MIA PHOTO FAIR
9 - 12 MARCH 2018

MIA PHOTO FAIR

Мероприятия

MILAN, 8 – 12 MARCH 2018: EBERHARD & CO., FOR THE SIXTH YEAR, WAS OFFICIAL PARTNER AT THE 8TH EDITION OF THE MIA PHOTO FAIR, THE FIRST AND ONLY ITALIAN FAIR DEDICATED TO ART PHOTOGRAPHY: 130 EXHIBITORS, 90 GALLERIES AND SOME 25,000 VISITORS ATTENDED THE MALL, THE MODERN EXHIBITION AREA. THE MAISON HAS BECOME WELL-KNOWN OVER VERY MANY YEARS NOW FOR THE ATTENTION AND SENSITIVITY IT PAYS TOWARDS THE WORLD OF ART, PARTICULARLY FOR REWARDING TALENT AND SUPPORTING INITIATIVES OF SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL FIELDS. THIS YEAR, SPAZIO EBERHARD PLAYED HOST TO THE WONDERFUL PRIZE COMPETITION ENTITLED ‘PREMIO ARCHIVI APERTI’, WHICH AIMS TO BOTH SHED LIGHT AND PRESERVE SYMBOLIC IMAGES FROM OUR HISTORY, TAKEN IN THE PAST BY OFTEN FORGOTTEN PHOTOGRAPHERS.

THE PRIZE WAS AWARDED TO THE CARLA CERATI ARCHIVE, FOR THE WORK OF AN ECLECTIC, FEARLESS AND CURIOUS ITALIAN PHOTOGRAPHER AND WRITER WHO FIRST BEGAN THE PROFESSION IN 1960 AS A STAGE PHOTOGRAPHER BEFORE CONCENTRATING ON REPORTAGE AND PORTRAITURE. THE PRESTIGIOUS JURY BESTOWING THE AWARD COMPRISED FABIO CASTELLI (DIRECTOR MIA PHOTO FAIR AND RETE FOTOGRAFIA ADVISOR), RENATA FERRI (IO DONNA – CORRIERE DELLA SERA’S WOMEN’S MAGAZINE), LAURA GASPARINI (PHOTOGRAPHIC LIBRARY OF REGGIO EMILIA’S BIBLIOTECA PANIZZI) AND LUCIA MIODINI (CENTRO STUDI E ARCHIVIO DELLA COMUNICAZIONE, PARMA UNIVERSITY).

THE PREMIO ARCHIVI APERTI AWARD CONTRIBUTES TO SUPPORTING COSTS AND ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE WORK REQUIRED IN INVENTORY CREATION AND CATALOGUING, HIGH-RESOLUTION DIGITALISATION, AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE WINNING ARCHIVE. THE AWARD IS PROMOTED BY THE MIA PHOTO FAIR, SPONSORED BY RETE FOTOGRAFIA, IN COLLABORATION WITH IO DONNA (CORRIERE DELLA SERA’S WOMEN’S MAGAZINE BY RCS MEDIAGROUP), WITH AFIP INTERNATIONAL – THE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION, TAU VISUAL NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS, AND ASSOCIAZIONE GRIN – NATIONAL ICONOGRAPHIC EDITORS GROUP, PARTNERS OF RETE FOTOGRAFIA.

FINALLY, AS REGARDS TO THE PREMIO PROJECT, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT TWO HONOURABLE MENTIONS WERE ALSO AWARDED TO TWO GREAT PHOTOGRAPHERS: GIANPAOLO BARBIERI, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY AND PAOLA MATTIOLI, KNOWN FOR HER INVESTIGATIONS INTO MAJOR HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES AND EXPERIMENTAL LANGUAGE. TWO OF THEIR MOST FAMOUS WORKS WERE ON DISPLAY IN SPAZIO EBERHARD AT MIA.