Starting from the premise (Aristotle) that imperfection is the greatest of perfections, Gianni Cipriano, a Sicilian photographer who splits his time between New York and Palermo, is proposing a tour of Italy under Berlusconi and a look at its silicon beauties.
He has travelled extensively across Italy, on the lookout for improbable beauty queens in six “unconventional” Miss competitions. In Italy he told us: ‘Beauty became a political tool during the Berlusconi era. Since the eighties, his media empire has introduced a culture of luxury and sex in order to shape his electorate.’
Italy has become a country where female television stars are parachuted towards power, and this modern power has resulted in an unprecedented wave of beauty contests of all types.
Gianni Cipriano: Perfect
Festival Image Singulières
8 – 26 May, 2013
Gare SNCF
Sète
France
