“Raccont’arti – Castelfiorentino Prize for the Arts: Contemporary Photography” is a free open call aimed at mapping the current state of contemporary photography and possible future developments. Do you have a completed or advanced photographic project? Are you an individual photographer or a collective? Here is a unique opportunity to stand out in the… Find out more
The photographic project of student Lucia Estevez has just been selected by PHocus Magazine through the ‘Confini’ Call, an initiative aimed at involving some of the most deserving students from the main Italian photography and film schools. Making love to matter A fantasy project illustrating an erotic ecology in which all boundaries disappear as… Find out more
Discover the free photography workshops promoted by Magnum Photo and Armani/Silos. To coincide with the exhibition Magnum Photos: Colors, Places, Faces, on show at the Armani/Silos until 6 November, Armani/Silos and Magnum Photos are organising three different workshops in October and November dedicated to photography and held by some of the agency’s leading photographers… Find out more
Beatrice Salomone, RUFA graduate from the Photography course, has just been selected as one of the 100 best emerging talents in Europe according to the Dutch magazine Fresh Eyes. Organised by the Dutch magazine Gup (Guide to Unique Photography), Fresh Eyes is a guide-book of the best 100 emerging photographers on the European continent. Fresh… Find out more
The Academy of Fine Arts of Catania and Ragusa Foto Festival launch the second edition of the Call addressed to Fine Arts Academies, ISIAs, Italian Universities and public and private tertiary institutions, to promote the most innovative research of young authors trained within their courses. A special jury, composed of leading exponents in the world… Find out more
Congratulations to recent RUFA graduate Nicola Russo. His photographic project has been selected by Zone Magazine and will be exhibited in Bergamo, as part of the exhibition “One eye sees, the other feels”. The project: “I can’t see if I have the sun in my eyes” Numb: (of a part of the body) deprived… Find out more
The cycle of meetings: “Raccontare per immagini. Fotografia e fumetto, due linguaggi a confronto” will take place from 5 April to 11 October 2022. The new project by Fondazione Forma per la Fotografia in collaboration with RUFA and Contrasto, which intends to deepen the relationship between photography and comics, two of the visual languages… Find out more
The art project ‘The Corrupted Archive’ is continuously seeking contributions for the construction of a participatory visual archive. “What happens when an image deteriorates? Does a piece of reality vanish?” The art project The Corrupted Archive – by the artist Luca Spano in collaboration with Maurizio Lai – explores the implications of corrupted… Find out more
A lapidary title for the exhibition project of the young RUFA artists and promoted by InsideArt: a concept dedicated to the conceptual and cultural end of the cigarette. An object that has accompanied the history of humanity for about two centuries, becoming a contradictory reference in contemporary iconography, a symbol of rebellion, bravado, virility,… Find out more
Congratulations to RUFA student of Photography and Audiovisual Sabrina Marchionne: her project “Bring us the Bright” has just been published on the magazine Discarded Magazine. Bring us the Bright is a research work that takes Catholic behavioral morality as a starting point to investigate how this influences the expression of everyone’s sexuality. The artist worked… Find out more
RUFA teacher and coordinator Michele Palazzi is among the protagonists of “Dritto negli occhi. Conversazioni fotografiche”, a video project dedicated to the promotion of Italian photography in the world, promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and conceived and created by Alessandra Mauro, editorial director of Contrasto Books. 6 short documentaries, 6… Find out more
RUFA is educational partner of Post Lockdown Humanity – Understanding the Change: an Open Call addressed to young professional photographers that focuses on the themes of transformation, change, adaptation. The Call is promoted by Asht*art Consultancy in collaboration with SiZ Industria Grafica and is aimed at the publication of a dedicated volume. Abstract Within a… Find out more
The selected photographer will be in Sirmione for a two-week residency Sirmione launches the Sirmione Photo Residency: a great opportunity for RUFA students who could be selected for a two-week residency in the pearl of Garda. In continuity with the Premio Sirmione per la Fotografia, the initiative was born in collaboration with two big names… Find out more
RUFA joins forces with Contrasto, photojournalistic agency active on the international market, for an exciting new masterclass series. An engaging educational path that offers students the opportunity to meet industry experts and put into practice what they learned during the course, always with an attentive eye towards the major photographers of the international scene. This… Find out more
In continuity with what has happened in recent weeks, the students of RUFA School of Photography and Audiovisual, coordinated by the lecturer Michele Palazzi, continue to collect satisfaction from the editorial point of view. The project The project “Are we there yet?” by Beatrice Salomone, a graduate of the Photography and Audiovisual program, has been… Find out more
The collaboration between RUFA and the Central Institute for Catalogue and Documentation is taking shape. This important body, linked to the Ministry of Culture, is part of the General Directorate for Education and Research. Specifically, the ICCD carries out research, guidance and technical-scientific coordination functions aimed at documenting and cataloguing the cultural heritage, but also… Find out more
There is time until 16 January 2022 to take part in Quotidiano Energia’s photo competition on the theme “A sustainable transition – Landscape, cities and work that change”, now in its fifth edition. The images entered in the contest must depict examples of transition that are, in the eyes of the authors of the shots,… Find out more
On Friday 19 November 2021 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the RUFA Space will host the event Human: first-post-contemporary the final exhibition of the Workshop “Bodies, textiles, images” by Caterina Di Rienzo. RUFA Space RUFA Space, the multi-purpose area dedicated to events and exhibitions by the students of the Academy, continues to generate culture,… Find out more
Médiathèque Valais – Martigny (MV-MY) and Margherita Foundation (FM) are offering a scholarship to a young artist who has graduated from an art school in visual arts and photography. The scholarship The scholarship is intended to provide economic support in the transitional period between the end of the training course and entry into a full-fledged… Find out more
Following the events that have already taken place in the past years, RUFA celebrate the World Day Against Violence Against Women by participating, with a photographic project, in the event on Tuesday 23 November H 3.00 pm at the Tor di Nona Theatre, Luigi Pirandello’s historical “home”. In this suggestive corner of Rome, the governor… Find out more