Spazio Libri: Fausto Podavini - MiRelLa


 
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    • Booksigning and presentation Sunday 20th of October 15.00

    Mirella is a photographic project and it has received several prizes worldwide such as Sony 2013, WinePhoto 2012, PDN 2012, WorldReport Awards 2011 up to  the 1st Prize in the Daily Life section at the World Press Photo 2013, one of the main International photographic contest. The project started in 2007 and has lasted more than four year, during this time Fausto has followed Mirella, in her daily life, Mirella a woman, a wife, a caregiver who has looked after her husband Luigi, affected by Alzheimer, for more than 6 years.

    Mirella was born as a work on Alzheimer but it doesn’t tell only about the illness, it tells a long story made by hope and resignation, death and life, dedication and love.

    A daily life made by objects, signs, gestures, attentions. Day by day disbelief leaves space for hope, memory leaves space for sorrow.

     

    Fausto Podavini

    Born in Rome, Fausto Podavini works and lives in his home town. He obtained a Master in Reportage from the Photographic Academy John Kaverdash in Milan. After a start as studio photographer, he decides to concentrate his work on reportage as freelance, collaborating with different NGOs to realise reportages in Italy, Peru, Kenya and Ethiopia. In 2009 he started to collaborate with WSP Photographers and he joined the group definitely in 2010, where alongside the photographer role he is also a teacher in photojournalism. Amongst the different acknowledgements obtained, in addition to the 2013 World Press Photo, he won the 2013 Sony Awards, the 2013 PX3, the 2012 Winephoto, the PDN in the Photojournalism/Sports/Documentary in 2012, the World.Report Award in 2011, photographer of the year FIOF in 2011, the PhotoAid in 2010 and the National Geographic in 2009, followed by several honourable mentions in contests at worldwide level (Leica, KLM, Marie Claire). He has also published in numerous magazines and his photography has been exposed in different cities such as Rome, Milan, Buenos Aires, New York, Paris, London and Kuala Lumpur.

    Sito internet: www.faustopodavini.eu