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Review
Gomorrah Girl 2nd editon on TIME Magazine Lightbox
Gomorrah Girl 2nd editon on TIME Magazine Lightbox by Zara Katz
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Review
Roberto Saviano su Valerio Spada
Valerio Spada è un fotografo di talento. Qui il suo documentario sull’adolescenza: Gomorrah Girl.
Roberto
Interview
Darius Himes on Gomorrah Girl
Interview with Valerio Spada, author of Gomorrah Girl
Grand Prize Winner, Photography Book Now
Event
VSW 2012, Rochester, Ny. Valerio Spada on Gomorrah Girl
VSW Photo-Bookworks Symposium
June 28-June 30, 2012
4pm Valerio Spada on his book Gomorrah Girl
5pm Book signing Gomorrah Girl 2nd Edition
For the 2012 Photo-Bookworks Symposium, Visual Studies Workshop has invited national and international artists, critics, curators, and publishers to …
Interview
Valerio Spada - 8 pages interview on Fraulen Magazine, Germany
Valerio Spada - 8 pages interview on Fräulen Magazine, Germany
Fräulen Mag
Interview
Interview and essay on Peanut Butter Thoughts by Sgh. Cheung
Interview by Sg. Cheung on Peanut Butter Thoughts:
A sentence about yourself and how you got here?
39. Born in Milan. Living between Italy and USA. I got here taking pictures.
What inspires you and what influences you creatively?
Everything I see.
Do you have a specific creative process?
…
Interview
Stated Mag Interview
By Thomas V. Hartmann, Photography Editor & Contributor
Gomorrah Girl, Valerio Spada’s first book and the winner of the 2011 Photography Book Now competition, is a poignant and sobering document of young women growing up in la Vela Rossa and la Vela Blu—the Red and Blue Sails—two of the most …
Event
Gomorrah Girl 2nd Edition "The letter" booksigning at LE BAL Paris
LE BAL - Paris
- Vendredi 11 à 18H: Signature de la deuxième édition de 'Gomorrah Girl' avec Valerio Spada.
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Lecture at PARSONS School of Art in Paris Oct. the 20th 2011
Lecture at Parsons Paris School of Art and Design on self publishing on October the 20th 2011 11h.
14 rue Letellier
75015 Paris France
Event
VALERIO SPADA "Gomorrah Girl: A Tale of Self-publishing."
Temple University/Tyler School of Art
2001 North 13th Street
Philadelphia, Pa. 19122
Auditorium * lower level B04
1pm. September 26 2011
free to the public
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Gomorrah Girl Grand Prize PBN 2011 Party at Aperture Foundation
New York, New York
Photography Book Now Party
Presented by Blurb
Thursday, September 15, 2011
7:00–10:00 pm
FREE but RSVP required
Aperture Gallery and Bookstore
545 W. 27th Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York
(212) 505-5555
Join Blurb for their annual Photography Book Now …
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Gomorrah Girl - "MAFIA/S" expostion collective in Sete, France - ImageSingulieres 2011
ImageSingulières 2011 - Rendez-Vous Photographique
Sète, Languedoc-Roussillon until June the 19th 2011
Les Chais Des Moulins - Exposition collective / MAFIA(S)
Gomorrah Girl book at the exposition collective MAFIA(S) by ImageSingulières Festival by Christian Caujolle with amazing works …
Review
Newsweek and The Daily Beast Picture Dept on Valerio Spada first USA solo exhibition at PPAC
By Newsweek & The Daily Beast Photo Editors, a review on Valerio Spada Gomorrah Girl first solo USA exhibition at Phila Photo Arts Center. 10 images selected by Newsweek from Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada on PictureDept.
Read the article here
Exhibition
Valerio Spada - Gomorrah Girl solo exhibition at PPAC Philadelphia Photo Arts Center 13 September - 25 November 2012
Announcing Valerio Spada - Gomorrah Girl solo exhibition at PPAC Philadelphia Photo Arts Center in Philadelphia, PA, Usa from 13 September to 25 November 2012.
Opening 13 September
1400 N. American Street #103 Philadelphia, PA
http://www.philaphotoarts.org/
PPAC Link
Review
Valerio Spada Gomorrah Girl Solo exhibition Review by Edith Newhall for The Inquirer
"Despite Spada's use of color and his clearly contemporary subjects, his pictures quickly recall the harsh poverty of post-World War II Italian life as portrayed in Italian neorealist films of the 1940s and 1950s, by Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Luchino Visconti, and others. Sadly, this …
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Galleria Carla Sozzani // Gomorrah Girl Book Signing
Libreria Galleria Carla Sozzani // Gomorrah Girl Book Signing //
May the 17th 2012 - h19.-h.21
Corso Como, 10
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Gomorrah Girl 2nd edition in Indie PhotoBook Library permanent collection
Gomorrah Girl 2nd edition in Indie PhotoBook Library permanent collection.
