«We aim to tell stories that can be understood by everyone and with which the viewer can empathise». This is how Maria Chiara Maffi and Chiara Giancamilli, an artistic duo born in 2018 known as MC2.8, introduce themselves. Minimalism, colour and linearity are the basis of their work. Even when they have to talk about […]
Archivi per Gennaio 2021
YSY Talent: Piero Percoco, the “stay at home” photographer who brings the South’s soul around the world
«To take new pictures, I always have to wait for spring and summer» is an astonishing phrase from the mouth of a young photographer who prefers the everyday mobile phone as a medium. This sentence sums up the style of Piero Percoco, a young photographer from Puglia, Italy: the colour and warmth of the South […]
Where do the mysterious Pandemic Postcards come from? A project across times by photographer Nicola Bertasi
We received mysterious postcards, addressed to the citizens of our virulent times. They are visual stories of epidemics that affect our present and recent past on this planet. A message? A suggestion? A warning or a joke of the space-time dimension? Who cares. Here they are. As in every beginning of the best stories, Pandemic […]
YSY Talent: Marta Giaccone
The work and research of Marta Giaccone (1988, Milan, Italy) focus on family and youth with a particular interest in the feminine perspective. She is also drawn to the juxtapositions of cultures and ideologies found within contemporary American society. Her long-term documentary projects, shot on medium and large format film, have an intimate and contemplative […]