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The Civil War in Northern Ireland on the one hand reflected certain violent trends in the twentieth century but on the other hand was the result of destructive conflicts and struggles against the colonialism of an empire, the British Empire, which was breaking up. Giving an account of all this in a photographic reportage that made it necessary for him to go personally to the places of conflict, report on the facts and try to interpret them through the images.

The exhibition catalogue published by Thesis and written by Angelo Bertani and Claudio Cattaruzza is available at the event or on this website.

Patrick Frilet
He is an independent photojournalist. Between 1973 and 1975, he moved to Ireland, where he worked as a teacher in deprived areas of Belfast, conducted a study on the effect of war on the behaviour of children and started his career as a correspondent for the French newspaper Libération. In 1975, he joined the SIPA PRESS agency and specialized in guerrilla warfare, liberation struggles and violent social conflicts: Sri Lanka, Laos, Morocco, Palestine, Nicaragua, El Salvador, the Philippines and Europe. From 1981, he started to work with different French and international magazines for which he reported in Asia and the USA. For ten years he taught photojournalism at the École des Métiers de l’Information (EMIS, Paris). Then, in 2000, he joined the HEMIS agency to dedicate himself to travel photography. A passion that he continues to cultivate even today.

Angelo Bertani
An art critic and art historian, Angelo Bertani was artistic director of the annual Hic et Nunc contemporary art exhibition from 1992 to 2005.
Between 2008 and 2015 he curated a number of exhibitions focused on the sculptor and designer Harry Bertoia and in 2016 the exhibition Elettrodomesticità. Design e innovazione nel Nord-Est da Zanussi a Electrolux. He has collaborated with the Pordenone Cultural Initiatives Centre for many years and since 2006 has been in charge of visual arts initiatives organized by the Colonos Cultural Association. For Dedica Festival he has curated a number of photography exhibitions: Akintunde Akinleye. Wole Soyinka and the rest of us (2012); Atiq Rahimi. L’immagine del ritorno (2018); Inti Ocon. ¡Yo estoy con vos, mi Nicaragua! (2019); Elio Ciol. Libya Infelix. Antiche rovine su cui costruire una nuova storia (2020); Ulderica Da Pozzo. Luci a Nordest; Paolo Rumiz. Gerundio inverso (2021); Mathias Énard and Pierre Marquès. Tutto sarà dimenticato (2022), Mara Fella. Amuri di petra. Lampedusa, l’isola che c’è (2023).
He is a member of the Accademia San Marco in Pordenone.