Since 2009, the Capri Foundation has been organizing exhibitions of great photography artists who, over the years, have photographed and conveyed the island of Capri with their own personal peculiarity, from Baron von Gloeden to Ferdinando Scianna and Giovanni Gastel, through Mimmo Jodice, Olivo Barbieri and Maurizio Galimberti. Deeply aware of such an authoritative role of images, each of them has investigated the spirit of this magical place; has poetically translated its essence; has managed to decline its most abstract and complex forms in wonderful portraits, disruptive architectures and uniquely breathtaking views. Now, thanks to a democratic and
absolutely contemporary, the Capri Foundation, chaired by Gianfranco Morgano, takes up the challenge of a constantly changing society, launching an open call every year for professional photographers from all over the world.
Japanese photographer Yuki Furusawa was selected for the exhibition with the project “Bye Bye Home Sweet Home”.
The sixteenth edition of the Festival, held in the splendid location of the Certosa di San Giacomo, in collaboration with the Campania Regional Museums Directorate, is entitled Interior Landscape, a theme with infinite ramifications of content; it can be visited until October 13, 2024.
The implicit request to make an act of faith towards the medium, that of turning the camera’s focal length in the direction of interiority, constitutes an unmissable opportunity for photographers who can free themselves from traditional aesthetic canons, to demonstrate that the modus operandi underlying modern expressionism is able to go well beyond the simple assumption of “temporal conservation” attributed to the image object. Taking a photograph does not only mean immortalizing what is in front of you, as Roland Barthes would say, but also providing the subjects portrayed with a mnemonic album for their presence at the moment of the shot. And so the propensity towards “laying oneself bare” becomes of fundamental importance to include in the collective debate issues that are difficult to address solely with verbal communication, such as the condition of adolescence, intimacy, diversity and interpersonal relationships.
In March 2024, the Capri Foundation launched an open call on its channels for professional photographers, asking candidates to express themselves on the theme of emotions, feelings and the gaze directed at one’s personality and body. The outcome saw the
nomination of 160 photographers, from over 31 countries in the world, from Italy to Russia, from Iran to Taiwan to the United States, with more than 2400 images received.
The Japanese photographer has been selected for the exhibition Yuki Furusawa with the project “Bye Bye Home Sweet Home”. Yuki Furusawa’s project is a story made of 20 black and white portraits in which the woman presented as the protagonist is Furusawa’s grandmother. A 91-year-old woman, perfectly aware of the progressive deterioration of her mind and who now has to deal with the imminent urban redevelopment of her neighborhood, is forced to abandon the house that has hosted her for over forty years. The photographic dimension, dominated by uncertainty, becomes Furusawa’s authorial commitment to a broader social reflection.
The Capri Foundation has commissioned three photographers from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, selected and coordinated by Prof. Aniello Barone, three projects on the theme that gives the title to the Festival Interior Landscape, giving them the opportunity to engage with an audience.
The artists selected and who will be exhibited at the Certosa di San Giacomo are: Samuel Scalise Lamezia Terme (CZ) 1999; Noemi Marotta Caserta 1993; Wang Yuexi Chengdu- China 1998
In parallel, the course developed within the Axel Munthe High School in Anacapri, with the guidance of photographer Davide Esposito and the supervision of Antonia Tafuri, collects the vision of the island directly from the eyes of its inhabitants. Thanks to the partnership developed with Instax Italia (Fujifilm), the word is passed to the very young who, approaching the mechanics of instant photography with the same spontaneity with which they fill the pages of a secret diary, describe the perimeter of the same island by lining up the joys and sorrows of their growth, without forgetting to celebrate the artistic and landscape heritage of which they will be the future custodians.
Yuki Furusawa is a Japanese photographer and artist book publisher, based in Hong Kong and Japan. Her work explores her intimate relationships with her family through photography and artist books.
Furusawa graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design, Hong Kong in 2017 with a Master of Arts in Photography. Her work has been exhibited in Hong Kong and Japan. She participated in the Hong Kong Photo Book Fair 2016. Her work is part of the Permanent Special Collection of the SCAD Library
Carlo Franza