Antonio Walter Pescara

I started photographing at the age of 23, moved by the charm that gave me to observe the flow of life and how the electromagnetic waves that surround us reveal the colors, reflections and magical darkness that accompany our existence visible. Aware that photography, however objective, is always a personal point of view, after graduating in art I started photographing on behalf of Italian and international newspapers, developing reportages on the topics that have always fascinated me, including the lighthouses that assist sailors, eastern philosophy and the life of the great poets of the Beat Generation. In 2017 I won the honorable mention at the World Water Photocontest with the work “Last water”.
With the passage of time I felt the need to transfer my images to new supports, different from the conventional ones, so that they became unique material works, which however contained the typical credibility of the photographic shot. With the beginning of the new millennium this need became stronger and so during my reportages in various parts of the world I collected and kept small and significant material details by taking them from the place where I was working and then applying them to the final photograph thus making it a piece sin...

1983 Biennium of Marketing Communication European Institute of Design, 1977 master degree in artistic direction at the Fortuny Museum in Venice, Italy. 1976 degree in art studies obtained at DAMS, faculty of letters and philosophy of the University of Bologna, Italy. 1971 Diploma of chemical expert at the ITIS state technical institute of Brescia, Italy

1996 PHOTOMATERICS - Wiener Platz Space Munich Germany
2000 / THE ROAD - Personal photographic exhibition of blow-ups in the Carmine of Brescia in collaboration with the Municipality of Bs, the Giornale di Brescia and BMW Italia.
2002 / THE POETRY OF LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI - Auditorium San Barnaba, Brescia, Italy
2002 PIAZZA DI LUCE- International Biennial of Photography Roberto Bianchi Gallery Brescia / Italy
2003 PASSAGE TO CAMBODIA - NABA Academy of Fine Arts Milan / Italy
2004 / THE BEAT GENERATION, MEETING WITH FERNANDA PIVANO - Palazzo Bonoris. Brescia, Italy
2005 BEYOND THE BEAT - MART Rovereto Museum / Italy
2016 SEPTEMBER GATE - Academy of Fine Arts in Verona / Italy
2017 A LIFE: LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI REBELLION POETRY - Santa Giulia Museum Brescia / Italy
2017 LIGHTS OF WONDERS - Lighthouse of the island of Salina / Aeolian Islands / Italy
2017 HEADLIGHTS OF WONDERS - Private residence of the architect Daniel Libeskind Milanocity / Italy
2018 LAWRENCE OF ITALY - Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco USA