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Cortona On The Move
July 13 / October 1 2017
Director Antonio Carloni
Artistic Director Arianna Rinaldo
“The 2017 edition of Cortona On The Move marked an important phase in the Festival’s growth, both for its content and the number of visitors. Strengthened by 6 years of experience, this year’s edition made a leap forward, accepting the challenge of presenting itself as a groundbreaking festival with respect to the languages of photography that describe our world”
With these words, Arianna Rinaldo, artistic director of Cortona On The Move, closed the 7th edition of the Festival which, in 2017, clocked up 30,000 visitors. And with 499 photos on exhibit, we attempted to transmit to those visitors the importance of photography as a means of communication and for understanding the world we live in.
Programme for the 2017 edition of Cortona On The Move
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS:
Donna Ferrato – American Woman: 40 Years (1970s-2010s)
Matt Black – The Geography of Poverty
Andrea Frazzetta – Danakil – Land of Salt and Fire
Klaus Pichler – Golden Days Before They End
Jessica Backhaus – Rinascita In partnership with Aboca
Donald Weber – War Sand June 6, 1944: D-Day
Justyna Mielnikiewicz – The Meaning of a Nation_Russia and its Neighbours: Georgia and Ukraine
Luis Cobelo – Zurumbático
Daniel Castro Garcia – Foreigner
Francesco Comello – L’isola della salvezza In partnership with FIAF
Pete Souza – Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Miyuki Okuyama – Dear Japanese
Sandra Mehl – Ilona and Maddelena
Terje Abusdal – Slash & Burn
Antoine Bruy – Outback Mythologies: The White Man’s Hole
Farshid Tighehsaz – From Labyrinth
Adam Ferguson – The Afghans
Simone Donati – Non solo gol In partnership with Comune di Cortona
Michael Ewert – I giardini selvatici della memoria_Tracce di una vetrina Curated by Giulia Ticozzi
Silvia Amodio – L’arte del ritratto. Curated by Roberto Mutti from the Archivio Fotografico Fondazione 3M
AA.VV. – 36 Little Good Things. In partnership with Spacenomore
PHOTOBOOK REVIEW AND PRIZE:
The 2017 edition of our Photobook Prize – a competition which rewards the best dummy photo books – was presented by Hannah Watson, director of Trolley Books and T J Boulting Gallery of Contemporary Art. The winning dummy was “Make a Wish” by Loulou d’Aki which will be published as a book, courtesy of Cortona On The Move, and exhibited in the 2018 festival edition.
VISURA PORTFOLIO PRIZE:
During the 2017 edition, a jury composed of the entire portfolio review staff, presided over by Scott Thode, editorial director of VISURA.CO, selected the five most interesting portfolios. The first (tied) prize went to Hiroshi Okamoto for his projects “We do not need you here” and “Recruit” and to Michela Benaglia and Emanuela Colombo for their project “The 7th generation prophecy”. Barbara Zanon, Betty Press e Martina Albertazzi were also rewarded for their projects.
Happiness ONTHEMOVE:
With 193 entrants to the 6th edition of our Happiness ONTHEMOVE Prize, the winner was Pierfrancesco Celada for his project “Instagram Pier, Hong Kong”.
NEW VISIONS:
Launched by Cortona On The Move and LensCulture at the 2017 edition of the festival, there was a big turnout for our first New Visions call, with 938 projects sent in. The contest, open to photographers from all over the world, called for original documentary works that communicate a strong message and novel emotions. The works of 3 finalists: Terje Abusdal – Slash & Burn, Antoine Bruy – Outback Mythologies: The White Man’s Hole, Farshid Tighehsaz – From Labyrinth, will be placed on exhibition during Cortona On The Move 2018. The works of 4 finalists: Poike Stomps – Crossing Europe, Alexander Anufriev – Russia Close-up, Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni – This Land is My Land, Anu Kumar – Nagar, were published on the Repubblica.it website. The works of Mankichi Shinshi – Natural Nature, Christian Werner – Rubble and Delusion, Antonio Faccilongo – Habibi, Kaja Rata – Kajnikaj, Michael Vince Kim – Aeikkaeng, Isadora Romero – Stardust, Piotr Zbierski – Push The Sky Away, and Francesco Zanet – Sicily Today were projected during the inaugural days of Cortona On The Move 2017, together with those of the 7 finalists.
