Elisa Imperi
Photographer
I was born in Umbria. I sometimes take refuge in the small rays of light that love photography.
I approach photography as an autodidact, both digital and analog, studying and reading books on the floor of libraries and taking photographs of the streets of my adopted city, Perugia.
For several years I started working with girls for this series of shots. They are almost all places that have a very personal meaning for me, and I discovered that they were also very personal for the girls who are portrayed in them. The atmosphere is that of my region, where nature takes meaning and where there are wonderful places that make you feel like a tiny person in the midst of a beautiful and great natural scenery.
I photograph to let something out that I have inside, a thought, a dream, an emotion, a cry. Photography is what always helps me. Whether in difficult times or in most peaceful ones.
Elisa Imperi
Photographer
I was born in Umbria. I sometimes take refuge in the small rays of light that love photography.
I approach photography as an autodidact, both digital and analog, studying and reading books on the floor of libraries and taking photographs of the streets of my adopted city, Perugia.
For several years I started working with girls for this series of shots. They are almost all places that have a very personal meaning for me, and I discovered that they were also very personal for the girls who are portrayed in them. The atmosphere is that of my region, where nature takes meaning and where there are wonderful places that make you feel like a tiny person in the midst of a beautiful and great natural scenery.
I photograph to let something out that I have inside, a thought, a dream, an emotion, a cry. Photography is what always helps me. Whether in difficult times or in most peaceful ones.
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Emilio Prini: …E PriniOct 27, 2023 – Mar 31, 2024…E Prini is the most extensive exhibition ever dedicated to the work of Emilio Prini (Stresa, 1943–Rome, 2016). Comprising of over 250 works, the exhibition project, realized in collaboration with the Archivio Emilio Prini, is conceived according to a chronological path which spans fifty years, from 1966 to 2016, to reconstruct the work of one of Italy’s most complex and enigmatic artistic figures from the recent past, whose work has not been fully surveyed to this day. (more…)
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SclavanieUnwanted, Forgotten Promised LandI re-discover parts of my cultural heritage, portraying the different facets of the life of mountain villages in between the Italian and Slovenian borders. What I found was a community of survivors. (more…)
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Bill PhelpsPhotographerBorn in St. Paul, Minnesota, Bill Phelps has built an impressive career despite having no formal art training, lending his talents to Italian Vogue, French Marie Claire, Conde Nast Traveller UK, The New York Times Magazine, Fortune, and Interview (more…)
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UrbanauticaInstitute / JournalUrbanautica is an independent journal about visual anthropology and cultural landscapes that came from humble beginnings, and has now a spread in 4 continents and thousands of followers. (more…)
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Sleepless NightsFeb 28, 2023 – Jan 14, 2024In the contradictory 1980s, several remarkable women artists emerged in Sweden and the Nordic region. Sleepless Nights revolves around them. The name of this exhibition was inspired by Teresa Wennberg’s large video installation Nuit Blanche (1983) (more…)
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ARTPIL / Prescription .139Cinco de MayoOn this day, May 5, Kublai Khan, grandson of Genghis Khan, becomes ruler of the Mongol Empire (1260); After 66 days on hunger strike, 26 year old Provisional IRA member and British MP Bobby Sands dies in the Maze Prison (1981); Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Jamaica and claims it for Spain (1494) (more…)
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Butterfly! Arken’s CollectionFeb 10 – Dec 31, 2023Esben Weile Kjær is a luminous star on the Danish and international art scene. In the spring of 2023, he will curate ARKEN’s collection of Danish and international contemporary art. (more…)
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A World In Common. Contemporary African PhotographyJul 6, 2023 – Jan 14, 2024Bringing together a group of artists from different generations, this exhibition will address how photography, film, audio, and more have been used to reimagine Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives. (more…)
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A Photographic Life: Ashleigh ColemanEpisode 186In Episode 186 The United Nations of Photography founder and curator Grant Scott is in his shed reflecting on commitment to photography and photographers, never getting old, questioning funded photographic institutions (more…)
