Lucia Buricelli
Wild
Wild City is an ongoing photographic project that explores how animals adapt to life in urban environments, with a particular focus on the impact of human behavior, especially the way the food we leave behind influences their habits. I began the series in 2018 with the pigeons of Venice, which have become unusually sociable due to constant contact with tourists: they perch on people’s shoulders or steal lunch directly from their hands. Since then, I have documented animals in cities across Italy and the United States—from raccoons drinking Coca-Cola in New York to roosters roaming freely in Key West, crowing whenever they please, day and night. Wild City offers a glimpse into the strange and often amusing ways animals live in cities, shaped by our habits and our leftovers.
Text by Lucia Buricelli
BIO
Lucia Buricelli is a photographer born and raised in Venice, currently based in New York. She studied in the Documentary Practice and Visual Journalism program at the International Center of Photography in 2017. With a keen eye for detail and a deep fascination with urban life, her work blends street photography and documentary storytelling, aiming to capture the often-overlooked elements of everyday life and offering compelling visual insights into human behavior and the rhythms of city living. Through her photographs, she constructs visual narratives that highlight the subtle complexities of contemporary existence. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Time, Vogue, BuzzFeed, The Wall Street Journal, and many other outlets.