Almost two years have passed since my last post, in 2019. The pandemic status of the COVID outbreak declared in February 2020 forced us to cancel any non-essential trips, and all the exhibitions were put on hold.
Although we are not yet out of the pandemic, thanks to vaccines we can now travel for leisure and therefore plan cultural trips.
I got ready for my third Foto/Industria exhibition, this year dedicated to Food. This biennale, promoted by MAST, is organized in Bologna, and includes 11 exhibitions in 10 beautiful locations (museums, private palaces, libraries...) in the city centre. For free!

The topic this year allowed for a great variety of projects to be on show, ranging from still-lives of chocolates, aerial photography, industrial production and much more. Impressive work from Mishka Henner (3 projects), Jan Groover and Lorenzo Vitturi, and it is always a pleasure to watch the accurate reportage by Herbert List about the Florio tuna fishery activities in Sicily in 1951. All of this in the frame of fresco'd historical buildings. Art-squared!!!

Thanks to the 11th of November being bank holiday in Belgium, I also had time to visit the exhibition 'Stanley Kubrick photographs: through a different lens', which was on show in Trieste. I am a big fan of his work and wanted to see how he started out as a photographer for Look! right after the second world war. Plus, it was a first in Trieste for me. Nice to finally set foot in Piazza Italia and discover the older part of the city, which also served me as inspiration for a few pictures. The local cuisine is very tasty and takes plenty from Austrian and Slovenian recipes. An interesting melting pot which makes this city very special!