Giovanna Silva PRIMARY ELEMENTS AND THE CONCEPT OF AREA e Ancient City The Ancient City Aleppo, 2007 CARTHA II 2016 / 16 Giovanna Silva is based in Milan. She worked for Domus and Abitare as pho- tographer and photoeditor. She is founder of San Rocco magazine and Hum- boldt Books publishing house. She has published several books on her projects, both with Italian and international publishers, among which Mousse Publishing and Bedford Press.