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Munich Exhibition
Mirella Ricciardi: Vanishing
Africa
07 July – 06 August 2011
Bernheimer Fine Art Photography is proud to announce an exhibition
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Vanishing
Africa.
The
Kenya
born artist Mirella Ricciardi has travelled for over forty years around
Africa
to record her home, country and its people. The result of her journey is
reflected in the unique photographs which form the basis of the bestselling
book Vanishing Africa (1971). Vanishing
Africa was the prototype for the so-called 'coffee-table book', which
granted a new audience an unprecedented insight into the world of the East
African people. It also became a model for Leni Riefenstahl and Peter Beard,
the latter has a close friendship with Ricciardi. When Mirella Ricciardi
began photography in 1967 she did not have any technical training. She was
inspired by the surroundings of
Lake
Naivasha
, where she grew up and a place with a number of native Africans and a wide
variety of animals. These two years of her work include portraits of six
Kenyan tribes and their traditional lifestyle: Samburu, the Maasai, the
Rendille, Turkana, the Bajun and the Gala Boran. Particular focus is on
their traditional way of life and death, and their incomparable simple
beauty.
In
collaboration with Amina Ricciardi, the daughter of the photographer and
founder of Mirella Ricciardi Photographic Archive, Blanca Bernheimer will
show a selection of limited edition large-format platinum handprints and
silver gelatine prints. They provide a unique insight into the world of
East Africa
and Ricciardi's approach to her work. Some of these images have never been
exhibited before and will now be shown at Bernheimer in
Munich
for the first time since the publication in 1971.
Dates:
07
July - 06 August 2011
Opening:
06 July 2011 from 18:00 - 21:00 p.m.
Hours:
Tuesday – Friday from 10:00 - 18:00
Saturday from 11:00 - 16:00
Gallery:
Bernheimer Fine Art Photography
Brienner Straße 7
D-80333
Munich
Germany
Phone +49-89-22 66 72
Fax +49-89-22 60 37
Email:
contact@bernheimer.com
www.bernheimer.com
Further
information:
Simone
Nickl Public Relations
Frauenstraße
20
80469 München
Tel:
+49-89-4807103
Mobil:
+49-177-4807103
Email:
sn@nickl-pr.de
www.nickl-pr.de
www.vanishingafrica.co.uk
Click
here for more information on the Vanishing Africa Exhibition
London Exhibition
22nd February 2008 to 5th April 2008 - The Michael Hoppen Gallery are delighted to announce an exhibition of both iconic and previously unseen photographs by Ricciardi - none of which have been exhibited in the United Kingdom for more than 35 years.
Forty years ago Mirella Ricciardi travelled through Kenya and Sudan to photograph some of the last untouched tribes in East Africa. She returned with a unique collection of visceral photographs that formed her seminal book Vanishing Africa (1971), an international bestseller that is still in great demand. The Michael Hoppen Gallery are delighted to announce an exhibition of both iconic and previously unseen photographs by Ricciardi - none of which have been exhibited in the United Kingdom for more than 35 years. Many photographs in the exhibition, although worthy, did not make the final layout for the book, and will be seen for the very first time as large, limited edition platinum prints. Renowned printmakers, 31 Studio, have produced the oversize hand made platinum prints for the exhibition.
For print enquiries and sales please contact
the Michael Hoppen Gallery
tel: +44(0)207 352 3649
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