Fotografia europea
Reggio Emilia 2007
settimana
di apertura
27 aprile
5 maggio
mostre fino
al 10 giugno
Palazzo Magnani
Palazzo Magnani
1 april – 27 may 2007
WERNER BISCHOF “IMMAGINI”
Cured by: Sandro Parmiggiani
Production: Palazzo Magnani
The exhibition at Palazzo Magnani dedicated to Werner Bischof recounts the photographer’s vision of three continents during his travels from 1945 to 1954. The communicative power and elegant composition of his photographs reveal a profound truth that would otherwise have remained undiscovered. Two years before his death, Bischof, sought after by leading international magazines, wrote from Indochina after having completed a commissioned reportage that can be considered his photographic legacy: “I’ve had enough: this hunting for stories has become hard to handle – not physically, but mentally. I no longer feel the joy of discovery in my work. Here, what counts above all is material wealth, making money and inventing stories to make things interesting. I hate this trade in sensations….It was like prostituting myself, but now I’ve had enough. My inner self is and will always be that of an artist.”
Palazzo Magnani
corso Garibaldi 29
tel: 0522.454437
www.palazzomagnani.it
Hours
Every day 9.30-13 e 15-19. Monday Closed
Tickets
Full price 7€; concessions 5€; students 2€ (reductions available for holders of tickets for European Photography 2007).
Image: Werner Bischof, Perù, Sulla strada per Cuzco, vicino a Pisac, nella Valle Sagrado del Fiume Urubamba , maggio 1954. © Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos
