In Luna #19, Lele Saveri incorporates sporadic elements of hand-drawing into his full, half, and quarter page photo assemblages. His mark-making varies dependent on its placement within the zine, which is roughly 5x8 inches, copied on white paper and bound in a light yellow cover. The cover contains a photographic imprint of a dead mouse, whose features and general environment have been blown out by a flash or equivalent contrasting instrument.
In comparison to his photography, which depicts candid, pedestrian scenes and a strong sense and application of visual hierarchy, Saveri’s drawn elements serve to emphasize a certain perceptual character in the printed book. The quiet nature of these marks supplements the graininess and volume of the photographs, while initiating an understanding of the images as the manipulatable product of the photographer. Saveri is partial to a distanced observation of socialization that tends towards soft-voyeurism; this sensitivity, coupled with the intention to record the mystifying barrenness of commercial landscapes creates a multi-page collage of mixed-media images. Patterns (of a formal, metaphorical, or symbolic nature) emerge through Saveri’s considered selection and composition of two or three altered, proximal, narrative photographs.