Archivio Fotografico Italiano
C.F. 90033100125
P.IVA 03114790128
www.archiviofotografico.org
Contact: Claudio Argentiero T 347 5902640
e-mail: claudio.argentiero@alice.it
PRESS RELEASE
EUROPEAN PHOTOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL
18th October – 23rd November 2014
Busto Arsizio – Castellanza – Legnano – Gorla Maggiore – Olgiate Olona – Milano
Photography to merge cultures, peoples and generations
www.europhotofestival.it
European Photographic Festival is back for the 2014 edition, a cultural melting pot,
conceived by AFI – Archivio Fotografico Italiano, with the sponsorship of the Municipality
of Busto Arsizio, Castellanza, Gorla Maggiore, Olgiate Olona, Samarate and Legnano, the
Tourism Agency of Provincia di Varese, Provincia di Milano – Casa delle Culture nel
Mondo, with the collaboration of Ester Produzioni, with the technological support of
EPSON Italia and with the contribution of a wide range of Associations, Schools and
private persons.
With the high ambition of being one of the most relevant event of the national scene, offer
a structured visual journey, who wants to be an opportunity of meditation and a vibrant
comparison of languages, embracing a wide geographical area and proposing exiting
creative paths.
This new edition, for the first time, extends its boundaries to Milano and its district, to join
a dialogue with the Lombard metropolitan area, focusing on visual culture, by means of
art photography.
A sort of cultural factory, open to Europe, dialoguing with Peoples through the art of the
eye, focusing on aspirations, languages and creativity of artists coming from extremely
different backgrounds.
A project that aim to focus on culture as a catalyst of energy among peoples, exploiting
new perspectives of growing and dialogue among generations who, saved by the beauty,
social commitment, study and the desire to break down borders, find themselves in a
common path of growing and collective responsibility.
Great authors that act as a lighthouse to the young emerging, in a full dialectic
confrontation with the aim to promote debates and reflections on actuality, history, art and
research.
PHOTOGRAPHIC EXIBITIONS
Over forty planned expositions, of famous and emerging authors, foreigners and Italians,
coming from several European countries, present at the opening.
Several are the proposed topics: from geographical to social reportage, from historical
photography to regional photography, from portrait to ancient printing techniques, from
landscape to architectural, to artistic experimentation.
An event able to engage the whole geographical area, public administrators and schools,
by means of laboratories, lectio magistralis and direct involvement of the students in each
phase of the realization of the events.
SOME OF THE EXIBITIONS/ THE AUTHORS:
GIOVANNI VERGA – scrittore e fotografo
VALERIO BISPURI – Encerrados – Travel to South American Jails
PERGIORGIO BRANZI – Paris Similitude
ELENA CHERNYSHOVA – Day of Night – Night of Day
SUSANNA MAJURI – Statement
ERICA EVELINA NYHOLM – A room of one’s own
FRANCIS LATREILLE – Alla scoperta di animali preistorici
NICOLA BERTELLOTTI – Damnatio Memoriae
MONIKA BULAJ con i ragazzi di Velika Hoca – Il miracolo degli occhi
ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI FOTOGRAFIA – Paesaggi Metafisici
LUCA CATALANO GONZAGA – Piccoli Schiavi
ENZO CEI – Fiori. La vita vince – 14 storie di figli
ANDREA BERTANI – Di sogni e di luce…
JACOB BALZANI LÖÖV – Ucraina, il diritto di essere ascoltati
JEAN JANSSIS – Entreintes de terre
MYLENE ZIZZO – Effaces du Monde
MARIE PADLEWSKY – Splendide operaie in India
ELIO CIOL – Gli anni del neorealismo
LUCA CAPUANO – Il paesaggio descritto / siti italiani del patrimonio UNESCO
FRANCESCO CITO – Coma, vite sospese
CLAUDIO ARGENTIERO – Figure silenti
TIFFANY CHUNG – Homes, homs, where art Thou
CARNISIO VIRGILIO – CLAUDIO ARGENTIERO – Incontrando Milano
PROJECTIONS – AUDIOVISUALS – MEETINGS – CONFERENCES
In the schedule, a lot of events dedicated to the languages of audiovisual and multivision,
hosting products appreciated at a national level. A sort of visual contamination to suggest
interpretative paths. Aside, lot of encounters with important photographer, journalists and
experts, involved to speak about their experiences in the field of photography, with
planned lesson even in local schools.