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Gomorrah Girl essay on BURN. by Magnum - D.H. Harvey
Gomorrah Girl essay on BURN. by Magnum
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Interview
Glam.de Interview on Gomorrah Girl
Interview
Valerio Spada über sein Fotobuch Gomorrah Girl
von ELISA BILKO am 25.11.2011
Valerio Spada (39) ist Fotograf, Weltenbürger und Künstler. Nun hat sein erstes Buch Gommorah Girl den Blurb Photography Book Now 2011 Preis gewonnen. Das Buch ist Annalisa Durante gewidmet, die am 27. März …
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Volkskrant cover in Culture section
Gomorrah Girl exhibition review in de Volkskrant newspaper, with cover in culture section.
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Gomorrah Girl First Solo Exhibition - organized by FOTODOK- at FLATLAND GALLERY, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Gomorrah Girl - First Solo Exhibition in FLATLAND Gallery, Utrecht
October 27th - November 27th 2011
Opening: Wed the 26th October 18h-20h
FOTODOK presenteert het veel geprezen Gomorrah Girlvan Valerio Spada.
27 oktober t/m 27 november
Lange Nieuwstraat 7, Utrecht
Openingstijden: do-zo, …
Prizes
Gomorrah Girl Winner at FOTOGRAFIA Festival Internazionale di Roma
International Festival of Rome is pleased to announce the selected projects for the 2011 Call for Entry. The international jury, composed by Leonie Hampton (photographer), Rob Hornstra (photographer) and Marco Delogu (photographer and artistic director of FOTOGRAFIA), has selected 15 projects …
Review
Conscientious
On March 27th, Annalisa Durante, a fourteen year old teenager, was shot in the head during a Camorra related shoot-out. Two days later, she died from her wounds. Depending on where we live, we are used to these kinds of news. Murder just keeps happening. It becomes background noise, and it takes …
Prizes
Valerio Spada receives the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 2013
JOHN SIMON GUGGENHEIM MEMORIAL FOUNDATION
The Foundation's Board of Trustees met on April 10th to consider the Committee of Selection's recommendations for the 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships. This year, after considering the recommendations of panels and juries consisting of hundreds of …
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Gomorrah Girl solo exhibition at Galeria Cero, Madrid, Spain Jan 24 - Mar 28 2013
Gomorrah Girl solo exhibition at Galeria Cero, Madrid, Spain Jan 24 - Mar 28 2013
Opening January the 24th 2013 h. 20.00
C/ Fuenterrabia 4. Madrid. +34 91 552 99 99
Horario: Lunes a Viernes 08:30 - 14:30 / 16:30 - 22:00
Metro: L1. Menendez Pelayo y Atocha Renfe.
Autobus: …
Prizes
"This is a book that I can really learn something from." Jim Goldberg on Gomorrah Girl 2nd Edition
Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada 2 nominations as Best Book of the Year at Photo Book Award 2012.
"I am struggling with this one, since has been numerous very strong book this year... But I keep coming back to this one, GOMORRAH GIRL, by Valerio Spada. It gets my vote. This is a book that I can …
Review
This is going to piss some people off... by Alec Soth
This is a funny and pleasant article by Alec Soth about ages of photographers, birthdays, influential works and life, I'm in it and I'm in great company! Thank you Alec!
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This is going to piss some people off…
Posted in Age by LBM on December 29, 2011
Following up on my post on the …
Exhibition
Gomorrah Girl 2nd Edition in A Survey of Documentary Styles" exhibition at Gallery Carte Blanche
Gomorrah Girl 2nd Edition in A Survey of Documentary Styles in early 21st century Photobooks" exhibition at Gallery Carte Blanche.
Opening Sept. 14 - Oct. 18, 2012
Opening night and Reception on Friday Sept 14 6.00p-10.00p
Gallery Carte Blanche / 973 Valencia San Francisco, CA, USA
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Gomorrah Girl at The Cleveland Museum of Art - August 11 to December 30 2012
Thank you fellows at The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gomorrah Girl proud Manifesto for the exhibition DIY: Photographers and Books, from August 11 to December 30 2012 -
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Interview
The Photobook Review - Aperture - Syb and Jeffrey Ladd on Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada
Jeffrey Ladd interviews Syb on book design, Gomorrah Girl by Valerio Spada, Flamboya by Viviane Sassen and Macedonia by Cuny Janssen.
Buy Issue #1 digital edition on Aperture website:
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Gomorrah Girl 4 Nominations in The Best Books of 2011 by Photo Eye
"The best self published book so far in this time of so many attempts." (John Gossage).
Thanks to Mr. John Gossage, Mr. Gerry Badger, Mr. Horacio Fernandez, and Mr. Darius Himes for this wonderful gift. Gomorrah Girl had 4 nominations in The Best Books 2011 list by Photo Eye.