VIAGGI DA COPERTINA:
The photo contest “Viaggi da Copertina”, launched to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Lonely Planet, awarded the first 3 finalists with a place in a workshop held by photographer Richard L’Anson, while all 10 finalists had their work exhibited in a collective exhibition.
ITALIANIONTHEMOVE:
#ItalianiOnTheMove, a photo contest on Instagram launched by Cortona On The move in partnership with Huffington Post, called for images that would display a mosaic of modern Italy through positive stories about Italy’s ‘new citizens’ (settled immigrants). The 20 photos selected were published on Huffington Post and were also projected at the Cortona On The Move bookstore.
Dallol, means the "Hill of the Spirits" for the Afar people. Is the land of geysers, crystal formations and sulphurous springs. In this picture my guide in Dallol, Alì, walking through the landscape. Alì Arata (Afar ethnic group), 23 years old, lives in Hamed Ela, and for 10 years he has been working as a guide accompanying travelers to Dallol and to the volcano Erta Ela. Dallol is a volcanic explosion crater in the Danakil Depression, northeast of the Erta Ale Range in Ethiopia. It has been formed by the intrusion of basaltic magma in Miocene salt deposits and subsequent hydrothermal activity. These craters are the lowest known sub-aerial volcanic vents in the world, at over 45 m (150 ft) below sea level. Numerous hot springs are discharging brine and acidic liquid here. Widespread are small, temporary geysers, which are forming cones of salt. The term Dallol was coined by the Afar people and means dissolution or disintegration, describing a landscape made up of green acid ponds. © Andrea Frazzetta
Danakil
April 2014 , Dniepropetrovsk Two Roma Sisters Ruslana ( 16 ) and Milana (19 ) taking the evening stroll along the Dnieper River. In order to comply with the 2015 decommunization law the city was renamed Dnipro dropping Petrovsk - from the name of Soviet Era leader. Petrovsky was Ukraine Communist leader and one of the officials responsible for implementing collectivization and for the subsequent Ukrainian famine of 1932-33.
A UKRAINE RUNS THROUGH IT
July 2015, Odessa Amina Okuyeva poses for the photo in a flat she shares with her mother and son. Amina left war-torn Chechnia (II Chechen war )and moved to Odessa where she studied and become a doctor. She was on Maidan from December 2014 working as a medical volunteer. In that time her husband was in prison accused of the attempt to kill Russian President V. Putin. After Euromaidan revolution he was pardoned and together with Amina joined " international peacekeeping battalion" of volunteers to support Ukraine in fighting against the pro-Russian insurgency. Presently she is a fighter n the Brigade named after first Chechen president Dzhokhar Dudayev . She also serves as a Brigade Press officer.
A UKRAINE RUNS THROUGH IT
Allensworth, California. Fence post. 2014. From photographer Matt Black’s the Geography of Poverty project to be exhibited at the Cortona On The Move International Photography Festival in Cortona, Italy. To be used in connection with connection with promoting the festival and exhibition only. Mandatory Credit: Matt Black/Magnum Photos.
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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share a private moment as they ride a freight elevator on their way to the Biden Home State Inaugural Ball at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. Mrs. Obama wears the President's jacket. They are accompanied by George Caudill, Advance, Marvin Nicholson, Personal Aide Reggie Love and Secret Service including Don White, left. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Released on request to the Washington Post Style & Arts section for March 1, 2009 article on Pete Souza. 100 days edit for flickr. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama share a private moment in a freight elevator at an Inaugural Ball. Washington, D.C. 1/20/09 Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Jan. 20, 2009 "We were on a freight elevator headed to one of the Inaugural Balls. It was quite chilly, so the President removed his tuxedo jacket and put it over the shoulders of his wife. Then they had a semi-private moment as staff member and Secret Service agents tried not to look." (Official White House photo by Pete Souza) This official White House photograph is being made available only for publication by news organizations and/or for personal use printing by the subject(s) of the photograph. The photograph may not be manipulated in any way and may not be used in commercial or political materials, advertisements, emails, products, promotions that in any way suggests approval or endorsement of the President, the First Family, or the White House.?
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Hong Kong (Hong Kong SAR, China); Date (11, 03, 2016); A young couple practicing jumping in front of the camera; "Instagram pier" is a public cargo pier located on the west side of Hong Kong island; here locals gather for fishing, excercising or walking their pets. More recently the Pier has raised to fame as the “instagram Pier”, where young Hong Kongers and instagrammers come for selfies and scenic photos. I have recently begun curating its "instagram" dedicated account (@insta_pier).
