Due leggende della fotografia arrivano a Ostuni! Incontro con James Nachtwey & Philip Holsinger

June 20th
5:00 PM
Council Hall of the Municipality of Ostuni, Piazza della Libertà

An extraordinary and unrepeatable event: two absolute masters of photography—names that have marked the history of contemporary imagery—will be live, ready to share their stories, their visions, and the milestones of their incredible careers.

An intimate and powerful meeting with two "big shots" of the industry, who rarely make public appearances. A unique opportunity to hear the stories behind the shots, the experiences lived in the field, and to be inspired by two out-of-the-ordinary creative paths.

Free admission until full capacity is reached. Don't miss it!

James Nachtwey is among the most important contemporary war photojournalists. Born in New York State in 1948, he was profoundly influenced in his decision to become a photographer by the images of the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement. In 1981, Nachtwey undertook his first foreign assignment in Ireland during the hunger strike of some IRA activists. Since then, Nachtwey has dedicated himself to documenting wars and social conflicts. His work as a photojournalist has taken place in numerous countries, such as El Salvador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, Israel, Indonesia, Thailand, India, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, the Philippines, South Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Romania, Brazil, and the United States. Nachtwey has worked for Time since 1984 and was a member of Magnum Photos from 1986 to 2001.

Philip Holsinger is an American photographer and writer specializing in the study of tribal behavior. His long stays—often lasting years—in some of the world's wildest areas give rise to intimate stories, created in analog, in the tradition of W. Eugene Smith and Peter Beard. He has worked in some of the planet's most unstable regions, documenting conflicts and situations of severe human risk: from post-war Bosnia and the war on drugs in Southeast Asia to the conditions of remote peoples like the Miskito Indians of Nicaragua, once at the center of the Iran-Contra secret war. For three years, he lived in Cité Soleil, Haiti, where he shared daily life and studied the national gang network of warlords. He has also undertaken five long expeditions with the nomadic shepherds of Tusheti, in the Republic of Georgia, to study the clan and tribal systems of the former Soviet satellite republics in the Caucasus region.
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