Les Recontres d’Arles 2024, under the surface
Les Recontres d’Arles 2024, under the surface by Ilaria Abbiento
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LORENZO CASTORE
Alla Spot Home Gallery di Napoli la mostra dal titolo “Turning Point” con fotografie di Michael Ackerman, Martin Bogren, Lorenzo Castore, Richard Park e Ander Petersen. Luca Sorbo ha intervistato Lorenzo Castore.
GU.PHO, vernacular photography, and a thousand other stories
Italy has its first international vernacular photofestival. GU.PHO will be held on 9, 10, and 11 September at the Castello di Guiglia, near Modena: a three-days of study, exhibitions, talk and publishing event on the theme of vernacular photography.
The Archivio Parisio in Naples
The Studio Parisio, today Archivio Parisio – located in Piazza Plebiscito inside the arcade of San Francesco di Paola and in front of the Royal Palace – was the most important photographic studio in Naples in the interwar period and it still has the studio, some equipment and the space dedicated to the exhibitions.
The revolution inside the World Press Photo: the new rules of the most important international photojournalism award
The World Press Photo, the most prestigious photojournalism contest in the world, has significantly revisited their method of selecting and awarding the works they receive every year from all over the globe.
The many passions of Eric Ghysels, founder of 5 Continents Editions
A portrait of Eric Ghysels, founder and director of 5 Continents Editions, one of the most fascinating and peculiar characters of the contemporary Italian publishing scene.
The Photographic Archive of the Turin Museums Foundation – A heritage to discover
The photographic archive of the Turin Museums Foundation, which holds about four hundred thousand phototypes ranging from Nineteenth century to the present day.
Photography at the ICCD between history and contemporaneity
The Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione (ICCD) was founded in 1975 when all the production of two historical institutes flew into it: the National Photographic Cabinet (GFN), founded in 1895 by Giovanni Gargiolli, and the National Aerial Photo Library, founded in 1958. In recent years, the Institute’s interest has also turned to contemporary photography with the acquisition of archival copies of authorial photographic projects.
Filippo Romanelli – “Just Another gender theory”. On gender fluidity
A dense and well-structured project, which became a book, the value of which undoubtedly lies in the extraordinary ability of its author in addressing, without forcing, the complex issue of gender identity through the contamination and questioning of photographic genres.
The treasures and knowledge of the CSAC of Parma
Photolux Magazine’s journey through Italian photographic archives starts from the Centro Studi e Archivio della Comunicazione in Parma, one of the first public institutions to deal competently with photography and today an efficient multifunctional space dedicated to culture and communication. It all began in the 1960s, thanks to Carlo Arturo Quintavalle and a trip to the United States.
RESET – Rethinking society and territory
A look at the four award-winning works from the open call launched by Sistema Festival Fotografia. An important contribution to the analysis of the complex and fascinating contemporary world, in which photography is a key element of interpretation and reflection.
“The beginning of the future” – Giulia Ticozzi about Arcipelago-19 and the exhibition in Lucca
An “Archipelago” of photographers from all over Italy and the narration of the pandemic through images: different but connected works, an extraordinary documentation on display at Villa Bottini. We talk with the curator about the exhibition and the birth of a group with several projects for the future.