Ritratti, Pietrasanta 2010 – Ferdinando Cioffi

From April 30th till May 30th the exhibition “Ritratti –  Pietrasanta 2010” is open in Sant’Agostino’s cloister. The most famous international artists and the great craftsmen of Pietrasanta, athletes, restaurateurs and characters of the town are there, sitting in front of Ferdinando Cioffi’s objective.

The list of the portrayed is long and curious: Fernando Botero, Igor Mitoraj, Kan Yasuda, Giuliano Vangi, Velasco, Tommaso Ferroni, Enzo Fiore, Morgana Ghini, Mario Merz, Mimmo Paladino, among the artists; Massimo del Chiaro, Keara McMartin, Sergio Benedetti, Franco Cervietti, Umberto Togni, Adolfo Agolini, among the craftsmen, and even the parish priest of the Cathedral of Pietrasanta, monsignor Stefano D’Atri.

Ferdinando Cioffi, Italio-American, is one of the most appreciated photographer of the world. His portraits are composed with the same accuracy as Renaissance painters’. He has portrayed David Rockfeller, Eric Rothschild and Catherine Deneuve.