BAGNINI
un mestiere antico per il turismo
attraverso le immagini dell'Archivio Fotografico
Cattolica, Galleria Comunale S.Croce 23 luglio – 30 agosto 2010
aperto dalla 20 alle 23 venerdì, sabato, domenica e lunedì
ingresso libero – info 0541 966603 www.cattolica.net
in collaborazione con Incontri di Mare
Si apre venerdì 23 luglio 2010 alla Galleria Comunale S. Croce di Cattolica in via Pascoli 21 alle ore 21 la mostra fotografica Bagnini, un mestiere antico per il turismo attraverso le immagini dell'Archivio Fotografico del Multipurpose Cultural Center, organized by the Institution's Cultural Queen.
fotoriprodotte Over seventy historic photographs tell the story of the birth and the first bathing and men and women who have built with the management and organization of services on the bathing beach.
events and characters come together in a long account of vision that sees more than a century, a new profession - that of a lifeguard - old crafts transplantation.
The role of the beach as a place of leisure, recreation and health is becoming fundamental in the construction of a new form of holiday and leisure use since the late nineteenth century. Catholic And like other cities of the coast was one of the protagonists and the pioneer. The caregiver
already at the dawn of the bather bathing seasons, the protection and health practices at sea during balneotherapy of tourists gradually supplant the activities of small coastal fishing practiced with small vessels downstream and continued by lifeguards during the first not tourist season, in winter and autumn. Then the main activity, that of beach services, the classification of the rescue services, the emergence of increasingly diverse and comfortable facilities took over and led to the emergence of a category of seasonal workers increasingly known and accredited.
Adriatic The story that has made the success and economic fortune entire coastline thanks to the tenacity and often the sympathy of rough characters who have left their mark in the memory and holiday resort of dozens of foreigners and tourists.
The exhibition aims to explore the complex world of the lifeguards, in a period stretching from 1900 to the 60s: the faces and personalities, behaviors more typical, the main activities such as saving. Testimonials
visual storytelling to unite and contribute to the construction of a common history. The retrieval of images and their storage and cataloging are a source of pride for the cultural facilities cattolichine. This is due mostly to the availability of willing citizens and tourists, foreign nationals who have permission to reproduce their own private albums to enable the construction of many micro-local on which it was possible to weave the social history of the city.
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The legendary lifeguard Menelik
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