TARANTO - A summer exhibition of photographs by Marcello Nitti, called 'Soul Senses,' returns from June 16 to the end of July. 

 The place of the exhibition remains the same, in the alleys of the charming historic center of the dynamic Apulian town, in via Agesilao Milano no.13, with the elegant set up created by Print Me, where the previous exhibition had ended last summer, with success and interest of the public. The images bring back glimpses of life and objects of everyday life transfigured by moments of impalpable and unrepeatable plays of light that cloak what the observer sees with a feeling of surrealism.

 The exhibition of photographs is outdoors from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., in natural light so it is advisable to see the exhibition between 6 and 7 p.m. when visibility is optimal. The event is presented by the director of FotoArte, Raimondo Musolino. Regarding his photographic technique, Marcello Nitti clarifies that he does not use successive reworking, it is nothing more than the photos taken in the darkroom with analog photography. He has no particular technique, but he likes to work with natural light. "Sometimes to take a photograph I wait months to find the light I want." He usually takes two or three photos with a single click and, without any digital manipulation, transposing them onto "fine art" paper with high-quality ink in medium and large formats. 

 Photo-artist Nitti has stated in various circumstances that he appreciates the romantic and pictorial side of photography, while considering himself a modern photographer. So, if photography resembles a painting it means that, for him, reality resembles a painting. Indeed, he states that "if there is manipulation of the image that is one thing, but if reality is what makes it look like a painting to us then the skill of the photographer is in capturing reality that way. I like that a photograph resembles a painting, because it means that one has succeeded in making reality a dream-inducing picture." 

 After four exhibitions in Sweden in past years, this solo show is the second in Italy, and Martina Franca was chosen both because Puglia is the author's homeland and because the region remains a unique and fertile source of inspiration for his work. On the other hand, the town is known for its sensitivity to hosting wide-ranging and prestigious cultural events such as the well-known Itria Valley Festival, whose 48th edition is scheduled from July 19 to August 6.  The exhibition connects well with the lively local cultural summer.

 The Taranto artist is a professional photographer. He has documented 30 years of musical subjects and various aspects of humanity in images with passion and dedication, placing this photographic activity side by side with a myriad of other initiatives: journalistic, radio, and music promotion in various venues. During these years he has increased his commitment to artistic photography, developing and perfecting innovative personal techniques, producing photographic works that are still exhibited and appreciated in Northern Europe. His photography is the result of a technical study that finds its source in experimentation with the possibilities and limits of the camera. The research is also aimed at representing an abstractionism that under certain conditions that the technical medium used produces, makes images that capture different versions of natural visual perception, explore the unknown and reveal a world precluded to our subjective and rational knowledge.

 In 2007, with Giuseppe Basile, he established the non-profit Cultural Association "Geophonìe," which curates photographic archives and documentation, vintage printing and editorial experiments aimed at enhancing amateur heritages in private collections, in the field of music, or in support of artists and authors, in the field of photography and literature.

https://geophonie.it/

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