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Simulacra: una recensione di Alan Rapp

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Alan Rapp, Associate Director of Hey Hot Shot, wrote a great review on my “Simulacra” project on his interesting blog “Critical Terrain“. Critical Terrain is where the images, objects, concepts, and disciplines that shape the designed environment are explored and interpreted. Thank you, Alan, for the insightful and intriguing observations on my work. Alan writes: Massimo [...]

CPN Editor’s choice: Barbara Stauss sceglie Ground Zero e Refinery Tripthyc

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CPN Photo Editor Barbara Stauss (picture director at Mare Magazine) has selected, for CPN Editor’s Choice, two of my photographs, Ground Zero and Refinery Triptych. Worth to hear the motivation for the choice (and the other beautiful photographs selected) in a video&audio commentary available here.

It’s 9/11 again. Ground Zero on Next Exit Magazine

It’s 9/11 again. Ground Zero has been published on Next Exit Magazine.

Una Sposa Siciliana su FotoCult

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My photograph “A Sicilian Bride”, winner @ this year PX3, has been published  by the Italian magazine FotoCULT (september 2009)

Ground Zero on EOS Magazine

Just got the news that Ground Zero has been published by EOS Magazine in the UK.

Wrecked Dreams Lampedusa (2009)

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Thousands of tourists flock every summer to the  island of Lampedusa off the coast of Sicily. They mostly come from the northern part of Europe of from Italy for the beaches, the turquoise waters and the cliffs. But there is more happening in this small chalk plateau in the middle of the Mediterranean. Flocks of [...]

Simulacra published in New York Times Lens Blog

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Simulacra has been published in the NYTimes “Lens Blog”. JAMES ESTRIN Writes: “Simulacra of simulacra,” is how Massimo Cristaldi describes his photographs of small roadside votive altars in Sicily — “overwhelmed by galloping globalization and by general indifference.” The nighttime photographs are mysterious and haunting.

International Photography Awards 2009

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My project Simulacra was awarded with an honourable mentions at the International Photography Awards 2009. Official Press release follows: International Photography Awards Announces winners of the 2009 Competition. Massimo Cristaldi of Italy was awarded Honorable mention in the 2009 International Photography Awards Competition. Los Angeles, California, 08/19/2008 — International Photography Awards (IPA) announced the winners [...]

Simulacra (2009)

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Votive altars at Night in southern Italy.

WINNER OF PX3 – Prix de la Photographie Paris 2009

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WINNER OF PX3, Prix de la Photographie Paris Massimo Cristaldi of Italy was Awarded Second Prize in the PX3 2009 Competition. Paris, France Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3) announces winners of PX3 2009 competition. Massimo Cristaldi of Italy was Awarded Second Prize in category Portraiture for the entry titled, “A Sicilian Bride” and have [...]

Venezia, ITALY – Depentendency

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Ground Zero has been exhibited from June 4th to 7th in Venezia, within the collective exhibition organized by Celeste Prize named “Depentendency” . The work, only photograph, has been selected between 700 candidates by a jury composed by MARK GISBOURNE, ADRIENNE GÖHLER AND VICTORIA LU with the following motivation: The powerful aspect of Massimo Cristaldi’s [...]

Poggioreale (2009)

Poggioreale

Forty years ago. Belice valley Earthquake (Sicily/Italy). 6.3 Richter, 370 deaths, 70.000 evacuees. Poggioreale, Gibellina, Salaparuta, Salemi, Menfi and other towns destroyed or heavily damaged. In some cases entirely rebuilt elsewhere. In the case of Poggioreale, that look still nearly ok from the distance, on his cultivated hill, the feeling, with the images of the [...]

Photography Masters Cup, International Color Awards 2008

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The International Color Awards has just announced the list of winning and honorable mention photographers at the Photography Masters Cup. I’m glad to communicate that my photograph “Nobody Believes You!”, part of the “A Men’s world” project has been nominated in “People” together with  “Sicilian CountryHouse”, part of my “Traces” project, nominated in “Architecture”. A [...]

Refinery Again (2008)

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Nature is able to adapt. Recently, for instance, great catastrophes, as petrol spills in the sea, did not produce, in some cases, all the predicted effects thanks to the extraordinary resilience of ecological systems. Our planet evolution, even if only in the last century heavy marked by the so called “industrial progress”, always showed an [...]

New Website

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Sorry, but this post is not available in English. You can read it in Italian by clicking to the italian flag on the bottom of your screen.

Birmingham, UK – Ground Zero @ Focus on Imaging 2009

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Ground Zero is on display in BIRMINGHAM (UK) from 22 to 25 FEB 2009 at the Focus on Imaging 2009. FOCUS ON IMAGING is Europe’s biggest annual imaging show, covering professionals needs from image capture through to output and beyond. Professional Photographer has dedicated a special feature to the event. You can read it online [...]

British Journal of Photography

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Il numero del 28 Gennaio del British Journal of Photography pubblica un breve reportage sulle fotografie che hanno vinto il Travel Photographer of the Year 2008. L’articolo, leggibile anche online, si intitola “Travel the world and make money doing it” e riporta un paragrafo su di me che considero particolarmente lusinghiero: Best of the best? [...]

Oculus Asini (2008)

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Oculus Asini (Donkey’s Eye) Donkeys. Ignorants? Clumsy. Not well done horses? Biblical. Accommodating. Irremovable. Enduring? Intimate. With a look that wraps, between open fields and trenches, our being free, and, in the same time, prisoners. 24×17 inches / 60×40 cm Limited edition of 50 Archival Pigment Prints 24×17 inches / 60×40 cm Limited edition of [...]

Travel Photographers of the Year 2008

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The Travel Photographer of the Year contest has announced the list of winning, special mentioned and shortlisted photographers. I’m glad to communicate that my photograph “Ground Zero“, part of the Impressions of NYC project,  won the Travel Photographer of the Year 2008 Contest in the category Destination Anywhere. Judges verdict on the photographs is: Massimo’s [...]

Black & White Spider Awards 2008

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The Spider Awards has yesterday announced the list of nominees, honorable mentions and winners. I’m glad to communicate that the jury has nominated my shots “Ground Zero” (nomination in Architecture and in Photojournalism) and “The Politician” (nomination in People). Nominated images will be exhibited at the Spider Awards official Winners & Nominees Gallery reviewed by [...]

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