The Photography Exhibit

In front of the library there has been for some time a temporary structure with signs on it saying “Foto/Industria”. It’s easy to guess that this is “Industrial photography”. I had largely ignored it since I’m not much of a museum goer but a new friend that I met doing volunteering in the library urged me to go. In fact he had gone to see some of them and we went together on Friday to see 5 of the exhibits. They scattered around town at many if not all of the museums and the entry is free. You get a badge at the little enclosed kiosk and a map with a description of the exhibits and off you go.

I was particularly struck by the photographs by Edward Burtynsky, a Canadian photographer. The exhibit consisted of a slide show projected onto a large screen. They were described as both beautiful and repellent and I agree wholeheartedly. Here are a couple of examples.

california oil field

dense metal scrap

nickle tailings canada

tires

The others that I saw were photographs by:

Hein Gorny, German industrial photographs from the 1930s

Pierre Gonnar, Photographs of Spanish miners and farmers

Leon Gimbel, photographs of Parisian lights in the 1925

David Lachapelle, photographs of models of industrial settings constructed of beer cans, etc.

You can see all of this by going to the website of the exhibit by clicking here:Foto/Industria Bologna 2015

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