Photo Exhibition “VIETNAM – ITALIA: COLORI DISTANTI”

Opening: Fri 14 Nov 2014, 5.30 pm
Exhibition: 14 – 20 Nov 2014
Casa Italia

From Uni-Italia Vietnam:

In the framework of Program “Y-Viet 2014”’, the Italian Embassy in Vietnam has the pleasure to announce the opening of the photo exhibition by Italian photographer Maurizio COFINI “Vietnam – Italia: Colori distanti”, on 14th November at 5,30 p.m. in Casa Italia (18, Le Phung Hieu, Hanoi).

Born in Rome in 1956, Maurizio COFINI started his activity in 1979, paying a special attention to photographic adaptation for theater, ethnics and geography.

Winner of many awards in Italy, Cofini is a passionate reporter who has travelled many times through the Far East and above all in South-East Asia, drawing extensive inspiration for a rich repertoire of images, sensations and emotions.

The exhibition “Colori distanti”, dedicated to Vietnam, has already been displayed in Rome in 2009, followed in 2010 by another showcase dedicated to Vietnam and Cambodia “Mosaico d’immagini. Vietnam e Angkor”. Since the end of 2009 Cofini has been working for the Vietnamese art and architecture magazine KIẾN TRÚC NHÀ ĐẸP that has published some of the pictures in the present exhibition. In May 2010 Casa Editrice Anicia, an Italian publishing house, has released his photo book “Mosaico d’immagini. Vietnam e Angkor”. Cofini works currently for the photo agency Le Clic.

The exhibit hosts images whose twisting colours, fading of lights and shadows, lines intersections contibute all to express the artist’s emottion and strong passion for the two Countries. Cofini finds his personal and passionate way to remind us that Italy and Vietnam may appear far away from each other on the map, but are still bounded by many common cultural and aesthetic features.

Center for the academic promotion and orientation of study in Italy Uni-Italia was established by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Education, University and Research, the Ministry of Interior. Uni-Italia Association has the aim of promoting Italian Higher Education and the mobility of foreign students and researchers towards Italian universities as well as encouraging academic cooperation between Italy and other foreign countries. 

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