Massimo Vitali's Crowded Beaches and Jovanotti Concert Photos at MEF
Italian photographer Massimo Vitali (born 1944 in Como) has captured over two thousand beach panoramas in twenty-five years. Abandoning his photojournalism career in 1995, he now documents beaches, parks, and discotheques from elevated platforms, creating anthropological and sociological tableaux. A current exhibition at the Museo Ettore Fico in Turin displays about thirty works from his career, arranged non-chronologically and open until July 5, 2020. For the first time, it includes shots of Jovanotti's 2019 Italian tour concerts. In a phone monologue curated by Donatella Giordano, Vitali expresses curiosity about the new Coronavirus-imposed rules and uncertainty about future beach scenes, noting that uncertainty is part of his work.
Key facts
- Massimo Vitali was born in Como in 1944.
- He has taken over two thousand beach panoramas in twenty-five years.
- He abandoned photojournalism in 1995.
- He photographs from elevated platforms on high scaffolding.
- His subjects include beaches, parks, and discotheques.
- An exhibition at Museo Ettore Fico in Turin runs until July 5, 2020.
- The exhibition includes about thirty works and is non-chronological.
- For the first time, it features shots of Jovanotti's 2019 Italian tour concerts.
- Vitali expressed curiosity about new Coronavirus rules in a phone monologue.
- The monologue was curated by Donatella Giordano.
Entities
Artists
- Massimo Vitali
- Jovanotti
- Donatella Giordano
Institutions
- Museo Ettore Fico
- Artribune
- Spreaker
Locations
- Como
- Italy
- Turin