Marta Viola and Stefania Spadoni are two young Italian photographers with different styles and interests, but a common desire to recount life’s experiences in a personal and original way. Life has taken a difficult turn for both of them, an illness, and this has brought them closer together in their desire to recount, each with […]
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YSY Talent: Claudia Corrent, the photographer who mends the past
For you, to remember you often is a sentence that the photographer Claudia Corrent discovered on the back of an old photo, written by a friend of Mirta, one of the women who became a protagonist of this photographic series of about ten images. We take photos to remember, to leave a trace of ourselves, […]
YSY Talent: Daria Addabbo, the photographer who loves the United States and sings Guccini
Un altro giorno è andato, le stagioni di Francesco Guccini (Jaca Book Publishing) is the latest photobook by photographer Daria Addabbo. Newly published, Daria’s photographs are presented with an introduction text by journalist Gino Castaldo and walk us through the places loved by the beloved singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini from Modena, Emilia-Romagna Region. In these places, […]
YSY Talent: MC2.8, two young artists that keep on transforming social issue in photographic projects
«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 […]
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 […]
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 […]