Fotografen - Einzelansicht

"Theo Volpatti was born in 1977, among mountains of Valtellina, Italy.
He moved to Milan to follow his University courses at Politecnico. In the same period he began to deepen his interest for photography attending courses at I.E.D.
IN 1999 he moved to New York where two years later he finished his studies with a specialization in photography. From 2001 his images have been projected annually during the initiative "La Milanesiana", under the sponsorship of the Province of Milano, held at Palazzo Isimbardi. His shots introduced and remarked on performances of worldwide known writers and artists.
In 2002 he documented many pacifist demonstrations in the U.S., and started an ambitious project on Jewish neighborhoods in New York with the aim to illustrate a possible cohabitation among different ethnic groups.
In 2003, he introduced four unusual portraits in occasion of the exhibition "Young American Photographers: Challenging The Future", held at "Gallerie des Galleries", Gallerie La Fayette in Paris. In the same year Teti Editore Publishing House, located in Rome, in collaboration with RCS, housed Volpatti' shots in occasion of the exhibition dedicated to Italian photographers .The photos were shown at the Exhibit Palace in Saint Petersbourg for the anniversary of the city foundation. Also in 2003 he made an artistic photo survey of the,Carangueyeiros' in the Bahia mangroves.
Putting to good use his trimestral employment as university assistant to Photography Courses at Bir-ziet University (Ramallah - WestBank), Theo embarked on a wide reportage on Occupied Territories;an intimate cross-section about daily life in that region. At the moment he's preparing an exhibition, organized by the Palestinian National Authority in Italy.
In 2004 he documented the movie "Looking for Alfred", directed by Belgian Artist Johan Grimonprez. Related images are currently exhibited in London, at The Photographer Gallery, as well as at the National Museum in Rotterdam. In the same year, in occasion of the Festival "Portfolio in Piazza", held at Savignano, Volpatti won "Marco Pesaresi Scholarship" for his project "Palestine", a reportage about daily life of Palestinians. At the end of 2004 he went to Mongolia .He intentionally left apart folk aspects of the country, and focused his documentation on the dark sides of Mongolian society."

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