Tra emancipazione e trasformazioni sociali. Gli scatti femminili dell’Agenzia Magnum in mostra in Veneto

Ospitato negli spazi del Museo Villa Bassi Rathgeb di Abano Terme, il progetto espositivo restituisce al pubblico uno sguardo contemporaneo e internazionale sul ruolo delle donne raccontato dalle donne

Tra emancipazione e trasformazioni sociali. Gli scatti femminili dell’Agenzia Magnum in mostra in Veneto
Newska Tavakolian, Colombia

Evidenziare la forza femminile e il complesso cammino delle donne intrapreso negli ultimi settant’anni: questo è l’obiettivo della mostra Women Power. L’universo femminile nelle fotografie dell’Agenzia Magnum dal dopoguerra a oggi, ospitata al Museo Villa Bassi Rathgeb dal 22 marzo al 21 settembre 2025. A cura di Walter Guadagnini e Monica Poggi, il progetto espositivo riunisce un corpus di scatti di autrici internazionali, facendosi portavoce di sfide, conquiste e ruoli delle donne in contesti intimi e sociali.

Bruce Davidson USA, New York City, 1966, East 100th Street 1 / 16
Bruce Davidson USA, New York City, 1966, East 100th Street
Alessandra Sanguinetti, Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2001, Ophelias 2 / 16
Alessandra Sanguinetti, Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2001, Ophelias
Ferdinando Scianna, Italy, Sicily, Enna, Easter, 1962 3 / 16
Ferdinando Scianna, Italy, Sicily, Enna, Easter, 1962
Eve Arnold, USA, Illinois, Bement, US actress Marilyn MONROE upon arrival at the Champaign airport, 1955 4 / 16
Eve Arnold, USA, Illinois, Bement, US actress Marilyn MONROE upon arrival at the Champaign airport, 1955
Inge Morath, USA, Nevada, 1960, Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits 5 / 16
Inge Morath, USA, Nevada, 1960, Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits
Marilyn Silverstone, India, Udaipur, 1962. First lady Jacqueline KENNEDY returns from a visit to the Lake Palace Hotel 6 / 16
Marilyn Silverstone, India, Udaipur, 1962. First lady Jacqueline KENNEDY returns from a visit to the Lake Palace Hotel
Elliott Erwitt, USA, Arlington, Virginia, November 25th, 1963, Jacqueline KENNEDY at John F. Kennedy's Funeral 7 / 16
Elliott Erwitt, USA, Arlington, Virginia, November 25th, 1963, Jacqueline KENNEDY at John F. Kennedy's Funeral
Susan Meiselas, USA, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1975, The Star 8 / 16
Susan Meiselas, USA, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1975, The Star
Newska Tavakolian 9 / 16
Newska Tavakolian
Myriam Boulos, Lebanon, Beirut, 20 October 2019. From the project, "What's ours" 10 / 16
Myriam Boulos, Lebanon, Beirut, 20 October 2019. From the project, "What's ours"
Rafal Milach, Poland, Warsaw, 02 November 2020. For the past 12 days, women and supportive men have been protesting against the introduction of a more restrictive abortion law. They have been the largest protests since the fall of communism in Poland. Numerous proposals of the new abortion ban have been put forward by the right wing government in the past few years, all of which were protested. On October 22nd, 2020 the politicised Constitutional Court banned abortion in cases of severely-damaged fetuses 11 / 16
Rafal Milach, Poland, Warsaw, 02 November 2020. For the past 12 days, women and supportive men have been protesting against the introduction of a more restrictive abortion law. They have been the largest protests since the fall of communism in Poland. Numerous proposals of the new abortion ban have been put forward by the right wing government in the past few years, all of which were protested. On October 22nd, 2020 the politicised Constitutional Court banned abortion in cases of severely-damaged fetuses
The local inhabitants of Alencon welcoming the American soldiers who liberated the city Normandy 12 / 16
Robert Capa, Normandie, Orne, Alençon, 12 août 1944. The local inhabitants of Alencon welcoming the American soldiers who liberated the city Normandy
Newska Tavakolian, Colombia 13 / 16
Newska Tavakolian, Colombia
Cristina de Middel, France, Paris, 2018, Nadia Murad 14 / 16
Cristina de Middel, France, Paris, 2018, Nadia Murad
Nanna Heitmann, Russia, Borovsk, 04 December 2022 15 / 16
Nanna Heitmann, Russia, Borovsk, 04 December 2022 Artist Vladimir Ovchinnikov paints a dove of peace on one of his paintings that were painted over by the authorities before.
Olivia Arthur, GB, Scotland, Glasgow, 2017, Alena from Eritrea 16 / 16
Olivia Arthur, GB, Scotland, Glasgow, 2017, Alena from Eritrea
Bruce Davidson USA, New York City, 1966, East 100th Street
Alessandra Sanguinetti, Argentina, Buenos Aires, 2001, Ophelias
Ferdinando Scianna, Italy, Sicily, Enna, Easter, 1962
Eve Arnold, USA, Illinois, Bement, US actress Marilyn MONROE upon arrival at the Champaign airport, 1955
Inge Morath, USA, Nevada, 1960, Marilyn Monroe during the filming of The Misfits
Marilyn Silverstone, India, Udaipur, 1962. First lady Jacqueline KENNEDY returns from a visit to the Lake Palace Hotel
Elliott Erwitt, USA, Arlington, Virginia, November 25th, 1963, Jacqueline KENNEDY at John F. Kennedy's Funeral
Susan Meiselas, USA, Tunbridge, Vermont, 1975, The Star
Newska Tavakolian
Myriam Boulos, Lebanon, Beirut, 20 October 2019. From the project, "What's ours"
Rafal Milach, Poland, Warsaw, 02 November 2020. For the past 12 days, women and supportive men have been protesting against the introduction of a more restrictive abortion law. They have been the largest protests since the fall of communism in Poland. Numerous proposals of the new abortion ban have been put forward by the right wing government in the past few years, all of which were protested. On October 22nd, 2020 the politicised Constitutional Court banned abortion in cases of severely-damaged fetuses
The local inhabitants of Alencon welcoming the American soldiers who liberated the city Normandy
Newska Tavakolian, Colombia
Cristina de Middel, France, Paris, 2018, Nadia Murad
Nanna Heitmann, Russia, Borovsk, 04 December 2022
Olivia Arthur, GB, Scotland, Glasgow, 2017, Alena from Eritrea

