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means the ‘sweetness of doing nothing’. Photographer Gianni Berengo Gardin captured the nature of this phrase over a period of 50 years, the resulting images forming the basis of a new exhibition at Prahlad Bubbar gallery in London, succinctly titledOffering a glimpse into the leisurely aspect of an Italianate lifestyle, Beregno Gardin’s archival black and white prints capture the carefree citizens of 20th-century Venice, Rome, Milan and Naples, busy about their daily lives .
Viewing the photographs in a modern context evokes feelings of nostalgia – they depict the palpable vibrancy of a time free from the glare of iPhone screens and the slog of a modern daily commute. Indeed, Berengo Gardin’s aim for the series is to “pass onto future generations that which is disappearing; certain traditions, certain landscapes, certain architectures”.
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