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Apparently a mosaic with the pieces, all of the
same size but varying in number between one
work and another, that are fragments of a por-
trait made with the Polaroid system in the very
particular manner of Maurizio Galimberti, lea-
ding Italian photographer of that artistic cur-
rent that uses instant photography to express
its creativity. And it is the snapshot in fact, the
Polaroid, the leitmotif of his artistic career as
he also pointed out in the exhibition “Maurizio
Galimberti Antologica” curated by Denis Cur-
ti at the Rocca Roverasca of Senigallia, city
of photography. “The mosaic shots by Gali-
mebrti have the particularity of proposing the
subject photographed in compositions made
from many pieces or tiles. In each of the tiles a
fragment of the whole is reproduced and in the
specific case of the portrait, using an acces-
“VENGONO MESSI IN EVIDENZA sory that allows close-up shots, each of the
I TRATTI PIÙ SIGNIFICATIVI tiles contains a detail of the subject” explains
DEL PERSONAGGIO the curator. “The ability of Galimberti consists

RIPRESO, ROMPENDO in choosing the sequence of shots and combi-
ning the various parts: in this way the most si-
LA CONTINUITÀ VISIVA gnificant traits and the personality of the cha-
DI VOLUMI E PROPORZIONI”. racter taken up are highlighted, breaking the

visual continuity of volumes and proportions”.