Francesca Todde
{{Short description|Italian photographer (born 1981)}}
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Francesca Todde (born 1981){{Cite web |last=Bulgarelli |first=Anna |date=2022-10-20 |title=Interview with Francesca Todde |url=https://www.pellicolamag.com/blog/francesca-todde/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Pellicola Magazine |language=en-US}} is an Italian photographer and publisher, living in Milan.{{Cite web |date=26 July 2021 |last=Lister-Fell |first=Frankie |title=Francesca Todde illustrates the empathy and sensitivity between humans and animals |url=https://www.1854.photography/2021/07/francesca-todde-a-sensitive-education/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=British Journal of Photography |language=en-GB}} Most of her personal projects are focused on the relation between humans and animals.
Life and work
Todde was born in Padua, Italy.{{Cite web |title=Francesca Todde |url=https://www.rencontres-arles.com/fr/francesca-todde |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Rencontres d'Arles}} She studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Carrara in Carrara, Italy.
Her book Transhumance describes two transhumance journeys in France (2013) and Italy (2015) where people and thousands of animals traveled together for hundreds of kilometers.{{Cite web |title=Transhumance, fotografie di Francesca Todde al sottopasso della Stua |url=https://www.padovaoggi.it/eventi/mostre/transhumance-fotografie-francesca-todde-sottopasso-della-stua-7-19-dicembre-2015.html |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=PadovaOggi |language=it}} Her book A Sensitive Education is focused on "the symbiotic relationship between animals and humans", through the bird educator Tristan Plot. It was made between 2017 and 2019 in France.{{Cite web |title=Francesca Todde |url=https://www.cortonaonthemove.com/en/exhibit/francesca-todde/ |access-date=2025-02-24 |website=Cortona On The Move |language=en-US}} Her book Iuzza (2024) uses photographs by Todde and texts by Luca Reffo to describe something of the life of Italian actress and writer Goliarda Sapienza. Between 2017 and 2024, Todde travelled to the places where Sapienza lived in Italy and accessed her archives.{{Cite web |title=Francesca Todde, IUZZA On Goliarda Sapienza |url=https://centrephotographique.com/en/202409280800-exposition-francesca-todde-iuzza-a-propos-de-goliarda-sapienza/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website={{ill|Centre photographique Rouen Normandie|fr}} |language=en-US}}
She is co-founder of the Italian publisher Départ Pour l'Image, alongside Luca Reffo.
Publications
- Selva
- Transhumance
- Along the Hills Crests
- An Emotional Reintegration
- Centaures{{Cite web |title=Francesca Todde - Centaures |url=https://pierresvives.herault.fr/1443-francesca-todde-centaures.htm |access-date=2025-02-23 |website={{ill|Archives départementales de l'Hérault|fr}}|language=fr}}{{Dead link|date=February 2025}}
- A Sensitive Education. Milan: Départ Pour l'Image, 2020. With text in English by Luca Reffo and Todde. Translated by Anna Eva De Chiara. {{ISBN|978-88-944622-2-7}}. Edition of 300 copies.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-01 |title=Francesca Todde : « A Sensitive Education » {{!}} Un portfolio Fisheye |url=https://fisheyemagazine.fr/article/francesca-todde-a-sensitive-education/ |access-date=2025-02-23 |website={{ill|Fisheye (magazine)|fr}} |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=A Sensitive Education by Francesca Todde |url=https://www.vogue.com/slideshow/a-sensitive-education-by-francesca-todde |access-date=2025-02-23 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}
- Second edition. Milan: Départ Pour l'Image, 2021. {{ISBN|978-88-944622-2-7}}. Edition of 500 copies.
- Iuzza. Goliarda Sapienza. Milan: Départ Pour l'Image, 2024. With texts by Luca Reffo. {{ISBN|978-88-947598-7-7}}. In English, Italian, and French. Edition of 1500 copies.{{Cite news |title=Photos. La terre des rêves de Goliarda Sapienza |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/m-le-mag/portfolio/2018/08/07/la-terre-des-reves-de-goliarda-sapienza_5340178_4500055.html |access-date=2025-02-23 |work=Le Monde |language=fr-FR}}
Solo exhibitions
- Transhumance, Underpasso della Stua, Largo Europa, Padua, Italy, November–December 2015. Curated by Simone Falso and organised by the Department of Culture of the Municipality of Padua
- A Sensitive Education, {{ill|Cortona On The Move|it}}, Cortona, Italy, July–October 2021
- Iuzza On Goliarda Sapienza, {{ill|Centre photographique Rouen Normandie|fr}}, Rouen, France, October 2024 – January 2025
References
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External links
- {{Official website|francescatodde.com}}
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Category:Italian photographers
Category:Italian women photographers
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