There is time until October 6 to visit the exhibition ‘Tony Vaccaro. Shots of a life’ at the Palazzo GIL in Campobasso. On exhibition a hundred works by the great photographer of Molise origins, taken over a lifetime: from war photos to fashion ones, up to those of his Molise.

‘Tony Vaccaro. Shots of a life’ is an exhibition that should be seen, not only for its extraordinary aesthetic and cultural value but also for its historical and political value, as evidence of the main events and protagonists of the 20th century.
The exhibition itinerary begins with extraordinary war photos, the ones that Tony Vaccaro took in Europe between 1943 and 1945 as a ‘soldier with permission to photograph’. Iconic photos, which have become an international symbol of the Second World War. The BBC did not hesitate to define Vaccaro as ‘the greatest combat photographer of World War II’.

We then move on to fashion photos and to those with some of the greatest protagonists of the 20th century, actors, painters but also presidents and politicians (Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Marcello Mastroianni, Picasso, De Chirico, President Kennedy, just to name a few).

Finally there is the special bond that Tony Vaccaro has with ‘his’ Molise, of which it is possible to admire splendid photos.
Tony was born from a family of emigrants from Molise and is in Bonefro, in the small village in the province of Campobasso, which spends his childhood and adolescence.
Molise is ‘the privileged place of his soul – writes Norberto Lombardi – from which he moved to begin the long journey of existence, of knowledge, of the relationship with people and with history’.
It is in Molise that the great photographer, now ninety-seven years old, always returns with pleasure.

27 August – 6 October 2019
Palazzo GIL, Campobasso
Tuesday – Saturday: 10 am – 1 pm and 5 – 8 pm
Sunday and holidays: 5 – 8 pm

Brunella Muttillo

Photo: G. Lembo