Born in 1979 in Florence - Italy, before working as a photographer, Marco Lachi
worked as a planner in an architecture studio. In 2007, he earned his three-years
degree in photography at Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence where he
participated in several workshops with well-known photographers and artists,
such as Arnaud Claas, Guido Guidi, Mario Cresci, Paolo Woods, Paolo Verzone,
Edward Rozzo and others. In 2006 he participated in a workshop with Bas Princen
at Linea di Confine - Rubiera, with an exhibition in April 2008 during Fotografia
Europea festival in Reggio Emilia. In 2007, his work was recognised and selected
fot ATLANTE ITALIANO 007- a prize for young upcoming photographer by MAXXI
Museo Arte Contemporanea Roma and exhibited in Roma, Firenze and Reggio
Emilia. In 2008 he moved to South Africa, where he is currently working on
personal projects and began working on his project about urban fear.
Galleria Manzoni presents, on March 2nd, the first solo exhibition of Marco Lachi, a young photographer, native of Florence, who has been living in Cape Town for the past two years.
The exhibition "Cape Town - South Africa", curated by 3/3, narrates, through a selection of 20 pictures, the personal vision of Marco Lachi on the phenomenon of urban fear in Cape Town residential areas and in some other South African
suburban areas. A vision that becomes more complex through an approach that goes from mainly analytical to more personal, revealing Marco Lachi’s relationship with the environment, always in search of that subtle tension that animates the world around him.
Focusing primarily on the delicate balance between the defensive barriers - with concrete walls that rise to protect the homes, the bar...