E.ART.H.

TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS


PHOTO&FOOD

Food in Magnum photographs from the 1940s to today

edited by Walter Guadagnini and Costanza Vilizzi

EARTH Foundation presents a collective exhibition linked to the theme of food and its representation in photography over the last eighty years .

Curated by Walter Guadagnini in collaboration with Costanza Vilizzi, the exhibition was created together with Magnum Photos.

Food, tradition and the social role of food are the protagonists of an exhibition and narrative journey made up of 125 images taken by 29 photographers who are members of Magnum Photos, by the great masters of the second half of the twentieth century, such as Eve Arnold, Werner Bischof, Elliott Erwitt, Inge Morath, Martin Parr, Ferdinando Scianna, David Seymour, Alex Webb, up to the contemporary research of Jonas Bendiksen, Cristina De Middel, Alex Majoli, Paolo Pellegrin, to name but a few.

Divided into five sections , which follow both a chronological and thematic progression, the exhibition considers food in its social, economic and symbolic connotation and underlines the inextricable link between human life and all those activities linked to food that belong to both a natural and cultural sphere .

In a context like that of Grand Tour Italia, these reflections naturally take on an even more significant value, underlining the multiplicity of facets that make food a complex element rich in meanings, traditions and possibilities .
 

Ferdinando Scianna, Fashion story for a wedding for Vogue Sposa, Milan, Italy, 1994 © Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos
Ferdinando Scianna, Fashion story for a wedding for Vogue Sposa, Milan, Italy, 1994 © Ferdinando Scianna/Magnum Photos

Elliott Erwitt, Provence, France, 1955 © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos

Werner Bischof, An Italian child in a refugee center, Ticino, Switzerland, 1945 © Werner Bischof/Magnum Photos

Alex Webb, Vegetable and fruit vendors, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, 2017 © Alex Webb/Magnum Photos
Alex Webb, Vegetable and fruit vendors, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico, 2017 © Alex Webb/Magnum Photos

Eve Arnold, Making steamed bread, China, 1979 © Eve Arnold/Magnum Photos
Raghu Rai, Pouring of different colored spices and honey on statue of Lord Bahubali to clean him of sins, Shravanabelagola, Karnataka, India, 1993 © Raghu Rai/Magnum Photos
Elliott Erwitt, Cab Calloway (background, left), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 1957 © Elliott Erwitt/Magnum Photos
George Rodger, Outdoor café on the Champs Elysées, Paris, France, 1961 © George Rodger/Magnum Photos

Martin Parr, New Brighton, England, 1983-1985 © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos
Martin Parr, New Brighton, England, 1983-1985 © Martin Parr/Magnum Photos

Philippe Halsman, Marilyn Monroe, USA, 1952 © Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos
Philippe Halsman, Marilyn Monroe, USA, 1952 © Philippe Halsman/Magnum Photos