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OltreNero by Alessandro Cosmelli and Marco Mathieu |
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Friday, 29 May 2009 |
It’s hard even to define them, as they’re prompt to defy labels. They
are the far right youth, a varied galaxy, although extremely reduced.
Many of them don't accept the classical definition “Left/Right”: they
reckon they are “beyond” or, as they say, simply “fascists”.
In order to portray them you should drop any kind of judgement or
prejudice and just accept to set aside the “politically correct”
category, because behind often undefendable opinions, you happen to get
to know very good and warm people, who wrongfoot those who believe they
are going to interact with few fanatical and violent racists.
Alessandro Cosmelli and Marco Mathieu have realized a long survey on
this new Italian reality. The results have been published on the book
"OltreNero - Nuovi.Fascisti.Italiani" (Contrasto editions).
To leaf through its pages/buy the book, click here
To watch the video, click here
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De Estambul a El Cairo by |
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Wednesday, 04 February 2009 |
The book "De Estambul a El Cairo" is a story told through visions and words, by photographer Riccardo Venturi and Spanish writer and journalist Eduardo del Campo Cortes, during a 3,500 kilometres journey, from Istanbul to Cairo. This work is the result of a research assigned by Fundación Tres Culturas of Seville, directed by the Spanish Government, the Moroccan Government and by the Foundation of Israeli President Shimon Peres, with the aim to promote social and political dialogue and the artistic expressions of a cultural diversity in the Mediterranean. The illustrated book will be published in Spain by Editorial Almuzara on March 2009, and the related images are going to become a photographic exhibition housed in the prestigious building of Fundación Tres Culturas in Seville.
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"Portraits in prison" by Luigi Gariglio |
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Monday, 07 January 2008 |
Prisons are places to avoid, to forget. But what about those who live inside them? Faces of people that our society hides so that we will not see them, preferring to imagine them as inhuman monsters. Luigi Gariglio’s portraits end the prejudice that accompanies and marks these people for the rest of their lives, showing them in their utmost normality and dignity. The book has been published by Contrasto Due publishing house.
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"Nero" by Francesco Cocco |
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Thursday, 03 January 2008 |
Africa lands every day on the Italian coasts, bringing a weight of desperation and hope. On these very sunny and Mediterranean lands, the earth is supported every day by the sweat of men and women. Under the sun and under inhumane conditions, an army of ghosts runs an entire economic sector, the one concerning agriculture. This book relates through exceptional images the other Italy, the one which is hidden, it shows men’s and women’s faces who bring us all the African world and other far away worlds. But they are too often cancelled by that label called “clandestine”. "Nero", which images have been shot by Francesco Cocco in collaboration with MSF, has been published by Logos publishing house.
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"Viaggio Intorno a Casa" by Lorenzo Cicconi Massi |
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Tuesday, 01 January 2008 |
"Viaggio Intorno a casa" presents a selection of black and white images that are the poetic and intense interpretation of places and well-known people, yet somehow alien to the concept of space and time. The extreme usage of the black and white, the experimentation in the dark room, the visionary style and the intensity shown by Cicconi Massi throughout images of hills, glances, things and people, renews the visual tradition of Mario Giacomelli, Lorenzo Cicconi Massi's avowed guide. The book, edited by Contrasto Due publishing house, has been published in 2007.
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"Dusha" by Davide Monteleone |
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Monday, 31 December 2007 |
Dusha, soul. The same root of the verb “to breathe”; as if the soul were a long breathe, a gasping attempt to survive when you feel assaulted. But dusha is also synonym of person, man. "Dusha" is the title of Davide Monteleone's endless journey throughout the immense Russia. The book, enriched with the texts by Viktor Erofeev and Margherita Belgiojoso, has been published by Edizioni Postcart Srl.
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