Thanks to Sudest57 and particularly Biba Giacchetti<\/b>,\u00a0Tosetti Value S.I.M<\/i>. launches its \u201cProspettive\u201d project, and starts out on this fascinating adventure with the photographs of no less a master than Elliott Erwitt, a brilliant interpreter of the human comedy.
\nOn display in our spaces is a special selection from the Icons exhibition, which assembles the most famous images by a photographer who has an uncanny ability to capture the irony of everyday life.
\nCurious, amusing, painful scenarios materialize through his lens with a spontaneity that surprises, and so understanding his approach to taking pictures comes naturally:<\/p>\n
\u201cTo me, photography is the art of observation. It\u2019s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place. It has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n
From the more personal, unposed photograph of Marilyn caught in a quiet moment \u2013 acquired for our collection \u2013 to portraits of Che Guevara, Grace Kelly enveloped in a new light during her engagement party, Jacqueline Kennedy at her husband\u2019s funeral, and the historic shot of Nixon jabbing his finger at Khrushchev.
\nElliott\u2019s documentary photos are always lightened by his ability to find the absurd, surreal side of life.
\nErwitt was born in 1928 in France to a family of Russian immigrants.
\nLeaving his European roots, he soon moved to the United States, but has always been a roving reporter, always travelling.
\nAt the start of\u00a0 his career,\u00a0 he worked for the American government, but the turning point was his encounter with Robert Capa, who invited him to join Magnum Photos in 1953
\nSimultaneously he began to publish his photo shoots, and much of his artistic output has been collected in numerous books.
\nErwitt\u2019s books, journalistic essays, illustrations and advertising campaigns, all reflecting his poetic, melancholy sense of humour, have appeared in publications worldwide for over forty years.
\nHis photographs have the power to reflect universal themes in an incredibly direct way, and for us are an example of how good forms of art touch the observer and are always a necessary source of inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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