Der Lange Abschied - The Long Farewell
A photographic portrait of Italian emigration in Switzerland, that means to be worship to all men who left their home
in the post-war period, to find work and a new life abroad.
138 pictures by Italian and Swiss photographers from
1945 on. All pictures shown are part of a reportage named ''The Hope Train'', realized in 1962 on the train departing
from Sicily to reach the north of Italy carrying emigrants.
Rome: 15/05 – 11/07/2003
Chur: 7/11/2003 – 15/02/2004
Zürich: 26/02 – 23/04/2004
Bienne: Musée Neuhaus – Fototage 5. 26/09/2004
Chiasso: Fabbrica Ex Calida 16/10 - 21/11/2004
Venice: Swiss Center, Spring 2005,
Liestal: Summer
2005
Chiareggio (SO): La Truna 12/08- 3/09/2006
Rorschach: October - December 2009
Udine, Galleria Tina Modotti, october 2010 - january 2011
