Filippo Venturi
Forli, Province of Forlì-Cesena, Italy
Filippo Venturi (born in Cesena in 1980) is an Italian documentary photographer.
His works have been published in different newspapers and magazines such as The Washington Post, Financial Times, Vanity Fair, Der Spiegel, Die Zeit, Das Magazin, Internazionale, La Stampa, Geo, Marie Claire, Gente, D di Repubblica, Io Donna del Corriere della Sera.
He produces personal projects concerning identity and the human condition, focusing in particular on the consequences of rapid technological progress in some parts of the world.
For the past three years he has been engaged in a project on the Korean peninsula, earning him the Sony World Photography award, the LensCulture Emerging Talent award, the Il Reportage award, the Voglino award and the Portfolio Italia – Grand Prix Hasselblad.
His works have been exhibited in Italy and abroad in exhibition spaces like Foro Boario in Modena as "New Talent" of the Modena Photography Foundation, MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Somerset House in London, U Space in Beijing, Willy Brandt Haus in Berlin, Kaunas Photo Festival in Lithuania and Sony Square in New York City. In 2017 he was sent to North Korea by Vanity Fair.
2018 - Gomma Photography Grant, 2017 - LensCulture Emerging Talent Awards, 2016 - Sony World Photography Awards, 2015 - New Talents by Fondazione Fotografia Modena, 2015 - Fine Art Photography Awards
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Made in Korea
Filippo Venturi
Until the ’60s, South Korea was almost a mediaeval country, poor and underdeveloped. After just 50 years, South Korea is now one of the most advanced countries in the world. The rush towards modernity has been fostered by imposing a huge sense of competition and a painstaking effort to reach scolastic, aesthetic and professional perfection. Youngsters grow up by keeping in mind the same ideals and future aims: get the best marks to get the best jobs. At the same time, the aesthetic models are totally conformed, obtained through a massive us of plastic surgery. The Country pushes the young generation towards an alienating standardization, the exact opposite of what happens in Western Countries, where success comes from one’s ability to emerge from the mass. All this has caused dangerous side effects, such as stress, alcoholism, social isolation and a high suicide rate.
Made in Korea
Filippo Venturi
Until the ’60s, South Korea was almost a mediaeval country, poor and underdeveloped. After just 50 years, South Korea is now one of the most advanced countries in the world. The rush towards modernity has been fostered by imposing a huge sense of competition and a painstaking effort to reach scolastic, aesthetic and professional perfection. Youngsters grow up by keeping in mind the same ideals and future aims: get the best marks to get the best jobs. At the same time, the aesthetic models are totally conformed, obtained through a massive us of plastic surgery. The Country pushes the young generation towards an alienating standardization, the exact opposite of what happens in Western Countries, where success comes from one’s ability to emerge from the mass. All this has caused dangerous side effects, such as stress, alcoholism, social isolation and a high suicide rate.
Korean Dream
Filippo Venturi
North Korea is officially a socialist State with formal elections but in fact it is a totalitarian dictatorship based on the cult of the Kim dynasty. It is one of the most secluded countries in the world. The citizens' rights are subdued to the country's needs. Citizens have no freedom of speech, media are strictly controlled and it is not allowed to leave the country. The few foreign journalists who get the visa can travel the country only with authorized Korean guides who have also the task of censoring and finding spies. The incessant propaganda portraits the South Korean population as a victim of the USA invasion; young generations live in a constant alert state as if the USA could attack any day. The propaganda aims at instilling a great sense of pride for the country's technical progression culminating in the atomic bomb. Youngsters have been educated to be learned people to foster the development of armaments and technology chasing the dream of reuniting Korea in a whole state.