Overview
A photography exhibition dedicated to the ninety- four year-old Italian photographer, with roots from Calabria (Magna Graecia), Mario Carbone. Carbone’s body of work that for more than half a century, unintentionally covers a wide range of activities, from the lives of people all across Italy, to the artistic happenings of the avant-garde, mainly in cities, the organizers intention was for this selection to work as a subset, to reflect the broadness of spirit and choices Carbone made.
The exhibition aims to pay tribute to the liveliness of Carbone’s life’s work, which reflects the persistent love for the post-war Italy of the people, and the poetic outline of their everyday lives.
Photographs that are presented in this exhibition, have recently been included in Giovanni Fannelli’s book, “Rome. Portrait of a city” from Taschen.
Running from May 16, the exhibition goes on until July 27th (Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 16:30).
Mario Carbone
Mario Carbone was born in San Sosti (Cosenza) in 1924. He learned the profession of photography at a young age; from retouching to printing, from photographs suitable for IDs to portraits of newlyweds. He completed a long practical training starting in Calabria where he was born and then in Milan where he also worked in Elio Louxardo’s laboratory. In 1955 he moved to Rome and kicked off his cinematographic activity as a cameraman, director of photography and documentary filmmaker. Carbone won the Nastro d’ Argento, the Silver Ribbon Award thanks to a documentary about the aristocracy in Calabria (1964) and the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Biennale in 1966 thanks to a report –which was enriched with Vasco Pratolini’s texts– about the tragic Florence flood of 1966.
Fun fact: The poster that accompanies the exhibition, was made by the photographer, after meeting with the organizers in Rome, in order to select photographs for this exhibition. The exhibition is dedicated to the wife and muse of the photographer, Mrs. Eliza Carbone.
