The film “Goodbye Lenin!” was released in theatres in 2003, instantly becoming a cult. This is because, through the stories of the protagonists, illustrates very clearly and with brilliant irony the phenomenon of “ostalgia” (from the German “ostagie”, a compound word from the merger of “ost” east, and “nostalgia” that nostalgia), the nostalgia of the

This year’s edition of the recently concluded European Photography in Reggio Emilia has got me excited. Among the many proposed exhibits, other than those of the “great” ones such as Bialobrzeski and Vitali, (it’s a fantastic opportunity to see them together … two of my most admired artists), the one that caught my attention was

For about 20 years Massimo Vitali’s photographic research develops, unlike that of Peter Bialobrzeski (see previous post), far from the cities from the tumultuous urban development, to concentrate more on those sites which could be defined “for free time”; places, however, characterized by the equally “high resident density,” in some respects identical to that of

Asia contains the highest concentration of megalopolis; 18 of the 30 largest cities in the world are located in this continent. This phenomenon is recent and is caused by the very strong economic boom and by the high population density. These two factors lead to an unprecedented urban change, which is mostly apparent in the

Abandoning the role of super singer, sought after and desired by all Hollywood stars – who has regularly “iconified” in his shots or video clips – abandoning the hyper-worldly life, abandoning Los Angeles, he has retired to his home in Hawaii, surrounded by forest and silence. From being a Star (with a capital S), to

Do not photograph the ragged, jobless, hungry. Do not photograph prostitutes, beggars on the steps of the churches, retirees on benches alone waiting for death as a train in the night Do not photograph the humiliated blacks, their horrible dreams. Society took everything from them, do not take photography from them Do not photograph handcuffs

I was in the bookshop, and rather lazily I was looking at a shelf of photo books. I didn’t find anything that was particularly interesting. All of a sudden, I saw it. It was there, small and black, rather anonymous. It definitely intrigued me. I took it, opened it and started to browse it. This

«Dear Santa Claus, If you would like to see all the decorations intact on the Christmas tree for the next year, I suggest you bring me a new dishwasher, a new smartphone and especially that beautiful 4WD off-road Jeep which climbs everywhere for my child and which I saw in the store in front of

“Ai miei tempi era tutto diverso” amava spesso dire mio nonno, quando da ragazzino lo andavo a trovare e quando poi, immancabilmente, dopo aver affermato questo partiva “a nastro” a raccontare le sue storie, che io, ovviamente, mi ascoltavo ogni volta con estrema attenzione. Ha fatto così fino a poco tempo fa, mio nonno, anche