Paolo Marchetti’s long-term photo investigation ‘The Price of Vanity’ is a graphic depiction of the intensive farming of animals for the high fashion industry. Marchetti says, “The business volume that revolves around this trade amounts to several millions of Euro and among the most famous brands we find Gucci, Hermès, Cartier, and Burberry. Italy and France alone represent half of all the European import demand” which is serviced by countries in northern Europe, South America, Canada, the USA, China and southeast Asia. For this project Marchetti was awarded Photographer of the Year in this year’s Picture of the Year International (POYi). In 2015 he was also the winner of the Alexia Foundation Professional Grant.
FESTIVAL
Head On Photo Festival 2016
The Price of Vanity
Paolo Marchetti
From April 30th to May 8th, 2016
Sydney Lower Town Hall
483 George St
Sydney
Australia
https://www.headon.com.au/exhibitions/price-vanity
