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Fotografia Europea since 20o6

Fotografia Europea is an international cultural festival dedicated to contemporary photography.
The festival, created in 2006, is promoted by the Fondazione Palazzo Magnani and the Municipality of Reggio Emilia and it won Photo Festival of the Year at the Lucie Awards 2022 in New York.
Fotografia Europea uses photography as a tool to reflect upon the complexity of the contemporary living following the lesson of the local photographer Luigi Ghirri, a prominent figure in the late ‘900s photography’s renewal, whose archive is stored in the city.

The festival takes place in different locations of the city, both public and private, formal and informal, and it consists of a central core of exhibitions among which new ad hoc commissioned productions, related to a specific theme identified every year by the Scientific Committee.
The exhibitions are accompanied by a rich program of events, conferences, screenings, workshops, portfolio reviews and site specific performances.

The program is also enriched by the OFF circuit: the free and independent section of Fotografia Europea, that springs from the spontaneous initiative of individuals, galleries, associations and public and private institutions, and that offers exhibitions and events all over the territory.
Fotografia Europea is also an ongoing project: since its first edition it has acquired more than 1,000 works, which are available on-line and stored in the photo library of the Biblioteca Panizzi.

In 2022, the festival won Best Photo Festival of the Year at the Lucie Awards in Los Angeles. European Photography is an international cultural festival dedicated to contemporary photography. Founded in 2006, it is promoted by Palazzo Magnani Foundation and the Municipality of Reggio Emilia.
The starting point is photography as a tool for reflecting on the complexities of contemporary times, following the lessons of Reggio Emilia photographer Luigi Ghirri, a leading figure in the renewal of photography in the second half of the twentieth century, whose archive is preserved in the city.

The program is also enriched by the OFF circuit: the free and independent section of Fotografia Europea, that springs from the spontaneous initiative of individuals, galleries, associations and public and private institutions, and that offers exhibitions and events all over the territory.
Fotografia Europea is also an ongoing project: since its first edition it has acquired more than 1,000 works, which are available on-line and stored in the photo library of the Biblioteca Panizzi.

Also enriching the program is the OFF circuit: an offer of exhibitions and events scattered throughout the territory and promoted independently by galleries, associations, public institutions and private entities.
Fotografia Europea is also a permanent project: since its first edition it has acquired more than 1,000 works, which can be consulted online and are preserved at the Panizzi Library Photo Library.

In 2022, the festival won Best Photo Festival of the Year at the Lucie Awards in Los Angeles.