Before it was a novel, I Walked on Mars was a vision.
A city to imagine. Faces to recognize. People to love. A world to make credible.
This photo book gathers part of that visual imagination: the one that accompanied the writing, nourished the characters, clarified the settings and gave flesh to the world of David and Stella.
This first visual volume therefore does not present Mars only as a final destination. It also explores the path that leads there: candidate selection, profile analysis, the first bonds that form, learning, training, doubts, trials and all the Earth-based preparation required before the final tearing away from the known world. Before setting foot on Martian soil, one must first be chosen, prepared, tested, transformed, and then accept the launch toward a mission in which every gesture, every procedure and every decision has been designed, repeated and measured before departure.
Between technical research, human adventure and love story, these images created by artificial intelligence open the doors to a world the author first had to see inwardly before he could tell it.