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2018

Fuorisalone. Milano Design Week 2018

April 24, 2018June 18, 2018
by admin

The following is a pretty extensive gallery of photos. Though it does not pretend to be an exhaustive review, it aims to visually offer the occasional reader the pulse of the town during the recent Milano Design Week 2018.

*Lost in Corso Monforte*. Milano Design Week 2018

The Milano Design Week, also known as Fuorisalone, is an initiative aimed at giving designers, design firms – but also artisans and small businesses – an exposure to the international audience during the week of one of the most important fairs of the trade: the Salone del Mobile of Milano. Read more “Fuorisalone. Milano Design Week 2018” →

2017

THE BATTLE OF THE ORANGES AT THE IVREA CARNIVAL

March 4, 2017March 5, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

«Arancery« on car in Piazza di Città. Nikon D810, 120 mm (24-120 mm ƒ/4) 1/250" ƒ/8 ISO 400 — “Aranceri” on a car in Piazza di Città

Every year, in Ivrea, Italy, during Carnival, the people stand up to recall and celebrate the story of Violetta, the miller’s newly wed daughter who was supposed to lay, on her first night as a bride, with the lord of the town, according to an old infamous principle named “jus primae noctis”. Read more “THE BATTLE OF THE ORANGES AT THE IVREA CARNIVAL” →

2017

VOLTERRA FORMER PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL

January 22, 2017March 5, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

Volterra, former psychiatric asylum, Maragliano Pavillion. January 2017. Nikon D810, 24 mm ( 24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/6" ƒ/8 ISO 64. — Volterra, former psychiatric asylum, Maragliano Pavillion

Mental asylums radiate a mysterious allure soaked with anguish, injustice, prevarication and deceit.

Volterra former psychiatric hospital originated from an economic evaluation. In the XVIII century, the community of Pisa used to send its own mental patients at a dear price to Siena. To save money, the city launched an offer that was met by Volterra. Therefore, the Mendicity Hospice of this town welcomed the initial body of mental patients and, in 1989 the Mental Asylum was established. The first pavilion was erected near a hilltop called Poggio alle Croci. Read more “VOLTERRA FORMER PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL” →

2017

TWO MEDIEVAL TOWNS IN TUSCANY: 1. VOLTERRA

January 11, 2017March 5, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

Chiesa di San Giusto, Volterra, gennaio 2017. Nikon D810, 120 mm (24-120.0 mm ƒ/4) 1/640" ƒ/4 ISO 200 — Chiesa di San Giusto, Volterra

Volterra is a medieval town in Valdicecina, Tuscany, populated by real people, with real activities (including tourism), compared to San Gimignano (next post), which is a popular destination that lives and earns (profusely) solely upon the tourist industry. Read more “TWO MEDIEVAL TOWNS IN TUSCANY: 1. VOLTERRA” →

Arts

TERRA/MATERIAPRIMA

December 13, 2016June 24, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

A soft carpet of real grass welcomes the visitors of the show. They are encouraged to walk barefoot while they enjoy the artworks on display. Read more “TERRA/MATERIAPRIMA” →

Arts

Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz

June 14, 2016June 24, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

Since 1972, Wolfgang Volz has documented the work of Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Now, in conjunction with the happening “The Floating Piers” that brings the artist Christo on Lake Iseo, a group of entrepreneurs, has funded a retrospective of the photographer’s work at Le Palafitte in Sulzano, dating back from 1968. Read more “Christo, Jeanne-Claude and Wolfgang Volz” →

DAY-BY-DAY

Nowhereland in Suburbia

October 14, 2015June 24, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

Carugate. Nikon D810, 600mm (Sigma 150-600 ƒ/5-6.3) 1/80 sec ƒ/6.3 ISO 400

The places around where I live, where people go to run ordinary or extraordinary errands, may seem nondescript. Nevertheless, in all their ugliness they retain a certain relevancy. Read more “Nowhereland in Suburbia” →

Portrait

M&P

May 31, 2015
by Renato Corpaci

M. Nikon D810, 85mm (85.0mm ƒ/1.4) 1/200sec ƒ/1.4 ISO 64

P. Nikon D810, 85mm (85.0mm ƒ/1.4) 1/1250sec ƒ/1.4 ISO 64

I shot these images to try out a new lens and these friends patiently accepted to pose for me. I know M. since I was ten or something. Italy was going throught a period of great economic development called “Boom” and we had great expectations for our future. Ages… I met P. in a pizza restaurant the night she and M. first met. So, quite some friends. Thank you friends.

Ho scattato queste foto per provare un nuovo obiettivo e questi amici hanno accettato di posare per me. Conosco M. da quando avevo dieci anni o giù di lì. L’Italia stava allora vivendo un periodo di grande sviluppo, il famoso “Boom economico”, e noi coltivavamo grandi speranze per il futuro. Secoli fa… Ho incontrato P. in una pizzeria la sera che lei e M. si sono incontrati per la prima volta. Insomma, grandi amici. Grazie amici.

DAY-BY-DAY

The hands of Gaudenzio the blacksmith

May 30, 2015June 18, 2018
by Renato Corpaci

Le mani del Fabbro Gaudenzio.

Gaudenzio. Canon PowerShot G1 X, 15,1mm (15,1-60.4mm) 1/160 ƒ/2.8 ISO 6400