(April 28, 2017) An unaware swimmer just before the attack of an inflatable shark, a dog on a skateboard: unusual scenes of everyday life are waiting for visitors to the exhibition "Via! Street Photography from Hamburg to Palermo ", which will be inaugurated on Friday May 5 at 7 pm at the Italian Institute of Culture in Hamburg. The photographs on display are the result of a photo project started in 2014 by the Goethe-Institut: for over a year ten photographers, five in Germany and five in Italy, photographed their cities according to street photography canons. From the different perspectives of the ten photographers, a collection of spontaneous moments of daily life, from Hamburg to Palermo, was born. The exhibition, organized by the Institute of Culture in collaboration with the Goethe-Institute, will remain open until September 8. Italy is represented by Umberto Verdoliva, photographer and founder of SPontanea, a collective of Italian photographers dedicated to street photography, Mary Cimetta and Stefano Mirabella, also of the collective SPontanea, Michele Liberti and Giorgio Scalici (EyeGoBananas). (Red)

ABOUT / "SPONTANEA"

SPontanea is a collective of Italian photographers dedicated to street photography, born in 2013. It is the convergence of different styles and visions, it is also promoting projects, themes and ideas on street photography, both within the collective and in the broader panorama of Italian photography. Umberto Verdoliva started dealing with photography in 2006. Born in Castellammare di Stabia in the province of Naples in 1961 - he lives in Treviso since 2004, organizes workshops and insights on street photography.