Photo Eye …
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Gomorrah Girl Grand Prize Ceremony at Gestalten Space in Berlin
Photography Book Now 2011
Gestalten Hosts an Evening with Blurb
Date: November 18, 2011
Time: 18:00 - 21:00
Location: Gestalten Space, Sophie-Gips-Höfe, Sophienstraße 21, 10178 Berlin, Germany
Language: English
Gestalten is excited to host an evening with Blurb on November 18 to celebrate …
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FOTODOKS UNGLAUBLICH- INCREDIBILE
Collective Exhibition
Münchner STADTMUSEUM, Munich, Germany
Opening Oct 12 2011 6.30pm
Oct 13 - Nov 13 2011
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Gomorrah Girl WINNER of the GRAND PRIZE PBN 2011 Photography Book Now
Thanks to HP, Blurb and the jury, led by Darius Himes (Assistant Director, Fraenkel Gallery Co-Founder, Radius Books), Gerry Badger (Historian and Photographer), Chris Boot (Executive Director, Aperture Foundation), Matt Eich (Photographer, LUCEO), Larry Fink (Photographer), Claudia Hinterseer …
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Valerio Spada interview on TVE1 Spain, El Pais, El Mundo...
Interview for TVE1, Spain on Gomorrah Girl solo exhibition get the main title on portal RTVE one of the most followed in Spain.
La aventura del saber - interview by Jesus Alonso
Watch from minute 8:56 to 17:22 here
RTVE article interview
Full video interview on main TV News for TVE1:
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Gomorrah Girl on TIME Magazine
By Paul Moakley
Best in Show: Valerio Spada’s Book Gomorrah Girl
“This is a moving book of photographs and documents that one wants to return to repeatedly,” says Himes, describing what made the book a winner.
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Bookstores
MoMA/PS1 Nyc, signed copies Gomorrah Girl 2nd edition available now
Signed copies of Gomorrah Girl 2nd Edition now available at MoMA/PS1 Artbook Bookstore in Nyc.
ARTBOOK @ MoMA PS1 is the most vibrant source for cutting-edge contemporary art books on the East Coast. Refitted as of November 2006, the store now offers an even greater selection of contemporary art …
Prizes
Gomorrah Girl in TOP 20 Best Books of 2011 by Alec Soth LBM and in the TOP 10 by Le Monde
Top 20 Photobooks of 2011 by Alec Soth
Posted in lists by LBM on December 12, 2011
While reviewing my favorite photobooks of the year, I noticed that numerous selections could be classified as crime stories. So in creating this year’s list, I thought it would be an entertaining exercise to …
Prizes
Valerio Spada is the recipient of the Artist-in-Residence program for September/October 2012 at Light Work, Syracuse University, USA
Valerio Spada is the recipient of the Artist-in-Residence program for September/October at Light Work at Syracuse Universty, USA.
From September the 16th to October the 16th Valerio Spada will work on a part of his next project during his residency at Light Work.
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Jim Goldberg and Kummer & Herrman nominated Gomorrah Girl to be the best, most beautiful and most interesting book of 2011 at Fotobook Festival 2012
Gomorrah Girl has been nominated 2 times as Best Book of the Year by Jim Goldberg and Kummer & Herrman for the Photobook Festival at Le Bal, and will be exhibited at Le Bal Museum from April the 20th to the 22nd 2012.
International Photobook Award 2012
The festival 2012 presents the best …
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Gomorrah Girl 2nd edition "The Letter" as Curated Selection in Photo Eye Bookstore
TODAY'S CURATED SELECTION - SIGNED COPIES ARRIVING SOON
Gomorrah Girl
Photogarphs by Valerio Spada.
Cross Editions, 2011. 40 pp., illustrated throughout, 8x11"
"A teenage girl is accidentally killed by mafia violence in the town of Naples. Spada, an Italian photographer working in the area, …
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Gomorrah Girl in the Permanent Collection of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film
We are happy to announce that Gomorrah Girl is now in the Permanent Collection of George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, in Rochester, NY and in the International Center of Photography library permanent collection.
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Bocage Adv A/W '11
Bocage Campaign A/W '11
Agency: Les Ateliers Devarrieux
Photo: Valerio Spada
Styling: Rossana Passalacqua
Model: Maja/IMG
Event
"Gomorrah Girl" at ARTVERONA 2011
Oct 6-10 2011
Marco Canepa Gallery will display 2 pictures 66x80 cm "Brother and sister kissing" and "Girl from Secondigliano #2"
from October the 6th to October the 10th.
Exhibition
FOTOGRAFIA - Festival Internazionale di Roma
Museum MACRO
Museo D'Arte Contemporanea Roma
Rome, Italy
Collective Exhibition
"Gomorrah Girl" Winner of 2011 edition
screened at Museum MACRO
Sept 23 - Oct 23 2011
listed on the catalog FOTOGRAFIA X
