Samantha Casolari MA

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ARTIST STATEMENT

My images wants to tell stories, especially those of people and places that society is not very interested in. I want to show beauty and magic where there is none, lives that are hidden, and framing everyday life from a different angle. I want to show hidden details and characters. Making forgotten realities more close to us, making them speak to us in more intimate way. Lives destroyed by wars, abandoned buildings, strangers we never acknowledge.  I want to bring people close to our world, its human beings and its form and geometry, create intimacy and interest. Everywhere there are details worth to tell, and eyes worth to see, with stories that would make everybody sit silent and listen. My objective is that to make photojournalism and reportage like art pieces.  

EDUCATION                                                                                                                                                     

Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, New York, USA, May 2005 - Master of International Affairs Center for International Health and Cooperation, Geneva, Switzerland,  February 2003 - International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance           

Bocconi University, Institute for International Political Studies, Milan, Italy, Oct.2001- July 2002 - Master of Arts in Political Science

Università di Bologna, School of Foreign Languages and Literatures    Bologna, Italy, Sept. 1995 - March 2001- Bachelor of Arts                       

Universitè de la Sorbonne – Paris III, Exchange Student    Paris, France   Sept. 1999 - June 2000   

Institut national de science po, Independent Research    Paris, France   Sept. 1999 - June 2000   

University of Wisconsin, Exchange Student    Madison, Wisconsin, USA  Sept. 1998 - May 1999          

Honors and Fellowships: Fondazione Marco Besso and Fordham University Fellowships; Erasmus and BCSP Scholarships  

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