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VIA LACTEA
BOOK
Via Lactea presents tableau-like landscapes as well as precisely detailed and yet intimate painterly portraits of farmers and farm animals. Tommasini undertakes a visual study of the relationship between humans, animals and topography in the context of a rapidly changing and increasingly mechanized agriculture and dairy industry.
“Via Lactea is explorative, employing a myriad of images to tell a story from multiple perspectives. Tommasini doesn’t follow a singular farm or village, but attempts to create a universal narrative between the farming communities by highlighting their commonalities and shared landscape”.
(Isaac Huxtable, British Journal of Photography)
“Tommasini, der aus einem kleinen Tessiner Bergdorf stammt, begegnet den Menschen und Tieren auf Augenhöhe. Seine Bilder wirken nicht selten wie Gemälde. Es ist eine ganz eigene, schroffe Poesie, mit der er das Verhältnis von Mensch, Tier und Topografie auslotet. Bemerkenswert ist auch die Kombination der Fotografien im Band, etwa wenn sich weisse Flecken im Kuhfell in der Landschaft fortsetzen”. (Xymna Engel, Tages Anzeiger)
“Condotto con un ammirevole impegno negli ultimi quattro anni, dal tono dimesso ma autenticamente partecipato – molto lontano dal protagonismo e carrierismo dell’essere artisti d’oggi – Via Lactea di Alfio Tommasini è uno dei libri più belli stampati in Svizzera nell’ultimo difficile anno – e per il Ticino, uno dei libri più significativi dati alle stampe negli ultimi anni”. (Gianfranco Ragno, Azione)
“Via Lactea est un road trip. Au fil des pages défilent des paysages ennei-gés vierges de toute présence hu-maine, des exploitations qui brillent comme des phares dans l’obscurité, des étables d’où monte le souffle chaud des bêtes”. (Alexander Zelenka, Terre et Nature)
VIA LACTEA
PORTFOLIO
Switzerland (2015-2020)
Web Preview. Portfolio with a wider selection of images is available on request.
VIA LACTEA
AT THE FARM
EXHIBITION INSTALLATION AND OPENING
AZIENDA AGRICOLA CROCE
CAMPO BLENIO, SWITZERLAND
29.12.2017-31.01.2018
VIA LACTEA
PRINTS SALE
Limited edition pictures printed on fine art paper + mounted on designed walnut wooden frames.
(Valle di Blenio-Switzerland)
Fore enquiry about prices and formats, please contact me by e-mail or phone.
Alfio Tommasini Fotografia
Locarno (Switzerland)
alfio.tommasini(at)gmail.com
studio tel: +41.79.671.31.08 (mobile + signal)
skype: alfio.tommasini
Via Lactea Exhibition at Spazio 1929 (Lugano, Switzerland)
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