Gabriele Caproni talking (in Italiano) about his new book on garfagnana

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Garfagnana, una terra dalle origini lontane dove il tempo scorre piano - Garfagnana where time stands still

Presentation this afternoon of a new book – the subject of which was Garfagnana and was the culmination of a project lasting over six years by the photographer, Gabriele Caproni and the author, Feliciano Ravera.

The book was presented to the public in the Teatro Alfieri in Castelnuovo by the internationally known documentary filmmaker and author, Folco Quilici.

Folco Quilici has contributed to the Italian and international press – Life, Epoca, Panorama, Europeo and the daily newspapers La Stampa, Il Corriere della Sera and Il Giornale. In this field, he won the 1969 “Premio Italia” prize for journalism and the 1990 “European Journalism Award”. He is one of the founder-members of the H.D.S. (Historical Diving Society) and of the MAREVIVO Environmentalist Association. Since 2001 he has been a member of the ITALIAN GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY.

He has been a photographer since 1949, and has put together a photographic library comprising over one million colour and black and white images. In 1998, he was proclaimed “Great Master for creative excellence” by the International Photo Contest.

In 2006, thanks to his books on the environment and culture, FORBES magazine included Folco Quilici among the one hundred most influential writers in the world.