio Pass, this was a breath of fresh air.

After a short while, I came across a bizarre collection of brightly coloured wooden totems, hung with bleached animal bones, clonking gently by the roadside like a creepy wind chime, and decided to check it out. It turned out to be a private art exhibition called Freilichtmuseum Museo All' Aperto, comprising a collection of creepy sculptures by the owner Lorenz Kuntner. The installation is a somewhat macabre expression of his exasperation at the plight of the local environment under the weight of a thriving tourist trade. Definitely worth a visit.

These photographs were taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and the extraordinary Canon 35 mm f/1.4 L II USM .