Tuesday, July 17, 6 p.m., Orcas Library
–– from Mary Pugh for Orcas Library —
The Orcas Island Library brings renowned photographer Federico Busonero for a presentation in the Library’s reading room.
Commissioned by UNESCO, Federico Busonero undertook three extensive journeys through the West Bank of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, between 2008 and 2009. The intent of his photographic study was “to document culturally significant sites” in a territory rarely seen. The Land That Remains was published as a book by Hatje Cantz in 2016.
In 2017 MAVIDA Editore published the artist book Su Ogni Stesa Pietra / On Every Laid Stone, a collaboration between Federico Busonero and Italian poet Stefano Vincieri. The portfolio contains 15 poems, in Italian and English, and 15 original photographic prints selected by the poet from the book The Land That Remains. In the words of the photographer, “Poetry and photography are epiphanies: they open for us new possibilities and messages of truths. Stefano Vincieri is a visionary – his poems echo onto my photographs, magnifying them and taking them farther.” Selected poems from Su Ogni Stesa Pietra / On Every Laid Stone will be read by Federico Busonero during his presentation.
“Photography is about waiting, and cultivating time. Time to develop the necessary attention and perception of the subject, of what exists or existed there beyond the instant of seeing,” says Busonero.
The Land That Remains has been shown previously in France, Italy, and the United States. Join
Federico Busonero in the Reading Room of the Library, Tuesday July 17 at 6 p.m. The Land That
Remains is available in the collection at the Library. Light refreshments will be served.
