Maria sits at her desk, surrounded by ephemera from her editorial and academic career. She has filled the apartment with Riva’s lighting and paintings, in addition to papers and artwork related to her publishing career, which allowed the photographers to capture accumulated layers of her life. “Our two practices are quite similar,” says Paleari. “We like to leave hints inside a picture, some things that perhaps the reader can see only in a second look, and so every time suggests a new understanding of the space.”