TIRANA, Oct. 6 – Franco Fontana, an internationally-known, contemporary Italian photographer, brings his exhibition to Tirana, after having presented it in Strasburg, Split, Riga, Beograd, Zagreb etc.. In cooperation with the Italian Culture Institute, the exhibition, which opened its doors on the 6th of October at the National History Museum, will be available for the public eye until the 5th of November.
Fontana was born in Modena, in 1933, and he started taking amateur photographs in 1961. His first photography exhibitions were held in Torino, in 1965, and Modena, in 1968. His artistic expression was created during 1970, and was mainly based on the colors and applied geometry that can be noticed in the Italian scenery. Through his lenses, any view – be it urban, rural or industrial – turns into a magical place. Natural shapes turn into surprising colorful backgrounds and the view turns into a vision. Through some now-historical photographs, Fontana established himself on an international level as one of the inventors of colorful photography, particularly as one of the first photographers able to convey in entirely projected language thinking in color, inspired by nature and light.
In 1978, two years after taking up professional photography, he presented Skyline – the first of his many expositions; since then, he has gained international fame by presenting his work to the entire world. From the 1970’s until today he has published more than 40 books in Italy, France, Switzerland, Spain, USA and Japan and has exhibited his work in more than 400 personal and joint exhibitions all around the world.
The trans-avangard work of Fontana – deemed that way because of his frequent use of color and deep geometric lines – can be found on the second floor of the National History Museum, and will be open Monday through Sunday, from 9am till 7.30pm, until the 15th of October and Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am to 5pm, and Sundays from 9am to 2pm, from the 16th of October until the end date of the exhibition.
