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Sinomocene - Prix Pictet Catalogue
Oct
10
4:00 PM16:00

Sinomocene - Prix Pictet Catalogue

An image of my long-term project "Sinomocene" has been included in Prix Pictet's publication "Human", a selection of outstanding photographs by both shortlisted and non-shortlisted nominees that best reflect the current cycle's theme.
Published by Hatje Cantz the publication includes a foreword by Sir David King, Chairman of the Prix Pictet Jury, together with essays by David Christian & Meehan Crist. 

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"People and Place" - LOBA 2020 collective exhibition in Shanghai
Nov
28
to Jan 1

"People and Place" - LOBA 2020 collective exhibition in Shanghai

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As one of the shortlisted artists for Leica Oskar Barnack Award 2020, I have been invited to the group show “People and Place: Leica Oskar Barnack Award 40th Anniversary”, to be held soon at Shanghai Center of Photography.
A selection of images from my ongoing project, Sinomocene, will be on show from November 28, 2020

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Sinomocene in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2020
Jul
14
to Sep 15

Sinomocene in the Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2020

The ”Sinomocene” project, already supported by National Geographic Society, is selected among the finalists for the prestigious Leica Oskar Barnack Award (LOBA) 2020.

“In his “Sinomocene” series, the Italian photographer (born 1974) explores the impact produced by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which reflects China’s growing presence around the globe. Spanning four continents, the project is documented photographically on location in - among other places - Ethiopia, Djibouti, Italy, Cambodia and Kazakhstan.”

The two winners (main and newcomers) will be announced October 22nd.

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The Migrants Who Were on TIME's Cover Will Attend the State of the Union
Feb
5
to Feb 28

The Migrants Who Were on TIME's Cover Will Attend the State of the Union

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Albertina and Yaquelin Contreras, a mother and daughter who were separated for nearly six weeks by U.S. authorities in 2018 to have entered the country from Mexico attended the State of The Union. Senator Jeff Merkley, who invited them, have seen their potrtait on the cover of feb. 2019 Time Magazine. Albertina, 27, and her daughter, who turns 12 on Feb. 5, were featured on TIME magazine’s Feb. 4 cover as part of a special report on global migration, to which I contributed with my portraits.

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"A New Silk Road" nominated for the Prix Pictet
Jan
22
to Feb 14

"A New Silk Road" nominated for the Prix Pictet

“A New Silk Road” has been nominated for the theme for the eighth cycle of the Prix Pictet. Hope – a theme that offers a wide range of creative possibilities and a strong set of connections to the Prix Pictet’s overriding theme of sustainability. Hope in the face of adversity. Recycling. Reforestation. Rewilding. Science – advances in medicine – and technological solutions for global environmental problems. Falling poverty levels. It is time to examine some of the positive actions on sustainability that are beginning to emerge by contrast with the alarming analysis that constantly assails us in the global media.

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The next shortlist will be announced at Les Rencontres d’Arles in July 2019 and the winner at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in November 2019.

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"A New Silk Road" at Photo London
May
17
to May 20

"A New Silk Road" at Photo London

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The diptych Platinum Print "Traces on the Flaming Mountains", 2017 and the installation  of 13 photograph "Silk Ambition" 2017, both part of the series "A New Silk Road" initially featured as a portfolio in the pages of The New Yorker, will be on show at Heillandi Gallery boots during Photo London.

LONDON,  17-20 MAY 2018 SOMERSET HOUSE. 

"Traces on the Flaming Mountains" 2017. Diptych platinum print 76x56cm ed.5.

"Traces on the Flaming Mountains" 2017. Diptych platinum print 76x56cm ed.5.

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"Cursed Field" on Harper's Magazine
Mar
29
to Apr 8

"Cursed Field" on Harper's Magazine

"Reindeer were clustered on the ground, shaking and panting. Patches of their fur seemed to have fallen off, leaving them splotchy; the animals were emaciated, their ribs visible." A report by Noah Sneider and my photos on a mysterious illness affecting Russia’s reindeer on the April issue of Harper's Magazine. 

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War is Only Half the Story
Feb
1
to Mar 1

War is Only Half the Story

“War is Only Half the Story” is a ten-year retrospective of the work of the groundbreaking documentary photography program, The Aftermath Project, which for a decade has supported post-conflict storytelling by some of the world’s best photographers. As a grant-making educational non-profit, The Aftermath Project was founded to help change the way the media covers conflict – and to educate the public about the true cost of war and the real price of peace.

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"The April Theses and In the Russian East" during Photo Vogue Festival
Nov
16
to Nov 29

"The April Theses and In the Russian East" during Photo Vogue Festival

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During the Photo Vogue Festival in Milan (15-19 November 2017) I will show two of my recent project "In The Russian East" and "The April Theses" in an exhibition curated by Heillandi Gallery.

