Born in Milan in 1928, he started to work at the beginning of the Fifties for the daily papers "L'Unità", "L'Avanti", "Milano Sera", and for the magazine "Le Ore", animated mainly by Salvato Cappelli, Giuseppe Trevisani and Pasquale Prunas, who coined the slogan "a photograph is worth 1000 words". During those years he was part of the "Jamaican" group in Milan. In 1955 he moved to Paris where he worked for a number of Italian newspapers (among others "L'Espresso", "L'Illustrazione Italiana", as well as for "Le Monde", "Le Nouvel Observateur" and "Le Figaro". Also published by the magazines Jeune Afrique, Afrique-Asie, Demain l'Afrique, he constantly showed a lively interest for Africa, a continent he often visited. Dondero is still working and as always he is unconventional with his personal, autonomous and original style emerging in his reportages like a portrait.
Curated by Giuseppe Casetti
Production: Zoneattive
One of the leading post-war Italian photographers, one of the founders of photojournalism, one of the masters whose photographic style is similar to that of no other: every single one of his shots is a living moment, from his portraits of artists to war photographs, his images are unique.
This exhibition provides an opportunity to observe, through a nucleus of significant images, the different stimuli that marked this artist's career during fifty years of travel, civil and social commitment and his encounters with extraordinary men and women.
"It must always be clear that taking photographs has never been my main interest. I still do not consider myself a photographer tout court. Photographs interest me as the bonding element of human relationships or when bearin...
Curated by Giuseppe Casetti
Production: Zoneattive
The festival's homage to the father of italian photojournalism continues with this section dedicated to his relationship with sets. Dondero was the man who portrayed the community of artists who enlivened the most successfull season of italian cinema and theatre during the 20th century from Gian Maria Volonté to Pier Paolo Pasolini.
This exhibition provides an opportunity to observe, through a nucleus of significant images, the different stimuli that marked this artist's career during fifty years of travel, civil and social commitment and his encounters with extraordinary men and women.
"It must always be clear that taking photographs has never been my main interest. I still do not consider myself a photographer tout court. Photographs interest me as the bonding...