TRIESTE THROUGH “LE VIE DELLE FOTO”

This weekend I had the opportunity to take part to something very original: a truistic tour of Trieste with “le Vie delle Foto“.

So what’s “le Vie delle Foto“?

“le Vie delle Foto” is a collective photographic exhibition, the biggest in Northeaster Italy to be more precise, that gathers the work of more than 40 photographers, spread in just as many bars in Trieste.

What is great about this initiative it’s that you can choose to visit it independently, or with a guide, who not only explains to you the artwork and the author but also takes you around town in a guided tour that is in every respect a turistic one.

While I think the second one is perfect for tourists, it’s actually the one I chose, ending in discovering a lot of things I didn’t know about my own town!

The guided tour starts from the Wind shop in Piazza Unità (the main square of Trieste), inside the shop you will find an info point and a ticket booth to purchase the tickets, which costs 5,00 EUR for a 2,5 hours tour.

If you choose to do it independently the access to the venues is free, of course.

This idea of creating a photo exhibition that developes not only around town, but also taking you inside the bars is great according to me, cause this way you really get to experience the genuine soul of the city.

In the pictures I could take during the tour I want to take you with me following the exhibition path, but not only: I want you to feel the warmth of places so dear to locals as well as corners of my home town, which I learnt to appreciate even more!

piazza Unità d’Italia: let’s start!

“Fabbriche di silenzio” by Thomas Lucchetti inside la Caffetteria del Borgo

“Trieste by Food” by Sara Bevilacqua inside il Bar Borsa

“Trieste in blu” by Giorgio Maniskosa inside UP in via San Nicolò

by Ponterosso canal

“Barone: tradizione di famiglia” by Umberto Pellizzon inside Espressamente Illy

“Porto Vecchio e dintorni” by Fabio Cipriani inside Eppinger Centrale

“Dal tramonto in poi” by Giada Genzo inside il Pane Quotidiano in Piazza Goldoni

the artwork and its author 

“Graffiti a Trieste” by Gerardo Oliveiro inside Caffè Impero in Largo Barriera

 “Volti e sguardi dello sport” by Giorgio Scarfi inside il Pane Quotidiano in Viale XX Settembre

Erik and his artwork

“#polska” by Erik Alberti inside Aquedotto

“Paris Paris” by Francesca Corrado inside Bollicine

 “I segnalibri di Riccardo” by Riccardo Sanchini inside La Dolce Vita

 

“le Vie delle Foto” this year will end on November 2nd, but next year’s event is already under construction, so I hope that the ones of you that can’t make it this year can think of it as a particular event during which to visit my fantastic city.

As visitors or, why not, as authors!