Photographic exhibition by Furio Pozzi

Social Cooperative Le Livornine
Sound Visions

Forty-five years of shots around the music world, from Ciampi to Patty Smith on the occasion of Piero Ciampi’s ninetieth birthday, a photographic exhibition dedicated to the many artists of the music scene, both Italian and foreign, who have landed at the Ciampi Prize in the last fifteen years will be set up in Livorno.

A sophisticated gallery of faces and stories expertly drawn by the lens of Furio Pozzi, the official photographer of the prestigious Ciampi music festival, which will be possible to visit from July 31 to August 4 in the exhibition space of Wonder, the inclusive venue located at Scali del Monte 7, in Venice. The exhibition, entitled SOUND VISIONS, is an evocative journey into the world of Music, and proposes some of the most significant shots of its protagonists: from Patty Smith to Alais Morissette, up to Sinèad or Connors and The Who, immortalized during their performances or behind the scenes. A combination, that between the musical sphere and photography, that Pozzi has cultivated since he was a boy and that has led him to produce many works: “Music represents for me a faithful and irreplaceable travel companion. I started taking pictures of music very early on, to remember the concerts I saw, since I had no way to record them: shortly thereafter, capturing the moment became a prerogative of my life.”

The exhibition path SOUND VISIONS reveals not only the unmistakable language of the artist, but also his great passion for music, paying homage, at the same time, to the myth of the great Piero Ciampi on the anniversary of his birth. 40 prints in total, where the photographs taken on the Livorno stages will be joined by those taken over 45 years with various world-famous musicians, both in Italy and abroad. The exhibition, free of charge, will be held in conjunction with the 39th edition of Effetto Venezia, dedicated this year to music in the world.

The author – Born and raised in Livorno (class of 1961), Furio Pozzi began to be passionate about photography at the age of 7, thanks to a practical theoretical course in cinema and photography. His first camera, a Kodak Instamatic, arrived as a gift for his communion: from that moment on he began to photograph the street and everything that moved around him, driven by curiosity and a great spirit of observation, combined with a marked artistic sensibility inherited from his mother.

The passion for music will then do the rest, allowing him to immortalize in the field, over time, some of the greatest Jazz, Rock, Dark, New wave musicians (David Bowie, Lou Reed, The Who, Bauhaus, Siouxsie & Banshess, The Cure, The Clash, New Order, Patty Smith, just to name a few). Over the years, Pozzi has collaborated with specialized magazines, journalistic publications, theater and music festivals; he has also received numerous awards in the field of photography prizes and competitions and has created some personal exhibitions (the latest ones are: “The Art of Carnival between dream and reality”, in 2018 at Palazzo Orlando, with 170 themed photographs; “The Artists of Ciampi” in 2020, at the Teatro Goldoni with 90 photographs).