For more than five years (2010-2016), Tiziana and Gianni Baldizzone have committed themselves to a photographic project on the master-disciple relationship and the passing on of knowledge in the framework of traditional know-how and innovation. Travelling from Europe to Asia and Africa, the Baldizzones met more than 100 masters and their disciples, representing more than 40 different skills. Exploring in depth the master-disciple relationship, they capture in their photos the subtleties of expressiveness that reveal feelings during the transmission of knowledge, the emotion of creating, the personal relationship and the bonds created by such “people to people” exchanges.
While each photograph is unique, all of the photos collectively demonstrate the universality of the act of passing on knowledge and provide food for thought about tradition and innovation, trans-generational exchanges, cultural diversity, and the heritage of preservation.
The exhibition depicts men and women who embody intangible culture and tangible skills that are the mainspring of humanity’s cultural diversity.
