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Pearson Road – juillet 2021.
Fino al 12 giugno Reggio Emilia ospita Fotografia Europea, il festival fotografico di respiro internazionale.Il tema di quest’anno sarà Un’invincibile estate, titolo preso in prestito da una celebre frase di Albert Camus e che vuole esprimere come le nostre forze interiori, pur nel cuore dell’Inverno, tendano inevitabilmente a sprigionarsi infine nel trionfo e nel continuo rinnovarsi della vita. Ecco tutte le mostre da vedere in questa edizione 2022.

Maxime Riché, from «Paradise». The smoke column of the Dixie Fire rises over Paradise, California in July 2021.

Ernest con le rose di santa Rosalia, artista togolese. Villa Giulia, Palermo 2018, serie Binidittu © Nicola Lo Calzo / Podbielski Contemporary

Nicola Lo Calzo, Chamwill davanti a Daouda e Sefora durante una festa ai Cantieri della Zisa, un luogo publico per le attività cultural e sociali a Palermo. 2018, Palermo, Sicilia © Nicola Lo Calzo / Podbielski Contemporary

Mary Ellen Mark, Tiny in her Halloween costume, Seattle, Washington, 1983 © 1963-2013 Mary Ellen Mark / Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY

Mary Ellen Mark, Girl Jumping over a Wall, Central Park, Manhattan, New York, USA, 1967 © 1963-2013 Mary Ellen Mark / Howard Greenberg Gallery, NY

Seiichi Furuya, from the series "Last Trip to Venice 1985", Venice, 1985 © Seiichi Furuya, courtesy by Chose Commune

Seiichi Furuya, from the series "First Trip to Bologna 1978", Graz-Bologna, 1978 © Seiichi Furuya, courtesy by Chose Commune

Jonas Bendiksen, The Book of Veles, 2021 © Jonas Bendiksen | Magnum Photos
The small Macedonian town of Veles (population ca 50 000) placed itself on the world map during the US elections in 2016, when it became an epicentre for the production of fake news. Looking for a way to make money, local youth created hundreds of “news†websites that emulated American political news portals, with names such as NYTimesPolitics.com, Trump365.com, USAnewsflash.com. These were spread to millions through Facebook and Twitter, and while the local youth made good money from the resulting Google ad revenues, they could also have inadvertently have had an impact on the election of Donal Trump.
Facebook and Twitter changed their algorithms to shut down such activities, but several of the Veles operators were found to have been active in the 2020 Trump vs Biden election as well.

Arianna Arcara, Senza titolo dalla serie “Peeping Tom – La Visita”, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italia 2021. Arianna Arcara ©Cesura