The competition commission, after evaluating the 64 projects received, awarded the 2016 Italian Photographic Culture scholarship to the research project of Luigi Avantaggiato, dedicated to an important author of Italian photography: Roberto Bossaglia.
In the opinion of the Commission, meeting on 29 November 2016, the research Urban landscape and architectural identity in the photograph by Roberto Bossaglia by Luigi Avantaggiato
The scholarship is a result of collaboration between DGAAP (former acronym of the current Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture) and the SISF - Società Italiana per lo Sviluppo della Fotografia and aims to encourage the study of contemporary photography and the training of the future generation of critics, curators, conservators and specialists. The grant (lasting one year) is € 12,000.00 and provides a practical study opportunity and scientific further development.
Luigi Avantaggiato, La fotografia professionale di Roberto Bossaglia, 2016-2017
Evaluation Committee: Francesca Fabiani, President (Special Projects/ Photography, DGAAP), Francesco Faeta (Professor, University of Messina), Giovanni Fiorentino (Professor, University of Tuscia; President SISF), Antonello Frongia (Researcher, Università Roma Tre), Walter Guadagnini (Professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Bologna; Director of Camera, Turin).
Ultimo aggiornamento in data 20 January 2025