Il-Hagar museum in Gozo is to host an important new temporary exhibition – TIME eMOTION – The photography of Tommaso Vecchi is organised and curated by Valerio Ballotta GBK Malta.
The museum explained that the exhibition presents for the first time ever at international level works by this young Italian photographer who, though he discovered his passion for travel photography just two years ago, has already attracted the attention of important magazines such as National Geographic and Digital Camera.
The photographs published in these magazines will be exhibited exclusively at this event in Gozo. The chosen images will also include a preview of the photographs selected for `Atlas of Humanity,’ a May 2021 Paris exhibition.
The exhibition catalogue, in the Il-Hagar GEMS series, over eighty colour pages contains a collection of images, described and narrated by the photographer himself. The introduction of the catalogue is by Alessandro Bergamini.
The exhibition will display the tangible result of his latest travels, starting from chaotic European capitals such as London, and those rich in art and culture (Paris), and extending to the most remote corners of the planet, in the search for distant cultures.
Tommaso Vecchi [1] introduces visitors to the exhibition to people and tribes accustomed to living in the most alarming social conditions, giving us the opportunity to get closer to these realities. “In the effort of making us touch their essence, he depicts genuinely the beauty and peculiarity which characterise them,” the museum said.
The exhibition tracks the photographic journey of the artist, from the very first shots on the Dolomite Mountains, on to the travels which have deeply marked him, precisely identifying him in the travel photography genre.
It is in India and Tibet that he really understood what it means to travel with the objective of learning more about the culture of distant and unknown populations and to share moments and experiences with them.
This is what challenged him, a few months later, to confront the African tribes of the Omo Valley in Ethiopia. Tommaso, through his photographic equipment, is trying to leave in awe all those who – for a reason or another – cannot travel to such places.
This new exhibition is being inaugurated on Saturday, the 7th of November and will remain open for viewing until the 1st of December.
Il-Hagar advised that because of the current directives to ensure social distancing, there will be multiple opening sessions: 11.30am, 12.30pm, 5.30pm, 6.30pm and 7.30pm on Saturday, the 7th and 11.30am on Sunday, the 8th. Kindly book by indicating a preferred time to info@heartofgozo.org.mt [2]
All are invited: the Exhibition (moreover complemented by unique movie clips which narrate the distinctive rites and ceremonies) can be visited during the normal opening hours of 9am to 5pm, seven days a week. There is no entry fee.
Il-Hagar Museum is located in St George’s Square, Victoria, Gozo.