Altera Italia is a photographic and anthropological project that explores the ritual imagery of Southern Italy, reinterpreting its visual history and reworking the stereotypes inherited from the neorealism of the last century. Altera Italia is the result of a five-year research project, launched in 2019 and developed as a multidisciplinary initiative that intertwines photography, archival materials, video, and animation. This work reexamines the cultural identity of Southern Italy by critically re-evaluating the visual