A little girl framed by a brightly colored dress like her eyes. It is Africa told by the photographer and documentary maker Pietro Cannizzaro in the exhibition “Tales of Africa”, curated by Glauco Dattini, which will open on 10 March at Palazzo Merulana in Rome and will remain on display until 9 April.
Africa photographed by Cannizzaro is not controversial or demonstrative but chooses, as the writer Dacia Maraini says, “The way of the gaze that becomes color and movement”. The images that make up the exhibition are a selection of over 40 photographs, taken during the filming of the documentary “Stories of Africa”, of which Cannizzaro himself is the author, produced by the International Cooperation and the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation in collaboration with the IOM, in West Africa, between Senegal, the Ivory Coast and Guinea.
There are gazes in the room, hands that paint, the bright colors of the markets, the life that flows in a country often shown for the violence that splits it. In particular, the photos show the positive part of the documentary, which tells stories of people who had tried to reach Europe without success and others who had returned.
“With the photos I wanted to give a face to those who generally see as an indistinct mass on the boats, apparently without identity and dignity»Explains Cannizzaro again. «Whoever leaves, like who returns, is a child of fate and plays with it: if he succeeds it means that it is his moment, if he does not succeed it was your destiny. In the villages, except for a few cases, there is no despair. Those who decide to leave are often not the poorest: money is needed to leave ».
Opening hours: Monday to Friday from 12.00 to 19.00, Saturday and Sunday closed. Access to the exhibition halls will be limited to 40 people per time slot, therefore booking is recommended, which in any case is not mandatory (booking online and at the ticket office of the Palace on opening days and times). The entrance ticket will allow access to the Cerasi Collection.
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