Inaugurated the exhibition in Bari 'Sun in hands "
On show 250 photographs of a trip through the territory of Bari
20/12/2006 - It was inaugurated on Friday December 15 in Bari, the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema, the exhibition "The Sun in the Hands" - Bariphotocamera - One click to the economy. Promoted and organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture in Bari, in partnership with the patronage of the Mediterranean Region of Puglia, and official sponsorship of Fidanza systems, the exhibition, designed by Chicca Maralfa Laera and edited by Cosmo, stems from an ambitious challenge launched by the business community to that of art photography: finding a meeting point, visible, between economy and culture. "The exhibition The sun in the hands - says Louis Farace, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Bari - is our recognition in Bari, in the province, business and territory. It 'an effective and practical to give visibility to people, businesses and places to reward their patience and recognize their talents, in a renewed relationship between economic, culture and creativity "150 Italian and foreign photographers joined the project of the Chamber Bariphotocamera of Commerce of Bari, offering fascinating paths for images that tell companies, sites, industrial areas, centers of excellence, ports, roads, airports, in the territory of Bari and its province, in a perspective and innovative personale.Francesco Cito, Mario Cresci, respectively, with the photographic works "boats, fishermen and fish" and "The sun is in the hands, are the joint winners of the international prize for photography" Bariphotocamera. "Exhibition of 250 photographs selected from the most important work, on a journey through the territory of Bari told and revisited the artistic sensibilities of the authors. New works, created especially by Mario Cresci, Francesco Cito, Cristina Bari, Carmelo Bongiorno, Enrico Bossan, Donato Del Giudice, Davide Monteleone, John Cataldi, Marco Di Stefano, Francesco Giusti, Claudio Gobbi, Ramak Fazel, Massimo Siragusa, Claudio and Simona Sabatino Ongarelli and many altri.Il exhibition winds through the many production realities of a land that has the Sun in their hands "because - says Mario Cresci - in this symbolic idea of \u200b\u200blight, where the photo lives are placed both images of a rural past, unavoidable, and current research: because the sun hath the life of the ancient culture of the same value of the light that illuminates the mind the knowledge and hope of the future. " Mario Cresci with its goal to help you discover the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, a research center and international training for agriculture, the flagship of the territory of Bari, but also a meeting place between people, where we compare knowledge, techniques and above all different cultures. A world of coexistence and tolerance that wants to be risen to model vita.Francesco Cito however deal one of the oldest professions in the coastal cities: fishing. A report its true, a trip to the tradition preserved by Mimmo fisherman with the wrinkles on the face of fatigue, but also a glimpse of modern fish farming, the new "face" of the sea. "In a changing world only faith remains unchanged," writes Cito, who photographed the ritual of a procession to the sea, Madonna with the stern of the vessels. The realities faced in many other shows, like the trip to the dairy sector, proposed by Carmelo Bongiorno, who tells us the milk in its many forms, light and matter, country and steel industry from the ground, fathers and children related by a white wire that turns, there where your hands will never have fear of being replaced by machines. Land and sea, solidity and fluidity, tradition and innovation, identity and transformation: an inexorable becoming that, thanks to the photo, is told in this exhibition. What is plain for all eyes will be faced by the author's of these great photographers who show places, contexts, situations and people with an emotional charge that compel the viewer to reconsider the social and aesthetic value. Since its debut in Bari, the exhibition will tour galleries Fnac in Italy and abroad. The catalog, edited by Cosmo Laera and Chicca Maralfa and texts Bauret Gabriel, Joan Calvenzi, Oscar Iarussi and Antonella Pierno, is published by Federico Motta Publisher. Contributors to the project Bariphotocamera: City of Bari (Department of Culture and Economic Activities), Province of Bari (Department for Productive Activities, Region Puglia (Department of Economic Development), Club Business for Culture of Confindustria, bari.sii partner cultural initiative: The Galleries Fnac; Academy Brera Academy of Fine Arts - Department of Design and Applied Arts - School of Photography, Provincial Art Gallery "Corrado Giaquinto" Bari Department of Architecture and Urban Planning at the Politecnico di Bari - University Museum of Photography.
And now it's up to me: "With some photos, on the whole a really good show especially Mario Cresci very good!
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