3rd
OSCAR OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AUDIOVISUAL – MEMORIAL FRANCO PONTIGGIA
With the sponsorship of Pontiggia family, inheritor of the unforgotten photographer from
Varese, and strengthened by the national triumph obtained with the previous editions,
here we are with a brand new edition of the National Competition, an event with multiple
installations continuously active from late night to late morning.
Publishing
Moreover to the books of exposing authors, Archivio Fotografico Italiano will present new
releases from its catalogue, available also in the best Italian and foreign bookshop, for
instance:
- Figure silenti. La luce di C. Argentiero interpreta le sculture di Odoardo Tabacchi
- Valli Varesine. Storie di agricoltura e paesaggio – autori vari
- Incontrando Milano. Due autori, due epoche due sguardi –Virgilio Carnisio e Claudio Argentiero
- Vision. La fotografia testimone del tempo – autori vari
- Busto. Immagini di una città immaginata – C. Tancredi, C. Argentiero, Fondo archivio Afi
- Lago Maggiore. Incanti di luce – Claudio Argentiero
Book Day
Photography is not only a plain “clic”; even if it is simple to buy a digital compact camera
and call himself a photographer, this is not.
Photography means stop to take a look and start to see, means to create a though within
your own mind an then turn it into an image, means being able to catch that fraction of
second when all the real life elements put together in a perfect unrepeatable way.
To do that, commitment, devotion and study are absolutely necessary.
One of the best ways to do that is to observe images created by engaged photographers,
read their books, hear their words. For these reason we planned a dedicated space for
books and authors, involved to tell their own experiences.
Portfolio Award 2014
Portfolio reading is a quite important moment of confrontation among qualified experts
and authors, who find in these events an opportunity of growing and development of its
own works. Each year AFI select some authors, signaled by experts, for personal and
collective exhibitions offering a wide visibility even in national and international contexts.
To examine the works, some of the most qualified Italian and foreign experts.
Corsi e Workshop:
During the festival ten events will be proposed, between courses and workshops, with top
experts and photographers. From Reportage with Francesco Cito to Artistic Nude with
Bruno Redares, from Ancient Printing Techniques with Gino Mazzanobile to Glamour and
Portrait with Claudio Argentiero, to Portfolio Making with Roberrto Mutti.
Moreover specific courses dedicated to post production, with national level experts.
Coming soon, on www.europhotofestival.it, the detailed courses and workshops
schedule.
Guided Tours and Laboratories:
Arranging a guided tour of the expositions, even for schools, is for us most important and
constructive. Adding to visits also dedicated laboratories, could be a real opportunity of
cultural growth open to the student parents too. Due to this, competent offices of each
Municipality operated in order to involve the schools into this project, arranging in
advance several activities to approaching young peoples to photography.
Furthermore guided tours are planned dedicated to all audience, conducted by the
authors or expert guides.
Catalogue and guide to events and exhibitions:
A brief guide to events and exhibitions, printed in more the 10.000 copies, will be
complimentary available to the visitors, in addition to a full Catalogue on sale at a
reasonable prize to be accessible to everyone.
Curatori
Claudio Argentiero, supported by qualified experts such Alfiuccia Musumeci, Andrea,
Roberto Bosio e Fabio Preda, in addition to a large team of contributors in charge of
manage specific areas.
Informations and contacts
Festival Press Office:
Claudio Argentiero
Mobile: 347 5902640
e-mail: claudio.argentiero@alice.it / afi.foto.it@gmail.it
Web: www.europhotofestival.it / www.archiviofotografico.org