For Italian freelance photographer Loredana Mantello the desire to capture moments that her eyes and mind registered but that she couldn’t satisfactorily paint or sketch led her to the camera as a means of expression. For her, photography is therapy – food for the soul. ‘It is my homeland, my friend, my haven, my harmony, my peace and my happiness; my thoughts seek refuge in it,’ she says. Loredana has exhibited both locally and abroad, and won several awards for her artistic images, the most recent of which, represent ‘a journey towards the soul and culture of the people of the Middle East’.Photography Camille Zakharia 2007.