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Martin Parr – Life’s a beach

A year and a half later than planned, Martin Parr’s moment has finally arrived. The exhibition will open to the public from 25th September to 12th December 2021 at the Granai di Villa Mimbelli in Livorno. It took determination not to give up on this event threatened by the pandemic but in the end the…

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WinWall: the video, the photos, the story of Laviosa Chimica Mineraria and the Carlo Laviosa Foundation project. The first installation in Livorno.

Walls protect, hide and demarcate. Often, walls divide and our recent history, indeed very recent, is full of examples of walls being erected in the name of some all-important cause. A wall is built, brick by brick; an opening can be added but a wall is never fully open. If it’s fully open it’s no…

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“We will travel again: working in tourism – between tradition and new forms of hospitality” – photographic competition open from Tuesday March 23rd 2021 to midnight May 16th.

Once upon a time there was tourism. Grand hotels in places of renown, guests in evening dress, waiters in uniform or luxury Mediterranean cruises spring to mind, but also the small hotels with a panoramic view and local cuisine, the bed and breakfast booked from one year to the next, home-from-home, « same beach, same sea »….

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Nelita Specchiera

Landscape, passion and contamination

The workshop took place on 14th, 15th, 16th June, led by Letizia Battaglia and Roberto Timperi. Letizia Battaglia was charmed by the industrial area of the city on her first visit last January and so we proposed working at the Laviosa Minerals HQ which, like all industrial environments, is bursting with photogenic potential, forever fascinating…

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Letizia Battaglia talks about the photographic exhibition

Quality is paramount, just as is discipline in work or research for a project. We are not looking for superficial images. [Letizia Battaglia]  

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