La mostra “Women Power” ad Abano Terme 

Il percorso espositivo si articola in sei sezioni che esplorano la sfera familiare, la crescita, l’identità, i miti della bellezza e della fama, le battaglie politiche e la guerra attraverso i scatti realizzati da alcune delle più importanti autrici di Magnum Photos come Inge Morath, Eve Arnold, Olivia Arthur, Myriam Boulos, Bieke Depoorter, Nanna Heitmann, Susan Meiselas, Lúa Ribeira, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Marilyn Silverstone e Newsha Tavakolian. 

Marilyn Silverstone, India, Udaipur, 1962. First lady Jacqueline KENNEDY returns from a visit to the Lake Palace Hotel
Marilyn Silverstone, India, Udaipur, 1962. First lady Jacqueline KENNEDY returns from a visit to the Lake Palace Hotel

Come i grandi fotografi hanno visto la condizione femminile

A queste fotografe di fama internazionale si affiancano altre più giovani e contemporanee come anche celebri fotografi uomini, come Robert Capa, Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, Rafal Milach, Paolo Pellegrin e Ferdinando Scianna, che hanno saputo raccontare la condizione femminile testimoniando le sfide legate ai diritti delle donne.

Newska Tavakolian
Newska Tavakolian

Linguaggi, stili e generazioni protagonisti al Museo Villa Bassi Rathgeb

Prodotto da CAMERA – Centro Italiano per la Fotografia in collaborazione con Magnum Photos, il progetto genera un inedito confronto fra stili, linguaggi e generazioni, che si trovano accumunate da lotte, emozioni ed esperienze, diventando simbolo di un processo di emancipazione tanto personale quanto collettivo. 

Valentina Muzi 

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Valentina Muzi

Valentina Muzi

Valentina Muzi (Roma, 1991) è diplomata in lingue presso il liceo G.V. Catullo, matura esperienze all’estero e si specializza in lingua francese e spagnola con corsi di approfondimento DELF e DELE. La passione per l’arte l’ha portata a iscriversi alla…

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