luigi ghirri. del guardare

Opening: 28th April 2006 at 06.00 pm
April 29 - May 1, 2006
Place: Palazzo Casotti, Piazza Casotti 1, here also: ticket office and bookshop

Opening hours
From 29th April to 1st May: 10.00 am - 11.00 pm
From 2nd May to 25th June: 10.00 am - 01.00 pm / 04.00 pm - 08.00 pm
Closed on Mondays

Organised by Paola Bergonzoni Ghirri and Ilaria Ghirri

Del guardare is a tribute to Luigi Ghirri and his work which comes from the Luigi Ghirri's Heirs Fund, the Ghirri Archive and will include some original negatives and slides kept at the Fototeca of the Biblioteca Panizzi in Reggio Emilia.

The exhibition offers the visitors 70 pictures - of which about 25 are unpublished - laid out to guide the visitor through a short anthological review on the critical eye , the vision and the specific themes which characterise his work.

The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue of pictures and texts by the Author.

The Ghirri Award
Thanks to the will of Luigi Ghirri's heirs and the City Council of Reggio Emilia the aim of establishing an award named after him is about to be realised. This award will seek to respect Luigi Ghirri's desire to avoid that photography be left on its own and thus will reward works which encourage a dialogue between other expressive languages, by promoting the achievement of researches and projects originated from all cultural frameworks like photography, literature, movies, architecture, music, etc...