Dal 16 al 29 novembre   -   SPAZIO FONDO MALERBA

via Alberto Mario, angolo via Monte Rosa – 20149 Milano

Orari: Inaugurazione, giovedì 16 novembre, ore 18 – 21.30 venerdì 17 : dalle 14 alle 20.30 sabato 18 e domenica 19 : dalle 11 alle 19.00 dal 20 al 29: su appuntamento, chiamando al +41 91 921 11 oppure scrivendo a info@heillandigallery.ch

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The April Theses at the Davidson College Art Gallery
Aug
31
to Oct 8

The April Theses at the Davidson College Art Gallery

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Lenin Lives, co-curated by Lia Newman, Gallery Director/Curator, and Roman Utkin, Assistant Professor of Russian Studies, explores the afterlife of one of the most enduring and spectacular personality cults of modern history – the worship of the first Soviet leader, Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov – Lenin (1870-1924). As the myth of the immortal Lenin developed, the image of the Revolution’s iconic leader became, not ironically, larger than life. For the rest of the tumultuous twentieth century, Lenin came to embody the idea of communism and the Revolution itself.

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"Imperium and Permixtio" at Officine Fotografiche Milano
Mar
9
to Apr 4

"Imperium and Permixtio" at Officine Fotografiche Milano

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"Sono 15 anni che Davide lavora in Russia, e racconta di Russia. E’ approdato nel paese con delle “risposte”, che il tempo ha trasformato in domande. Il tempo trascorso nei quattro angoli di questo posto ha solo dimostrato l’impossibilità di darle una forma definita. E definitiva. Colpa della sua storia confusa tanto quanto taciuta, di una geografia troppo estesa, della moltitudine di popoli e culture che la abitano, delle dinamiche sociali complesse, dei cambiamenti che si susseguono incessantemente. C’era una volta l’Unione Sovietica, che la cronaca storiografica racconta essersi estinta con un colpo di spugna immediato. Ma sono davvero così repentini, i cambiamenti? Davide si è spinto, e tutt’ora si spinge, ai confini dell’”Impero” per cercare una memoria storica, le tracce della colonizzazione interna, per raccontare una storia fatta di persone, conquiste, soggioghi, potere, ideologia. Ha indagato, sperimentato linguaggi, studiato. Ha cercato nel passato le ragioni del presente, per poterle poi fissare e spiegare, anche al futuro.

Ma la Russia si è rivelata multiforme, sfaccettata, destrutturata, perfino. Non può entrare su un tornio solo. Non può esistere, in un paese del genere, un unico filone narrativo. Non si può sintetizzare in un racconto singolo, per quanto interminabile. L’impero romano non si limitava a Roma, e quello che avveniva al di fuori delle strette direttrici dell’Imperium centrale era un’altra storia. Non c’erano eroi grandi e mitici, ma forse ce n’erano di più grandi cui la storia non ha tributato l’onore della ribalta. E che hanno vissuto Roma come un concetto distante, altro.

E, come per Roma, anche in questo caso la magnificenza del passato, la gloria del presente, la vastità delle dimensioni altro non sono che il riflesso evidente di qualcosa più complesso, sfuggente, nascosto. Ai limiti dell’inafferrabile. Non esiste un solo blocco di marmo, non esiste una sola Russia. E non tutti i pezzi del rompicapo combaciano.

Questa mostra non è il risultato di un progetto giunto alla sua conclusione, ma un punto su un percorso tutt’ora da esperire. E’ una sineddoche. E’ un’ammissione pubblica della difficoltà a raccogliere i fili del discorso nonostante i 15 anni di esperienza. Un corto circuito delle certezze. I dubbi sulla effettiva possibilità di rappresentazione del paese contrapposti alle sicurezze e ai giudizi netti che vengono forniti dai media, tagliati con l’accetta. Eppure. I dubbi sono più simili al paese stesso così come appare a occhi indagatori e attenti, al suo Permixtio, e forse al difficile equilibrio tra individuo e potere.

Una raccolta di appunti, idee e riflessioni ancora approssimativa. O, forse, definitiva. Proprio perché incompiuta."

Chiara Oggioni Tiepolo

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Tajikistan "25 Years After Independence" on NG
Sep
9
to Oct 9

Tajikistan "25 Years After Independence" on NG

It's 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and I'm spending three weeks traveling across Tajikistan to explore the imprint left on the poorest of the former Soviet bloc countries. Here, I meet some of the hundreds of thousands of Tajiks who are believed to be Russian guest workers and who, because of sanctions in Russia and the downfall of the ruble, are returning to their native country.
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