IN BLOOM, the book, the exhibition: a photo project by

IN BLOOM, the book, the exhibition:
a photo project by Eleonora Calvelli
Rainbow Families: the project
The book: In Bloom
After living together for fifteen years, Paolo and Moreno got married in
Montreal in 2008. They now have two twins, thanks to a surrogacy in
Canada. Ilaria and Antonella, instead, have been living together for twelve
years; in 2005 they became mothers through artificial insemination in Spain
and in 2010 they got married in Barcelona with a civil ceremony. Chiara and
Roberta got married in Barcelona, in 2010, after living together for twelve
years; they have two twin girls, Emma and Giada, conceived in a clinic in the
Spanish city. Paolo and Moreno, Ilaria and Antonella, Chiara and Roberta,
but also Marco and Giampietro, Giuseppina and Raphaelle, Catia and Silvia,
Laura and Marilena, are just some of the same-sex couples who live in Italy.
They all represent the cross-section of a fast transformation which is seeing,
besides the traditional model (mother, father, son), the rise of a new paradigm,
with families consisting of a single parent (single, separated and divorced
couples), homosexual parents, unmarried couples, extended family units.
In Bloom is a vibrant and joyful book that does not miss any of the important
issues underlined by the photographs of Eleonora Calvelli. In Bloom recounts
the daily life of twelve families, and their efforts towards the recognition of
their civil rights in Italy.
The stories of these couples tell us about assited fertilization techiques:
artificial insemination, egg donation and surrogacy. But, above all, this book
is about the way love has shaped their families.
Started in 2008 and completed in 2012, the Rainbow Families project has
been carried out also in connection with Famiglie Arcobaleno association,
with the Center of homosexual culture Mario Mieli in Rome and with the Milk
Center in Verona. The project, which has involved twelve families throughout
Italy, three couples of men, eight couples of women, a single mother, features
a long and complex narrative path that has often crossed italian borders. In
Spain Eleonora Calvelli documented the civil marriages of four couples, whilst
in Denmark she followed the attempt to conceive a baby carried out by a
couple of young women in a clinic for artificial insemination.
The first core of the work has been presented in 2009 during the Genoa Gay
Pride; in 2010 in Naples during the Naples Pride at the Sala Gemito and in the
Autumn of the same year in Rome at the photographic festival Fotoleggendo.
Rainbow Families in 2010 has received two honorable mentions: one in the
Lucca Digital Photo Festival and another in the International
Photography Award, in the section People: Family Pro.
With texts by Claudio Rossi Marcelli, Giovanna Calvenzi, Tommaso Giartosio
and Giuseppina La Delfa
Book price: 25 euro
To be published: Spring 2013
Published in 1000 copies + 60 special edition with signed and numbered
15x15 print, possibility to choose within 3 prints:
print n°1 print n.° 2
print n.°3
giclée print on paper Hahnemühle FineArt Baryta 325 gsm
Published by: Postcart
Book project: 3/3
Sponsorship and pre-sales
Sponsorships:
Logo and mention of the name in the book and in the events related to it +
a number of free copies can be negotiated directly with the author and the
publisher;
Pre-sales for companies:
100 copies 20% discount - € 20 euro per copy, for a total of 2000 euro;
200 copies 30% discount - € 17,50 euro per copy, for a total of 3500 euro;
300 copies 40% discount - € 15 euro per copy, for a total of 4500 euro;
Individual pre-sales:
Advance sale of the book: 25 €
Limited edition of 60 copies with 15x15cm signed and numbered print:
100 euro.
Eleonora Calvelli
After completing her studies in Russian and a master in Journalism at the
University of Rome La Sapienza, she followed a two-years course in
Photography at the Scuola Romana di Fotografia in Rome (2005). In 2008,
she took part at the workshop, Il cammino della Via Francigena. The final
project was exhibited at the VII International Festival of Rome, as well as the
China Pingyao International Photography Festival. In 2010 she started
exhibiting the first core of Rainbow Families, which won two honorable
mentions, one in the International Photography Awards and another in the
Lucca Digital Photo Festival. In 2010, she also won an honorable mention
in the International Photography Award with the project Villaggio Olimpico
Roma. She has exhibited her works in Italy and abroad. Her photos were
published in the collective volumes Il cammino della Via Francigena,
Zoneattive; Pastori, Punctum, Villaggio Olimpico Roma, Postcart.
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